gBank appilcation
[table]
This application can be open on the following URL http://[server_adress]/gbank/table.php
[character]
There is a possibility to get the one character XML structure:
Call the script char.php with parameter id. The id parameter is a value of parameter @xsl:id of tag <char/> (it is the hexadecimal character code in the "Unicode" coding also). You can use POST or GET request method. You can use uppercase or lowercase for id parameter value.
For example, using 'char.php' with GET method for the following request http://[server_adress]/gbank/char.php?id=ebfc
the following XML could be a response:
<char xml:id="ebfc">
<desc>
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE AND DOT ABOVE AND ACUTE
</desc>
<desc>
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O + COMBINING DOT ABOVE+ COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT
</desc>
<charProp>
<localName>entity</localName>
<value>Oslashdotacute</value>
</charProp>
<charProp>
<localName>combined-entity</localName>
<value> Oslashdotacute = Oslash + combdot + combacute </value>
</charProp>
<mapping type="MUFI" subtype="Unicode"></mapping>
<mapping type="MUFI" subtype="PUA">U+EBFC</mapping>
<mapping type="MUFI" subtype="Combined">U+EBFC = 00D8 + 0307+ 0301</mapping>
<graphic url="ebfc.png"/>
</char>
[font_check]
-----this text taken from Medieval Unicode Font Initiative web site-----
Several MUFI compliant fonts are presently being developed. All fonts contain a wide selection of special characters and make extensive use of the Private Use Area in the Unicode Standard. Fonts will be available either as shareware (for a modest fee) or as freeware.
MUFI font page (link opened 9 February 2004)
This page contains a list of all MUFI compliant fonts with details on design, format, availability etc. One font, Andron Scriptor Web, is MUFI v. 3.0 compliant as of 31 March 2009. The other fonts are for the time being MUFI v. 1.0 or 2.0 compliant.
-----this text taken from Medieval Unicode Font Initiative web site-----
There are two ways for using this fonts:
1) Usage of CSS3 @font-face rule:
<style type="text/css">
@font-face {
font-family: AndronScriptorWeb;
src: url('Andron Scriptor Web.ttf');
}
.mufiFont {
font-family: AndronScriptorWeb;
}
</style>
For today's time (September, 2009), work with TrueType Fonts (.ttf) is supported by following browsers: Mozilla Firefox 3.5+, Opera 10, Safari 3.1, Safari 4.
Not supported by: IE (all versions - support only Embedded Open Type (.eot)), Opera 9, Google Chrome 3.0, Mozilla Firefox 2, Mozilla Firefox 3.0.
2) It is possible to install a font in the operating system.
For definition of presence of a MUFI compliant fonts in the operating system you can use a font_check.js script which contains function is_font_installed().
Description:
bool is_font_installed(string fontName)
Parameter:
fontName
Return values:
returns TRUE if the fontName exists in the operating system, FALSE otherwise.
Notes:
Function was tested in MS Windows only.