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Latest comment: 4 years ago by RichardW57m in topic Universal Shaping Engine

Licensing

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Anyone know if the section about the licensing agreement is true? Kurt Weber 12:57, 25 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

From a 2004 VOLT distribution (from usp.cab's readme.txt):

This build of usp10.dll is a private build for VOLT users. It's use is covered by the terms of the VOLT user license, and as such may not be redistributed.

asmodai 14:07, 16 April 2006 (UTC)Reply

USP10.DLL version in Windows ME w/IE 6.00.2800 + patches

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First, I have Windows ME w/IE 6.00.2800 + IE patches

and the file properties for USP10.DLL on my system:

Size: 316KB (323,584 bytes) File date: 08 Jun 2000, 17:00:00 File Version: 1.325.2180.1 Copyright string: Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-1999

and the above file size matches the CAB list for the install of ME.

Hope this is enough info to fill in the missing gap in the versions list.

Matt, UK

Uniscribe version in SIL FieldWorks

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I just extracted the usp10.dll from the SIL FieldWorks installation file and it says it's Uniscribe version 1.471.4063.0 rather than 1.626.6001.18000 --Sven Siegmund (talk) 13:06, 11 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

My log of Uniscribe versions on my old, now discarded PC record that I got version 1.626.600.1800 from the SIL Fieldworks 6.0 installation. The date stamp on the file is 10 March 2009 (so I think the above post is about the wrong version of fieldworks) but the data stamp within the URL is 19 Jan 2008, as in the article.--RichardW57 (talk) 11:39, 20 July 2013 (UTC)Reply

USP10.DLL included in the Windows Installer 2.0 Redistributable for Windows 95, 98, and Me package

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See MS KB article 827763 (Workaround section). File version unknown. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.92.181.11 (talk) 10:36, 6 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

USP10.DLL and Unicode NFC "Normalization Form Canonical Composition"

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Does anybody know whether USP10.DLL contains a table-driven normalization algorithm, for example NFC ? For example, composing Vietnamese characters and the following tone mark BEFORE giving them to the font? This information is missing in the article. [ User Tedu, de-wiki ] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.138.39.60 (talk) 15:39, 19 September 2013 (UTC)Reply

OpenType support

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I am puzzled by the remark in the "New feature of this version" columm for version 1.626.7600.20602 "This version supports OpenType on Windows XP" since earlier versions also supported OpenType and worked on Windows XP. 06:18, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

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Excessive minutiae?

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USP10.DLL Versions

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I've rarely seen anything like this before on Wikipedia. It's really big, so I've left it collapsed.

Removed from main article unless someone can justify why we actually need this.

Sixty-two sample versions of USP10.DLL for the US-English localized platforms
Version numberFile SizeFile DateSoftware Bundled byNew feature of this version
10.0.14393.0 79,360 bytes (x64) 2016-08-02 Windows 10 Anniversary Update ?
1.626.7601.23259 627,712 bytes (x86) 2015-11-03 ? ?
1.626.7601.19054 627,712 bytes (x86) 2015-11-03 ? ?
10.0.10240.16834 626,688 bytes (x64) 2015-07-10 Windows 10 Universal Shaping Engine support for Unicode 7.0 complex scripts[1][2][3]
1.626.7601.18454 (Windows 7 GDR) 626,688 bytes (x86)
801,280 bytes (x64)
2014-04-25 KB2957509   Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 Security update
1.626.7601.22666 (Windows 7 LDR)626,688 bytes (x86)
801,792 bytes (x64)
6.3.9431.076,288 bytes2013-06-16Windows 8.1 (preview) ?
6.2.9200.1638474 KiB
2012-07-26Windows 8 ?
1.626.7601.22171626,688 bytes (x86)2012-11-22? ?
1.626.7601.18009612 KiB
2012-11-22KB2786400 An update is available that changes the default settings of the shaping behavior for Arabic text rendering in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
1.626.7601.17514781 KiB
2010-11-20Windows 7 SP1 x64 (RTM) ?
611 KiB
Windows 7 SP1 x86 (RTM)
1.626.7601.17105611 KiB
2010-09-30Windows 7 SP1 (RC) Restore support for unassigned code points[4]
1.626.7600.20796625 KiB
2010-09-21PowerPoint Viewer 2010 (SP1) KB2460050 ?
1.626.7600.20602623 KiB
2010-01-07Microsoft Office 2010 (RTM) Support PR-37: Clarification of the Use of Zero Width Joiner in Indic Scripts;[5] This version supports OpenType on Windows XP.
1.626.7600.16385628 KiB
2009-08-04Microsoft Office 2010 (Beta) ?
612 KiB
2009-07-14Windows 7 (RTM) ?
1.626.7100.0612 KiB
2009-04-22Windows 7 RC ?
1.626.6002.22402491 KiB
2010-07-11Microsoft Office 2007 (SP2) Security Update KB2288621 MS10-063: Description of the security update for the 2007 Office suites: September 14, 2010
1.626.6002.18244607 KiB
2010-04-16Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Vista SP2 Security Update KB981322 MS10-063: Description of the security update for Windows Unicode Scripts Processor: September 14, 2010
1.626.6002.18005607 KiB
2009-04-11Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Vista SP2 ?
1.626.6001.18000490 KiB
2008-01-19Windows Server 2008 (RTM), Windows Vista SP1, VOLTSupplementalFiles (July 2008), MS VOLT 1.3 (released July 31, 2008), SIL FieldWorks, Keyman Desktop 7.1 Supports newer OpenType table features; improved support for ligatures and contextual shapes in Indic scripts with simpler fonts
1.626.6001.16510491 KiB
2007-04-18Windows Server "Longhorn" (Beta 3) ?
1.626.6000.20581491 KiB
(502,784 bytes)
2007-04-19 02:15:55 UTCWindows Vista Hotfix KB936176 FIX: incorrect rendering of fully decomposed characters in NFD form encoded in sequences with more than 2 characters (affects 114 Latin characters decomposed in sequences of 3 codes)
1.626.6000.16386491 KiB
(502,784 bytes)
2006-11-02 09:44:03 UTCWindows Vista Ultimate (RTM) DirectX 10? WDDM?
1.626.5756.0491 KiB
2006-10-13Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate (RTM) Supports Oriya and Kannada scripts
1.615.5384.4484 KiB
2006-06-17Windows Vista (Beta 2) DirectX 9?
1.614.5315.0454 KiB
2006-03-13Microsoft Office 2007 (Beta 2) OpenType typographic features?
1.613.5291.0481 KiB
(492,544 bytes)
2006-01-04Windows Vista (Beta 1) Microsoft VOLT 1.2
1.609.5219.0469 KiB
2005-08-17Microsoft Office 12 Professional (Beta 1) OpenType typographic features?
1.606.5065.1?
?Third-party software Supports Mongolian script
1.606.5078.0?
?Hotfix for SIL fonts FIX : Combining mark sequences in Latin script may be incorrectly rendered
1.601.5022.8428 KiB
2005-01-07Microsoft Sinhala Enabling Pack for XP 0.42 Supports Sinhala script
1.473.4067.15415 KiB
(424,960 bytes)
2004-10-22Third-party software Microsoft Visual OpenType Layout Tool (VOLT) 1.1.225 update
1.473.4067.0415 KiB
(424,960 bytes)
2004-10-22Third-party software Supports Malayalam script; VOLTSupplementalFiles (Nov 2004); rendering improvement up to 3 diacritics with CGJ
1.471.4063.0415 KiB
(424,960 bytes)
2004-02-04Microsoft Office 2003 (fix), SIL FieldWorks (Speech Tools Phonology Assistant 3.0.1) ?
1.471.4030.0404 KiB
(413,184 bytes)
2004-04-15Microsoft Office 2003, Google Earth
1.468.4015.0? KiB
(? bytes)
?Paratext 6 Supports Tibetan script.
1.468.4011.0? KiB
(? bytes)
??
1.460.3707.0? KiB
(? bytes)
?MS VOLT 1.1.206 Supports Khmer script
1.453.3665.0? KiB
(? bytes)
?VOLTSupplementalFiles (Aug 2002) ?
1.422.3790.1830355 KiB
(364,032 bytes)
2005-03-30Windows Server 2003 (SP1) FIX?
1.421.3790.0345 KiB
(353,280 bytes)
2003-03-25Windows Server 2003 Support for DirectX, GDI+ and newer display driver model
1.420.2600.5969397 KiB
(406,016 bytes)
2010-04-16Windows XP (SP3) Security Update KB981322 MS10-063: Description of the security update for Windows Unicode Scripts Processor: September 14, 2010
1.420.2600.5512397 KiB
(406,016 bytes)
2008-04-14Windows XP Build 5512 (SP3) FIX?
1.420.2600.3163397 KiB
(406,016 bytes)
2007-06-26Windows XP (SP2) Hotfix KB939450 FIX: The GetCharacterPlacement function unexpectedly returns zero
1.420.2600.2791397 KiB
(406,016 bytes)
2005-11-05Windows XP (SP2) Hotfix KB910466 FIX: You may receive a "MEM_BAD_POINTER" error message on a computer that is running Windows XP with Service Pack 2
1.420.2600.2180397 KiB
(406,528 bytes)
2004-08-12Windows XP Build 2180 (SP2) Supports Bengali and Malayalam scripts; supports complex Latin (for Vietnamese); FIX: ligation of tone contours
1.409.2600.1106331 KiB
(339,456 bytes)
2002-08-29Windows XP Build 1106 (SP1) ?
1.408.2600.1020331 KiB
(339,456 bytes)
2002-04-17Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106 (SP1) ?
1.407.2600.0331 KiB
(339,456 bytes)
2001-08-17Windows XP Supports Thaana, Gujarati, Kannada, Gurmukhi (Punjabi), Syriac and Telugu scripts
1.405.2416.1317 KiB
(325,120 bytes)
2001-01-15Microsoft Office XP (2002), Microsoft Word 2000 (SP1) Fully supports Hebrew, Devanagari and Tamil scripts
1.400.2411.1316 KiB
(323,072 bytes)
2000-12-13Internet Explorer 6 ?
1.325.2195.6692308 KiB
(315,664 bytes)
2003-06-19Windows 2000 SP4 (?) ?
1.325.2195.??
2001-09-25Microsoft Windows Installer 2.0 Redistributable for Windows 95/98/Me KB827763 Needed for Microsoft viewers (which otherwise require 98SE at least) of Powerpoint 2003 (and later) presentations on Windows 95 and 98
1.325.2195.1340308 KiB
(315,664 bytes)
2000-07-21Windows 2000 SP1 Fully supports Arabic script
1.325.2180.1316 KiB
(323,584 bytes)
2000-06-08Windows Me Improved API for scripts with bidirectional and complex layouts; minimum support for Arabic and Hebrew scripts (no contextual letter forms, requires compatibility character mappings in fonts)
307 KiB
(315,152 bytes)
2000-04-26Microsoft Global IME for Microsoft Office XP
307 KiB
(315,152 bytes)
1999-11-30Internet Explorer 5.5 release, SP1 & SP2
1.175.0.1268 KiB
(274,432 bytes)
1999-04-05Windows 98 SE First stable Uniscribe API; supports simple alphabetic scripts with decomposed diacritics (Latin, Greek, Cyrillic)
258 KiB
(264,976 bytes)
1999-01-28Internet Explorer 5.01
1.163.1890.1262 KiB
(268,288 bytes)
1998-09-22Third-party software Multilanguage Text Layout and Complex Scripts (MTLCS) snapshot (early release for developers)

References

  1. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb688099.aspx#W10>
  2. Cite error: The named reference USE_JHudson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. Windows shapes the world’s languages - Andrew Glass
  4. "RE: Symbola font (was: James Kass and Code2000 font)". Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  5. Public Review Issue #37, Proposal on Clarification and Consolidation of the Function of ZERO WIDTH JOINER in Indic Scripts, Unicode Consortium

MaxEnt 20:00, 22 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

My immediate response is to curse you as a vandal. Are you a Microserf agent by any chance?
This encyclopaedic table is, or at least has been, extremely useful for anyone who is attempting to manage Uniscribe versions on Windows. Users of non-Roman scripts have faced the problem of their applications not using the latest and best version of Uniscribe - the lazy way round has been to be buy licences for both the latest of Windows and the latest of Microsoft Office, but that was no guarantee for third party applications. (I currently overwhelmingly use HarBuzz on machines I control, so my personal experience stops at Windows 7.) Where do you suggest people find the information instead? --RichardW57 (talk) 23:43, 22 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Universal Shaping Engine

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Where does this belong? The USE itself is also implemented in DirectWrite (apparently its earlier Windows home), and (modified) clones exist in HarfBuzz and AAT. In a way it belongs in Complex_text_layout, where it can, alas, be a fine example of ignorant Microsoft engineers 'knowing best'. (The generic rules implemented break down in some cases.) It could also belong in OpenType#Extended_language_support. I think it should be somewhere that allows discussion of its clones. --RichardW57m (talk) 12:36, 23 November 2021 (UTC)Reply