Cursive Connection Font Feature Selector Constants

All Arabic fonts use cursive connection, and some Roman fonts may also support cursive connection. If a font supports the cursive connection feature type, you may be able to select features that either disable cursive connection completely, enable letter forms that connect in a non contextual manner, or enable completely contextual, cursively connected letter forms (as in Arabic). Table D-5 lists the feature selectors for cursive connection.

Table 5  Feature selectors for the kCursiveConnectionType feature type

Constant

 Explanation
kUnconnectedSelector Disables cursive connection.
kPartiallyConnectedSelector Specifies noncontextual cursive connection.
kCursiveSelector Specifies fully contextual cursive connection. For Arabic fonts, this selector is set by default.

Figure D-2 shows an example of non contextual cursive connection in a Roman font.

Figure D-2 Non Non contextual cursive connection in a Roman font

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