New (?) columns in the NameTable

#1 · 2023-04-27, 3:23 pm

Just noticed the columns in the name table that duplicate givem surname and nickname columns but are not collated with RMNOCASE.

Anyone care to speculate on their use?

#2 · 2023-04-30, 1:00 pm

Might it have something to do with some sorting or matching issues with some characters, e.g., Scandinavian, Cyrillic...? Maybe an experiment in relying on the underlying OS's regional setting instead of the flawed RMNOCASE collation sequence which we've now established behaves differently on Mac than it does on Windows.