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href='/cms/scripts/page.php%3Fid%3Drendering%26site_id%3Dnrsi.html'>Rendering</a> > <a class='CategoryPath' href='/cms/scripts/page.php%3Fid%3Drenderingtechnologies%26site_id%3Dnrsi.html'>Technologies</a> > <a class='CategoryPath' href='/cms/scripts/page.php%3Fid%3Drenderingopentype%26site_id%3Dnrsi.html'>OpenType</a><br> Short URL: <a href='/renderingopentype.html'>https://scripts.sil.org/RenderingOpenType</a></p>   <p><span class='ItemLeaderTitle'><a href='/cms/scripts/page.php%3Fid%3Duniscribeversions%26site_id%3Dnrsi.html'>Uniscribe versions</a></span> <span class='author_date_hits'>Lorna A. Priest, Joan Wardell, 2010-11-01</span> <br>This chart lists various versions of Uniscribe (usp10.dll), what software they were distributed with and some of the complex scripts they support.</p> <p><span class='ItemLeaderTitle'><a href='/cms/scripts/page.php%3Fid%3Dreplace_usp10dll%26site_id%3Dnrsi.html'>Replacing your Uniscribe dll</a></span> <span class='author_date_hits'>Joan Wardell, Lorna A. Priest, 2007-05-23</span> <br>Updating your version of Uniscribe is not recommended by Microsoft. However, if you need to update your version of Uniscribe (to provide updated script support) these instructions may prove helpful to you.</p> <p><span class='ItemLeaderTitle'><a href='/cms/scripts/page.php%3Fid%3Dvolt_ui%26site_id%3Dnrsi.html'>Microsoft VOLT UI Overview</a></span> <span class='author_date_hits'>Paul Nelson, 2001-09-02</span> <br>This document is to provide an overview and understanding of the VOLT menus and UI.</p> <p><span class='ItemLeaderTitle'><a href='/cms/scripts/page.php%3Fid%3Dvolt_tutorial%26site_id%3Dnrsi.html'>Microsoft VOLT Tutorial (VOLT – Visual OpenType Layout Tool)</a></span> <span class='author_date_hits'>Paul Nelson, 2001-09-02</span> <br>VOLT is Microsoft’s tool for adding OpenType tables to fonts. It provides a graphical UI that enables a person to visualize what is going to happen with the substitutions and positioning lookups when they are created. 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