[XeTeX] How to render this symbol in Xelatex

A u akupadhyayula at gmail.com
Mon Apr 30 19:10:19 CEST 2012


Chandra,
it is not chandra Bindu. It is specifically used in Veda Mantras and its
pronounced as "गुम्"

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:27 PM, R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar <
chyavana at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sunday 29 April 2012 09:40 PM, A u wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I am using Texworks as editor. Sanskrit 2003 font in Ubuntu.
>> I could render all alphabets except the attached image.
>>
>> I produced this in windows using iTranslator software.
>> http://www.omkarananda-ashram.**org/Sanskrit/itranslator2003.**htm<http://www.omkarananda-ashram.org/Sanskrit/itranslator2003.htm>
>>
>> I followed these instruction to make devanagari input in Ubuntu.
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/**showthread.php?t=646207<http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=646207>
>>
>> I tried to add the symbol after this "sudo gedit
>> /usr/share/m17n/hi-itrans.min"
>> but that did not work, it adds a "*" but not the symbol.
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>> Aku
>>
>
> I might be wrong but the symbol looks like DEVANAGARI SIGN CANDRABINDU
> AVAGRAHA which is U+A8F7.
>
> You might need to first confirm the existence of the glyph for this
> character in the font you are using.
>
> FWIF.
>
> Chandra
>
>
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