<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Thanks folks for the response.<br></div>Dear Alastair,<br>Thanks for the tip. Annapurna font <br></div>seems to work perfectly. I haven't <br>
</div>gone through the entire document carefully.<br></div>The three words rendered correctly. There doesn't <br>seem to be any italic variant. However, regular and bold<br></div>are enough for me for the time being.<br>
</div>Dear Khaled,<br>Regarding the version of xetex I use, I have copied the line giving the xetex version from<br>the log file.<br>
<style type="text/css">
p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
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<p style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-0.9999.3 (TeX Live 2013) (format=xelatex 2013.6.27) </p><br>Can you expand on the following remark?<br><br>
> The TECkit map is breaking the direct Unicode input, if I drop it the<br>
> first line gets rendered correctly.<br></div>I am not using any TECkit mapping like velthuis or itrans. I am inputting it directly.<br></div>Unless I have misunderstood it, Zdenek Wagner seems to be saying the<br></div>
diametrically opposite thing.<br>>As Khaled wrote, it is the TECkit problem. The TECkit map assumes that<br>
>the viramas were added as a result of the map and they are processed<br>
>in several steps. If you enter the Devanagari text directly, it cannot<br>>work. <br>Dear Zdenek,<br>>It depends on the version of XeTeX and FreeFont. The shaping engine<br>>was changed in 2013 and the old versions of FreeFont (release<br>
>2012-05-03) no longer works. You have to use the latest version from<br>
>subversion at <a href="https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/freefont/" target="_blank">https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/freefont/</a><br>
<br></div>There doesn't seem to be any official release of GNU freefont after 2012.<br></div>How do I get the latest version from the subversion? I can't find any<br></div>instructions and I am not familiar with svn.<br>
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1. Re: Problems in Devanagari typing. (Zdenek Wagner)<br>
2. Re: Problems in Devanagari typing. (Khaled Hosny)<br>
3. Re: Problems in Devanagari typing. (Zdenek Wagner)<br>
4. Re: Problems in Devanagari typing. (Mike Maxwell)<br>
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Message: 1<br>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 19:04:53 +0100<br>
From: Zdenek Wagner <<a href="mailto:zdenek.wagner@gmail.com">zdenek.wagner@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: "XeTeX (Unicode-based TeX) discussion." <<a href="mailto:xetex@tug.org">xetex@tug.org</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [XeTeX] Problems in Devanagari typing.<br>
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2013/11/24 S. venkataraman <<a href="mailto:svenkat@ignou.ac.in">svenkat@ignou.ac.in</a>>:<br>
> I was looking for some free, unicode compliant,<br>
> devanagari font family that has regular, italic and bold variants. I found<br>
> that aksharyogini, CDAC-GISTYogesh, FreeSans and FreeSerif<br>
> fit the bill. But, there are different problems with different fonts.<br>
> Here is a minimal example with the problems explained with comments.<br>
> Yogesh font is OK but<br>
> for the one problem.<br>
> Is there a free font with all the three variants that works<br>
> properly?<br>
> *********example file begins***************<br>
> \documentclass{article}<br>
> \usepackage{ifxetex}<br>
> \RequireXeTeX<br>
> \usepackage{fontspec}<br>
> \usepackage{xunicode}<br>
> \usepackage{xltxtra}<br>
> \newfontface\yogesh[Script=Devanagari,Ligatures=TeX]{CDAC-GISTYogesh}<br>
> \newfontface\aksharygni[Script=Devanagari,Ligatures=TeX]{Aksharyogini}<br>
> \newfontface\freeserif[Script=Devanagari,Ligatures=TeX]{FreeSerif}<br>
> \newfontface\freesans[Script=Devanagari,Ligatures=TeX]{FreeSans}<br>
> \begin{document}<br>
> \relax<br>
> {\yogesh ????????? ????-????? ????????}\\ %problem with the first word.<br>
> Repha is positioned wrongly.<br>
> {\aksharygni ????????? ????-????? ????????}\\ %problem with second word.<br>
> dvi ligature is not correct.<br>
> {\freeserif ????????? ????-????? ????????}\\ %Problem with second and third<br>
> words. dvi ligature is not correct and kri ligature is not correct.<br>
> {\freesans ????????? ????-????? ????????}\\ %kri ligature is not correct.<br>
> \end{document}<br>
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It depends on the version of XeTeX and FreeFont. The shaping engine<br>
was changed in 2013 and the old versions of FreeFont (release<br>
2012-05-03) no longer works. You have to use the latest version from<br>
subversion at <a href="https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/freefont/" target="_blank">https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/freefont/</a><br>
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This book was typeset with it using XeLaTeX from TeX Live 2013:<br>
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> **********************example file ends****************<br>
> Dr. S. Venkataraman<br>
> Associate Professor in Mathematics<br>
> School of Sciences<br>
> IGNOU<br>
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Message: 2<br>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 20:07:35 +0200<br>
From: Khaled Hosny <<a href="mailto:khaledhosny@eglug.org">khaledhosny@eglug.org</a>><br>
To: "XeTeX (Unicode-based TeX) discussion." <<a href="mailto:xetex@tug.org">xetex@tug.org</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [XeTeX] Problems in Devanagari typing.<br>
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On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 06:48:56PM +0100, NMPOST7 wrote:<br>
> On 24/11/2013 18:23, Khaled Hosny wrote:<br>
> > What version of XeTeX are you using? You don't seem to be using the<br>
> > latest version.<br>
><br>
> I am using the latest version from MacTeX (TexLive 2013) but I do not have the<br>
> Fonts mentioned here. I am using velthui mapping. That works out well with the<br>
> transliteration.<br>
><br>
> In the attached file the direct typing in Devanagari is the first example. The<br>
> ligature is wrongly placed (the second syllable). The second line is interpreted<br>
> correctly.<br>
<br>
The TECkit map is breaking the direct Unicode input, if I drop it the<br>
first line gets rendered correctly.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Khaled<br>
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Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 19:26:26 +0100<br>
From: Zdenek Wagner <<a href="mailto:zdenek.wagner@gmail.com">zdenek.wagner@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: "XeTeX (Unicode-based TeX) discussion." <<a href="mailto:xetex@tug.org">xetex@tug.org</a>><br>
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2013/11/24 Khaled Hosny <<a href="mailto:khaledhosny@eglug.org">khaledhosny@eglug.org</a>>:<br>
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 06:48:56PM +0100, NMPOST7 wrote:<br>
>> On 24/11/2013 18:23, Khaled Hosny wrote:<br>
>> > What version of XeTeX are you using? You don't seem to be using the<br>
>> > latest version.<br>
>><br>
>> I am using the latest version from MacTeX (TexLive 2013) but I do not have the<br>
>> Fonts mentioned here. I am using velthui mapping. That works out well with the<br>
>> transliteration.<br>
>><br>
>> In the attached file the direct typing in Devanagari is the first example. The<br>
>> ligature is wrongly placed (the second syllable). The second line is interpreted<br>
>> correctly.<br>
><br>
> The TECkit map is breaking the direct Unicode input, if I drop it the<br>
> first line gets rendered correctly.<br>
><br>
As Khaled wrote, it is the TECkit problem. The TECkit map assumes that<br>
the viramas were added as a result of the map and they are processed<br>
in several steps. If you enter the Devanagari text directly, it cannot<br>
work. See my samples with FreeSans and FreeSerif. Notice, that<br>
FreeSans is usable for modern languages as Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, but<br>
not for Sanskrit while FreeSerif is usable for all of them provided<br>
you switch not only the script but also the language. Try to type<br>
????? with both Language=Hindi and Language=Sanskrit. The difference<br>
should also be visible here:<br>
<a href="http://hroch486.icpf.cas.cz/freefont-devanagari/" target="_blank">http://hroch486.icpf.cas.cz/freefont-devanagari/</a> (it works even on<br>
many web browsers).<br>
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> Regards,<br>
> Khaled<br>
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Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 18:46:29 -0500<br>
From: Mike Maxwell <<a href="mailto:maxwell@umiacs.umd.edu">maxwell@umiacs.umd.edu</a>><br>
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I'm having trouble understanding this:<br>
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>> Am 24.11.2013 um 17:27 schrieb Khaled Hosny:<br>
> ...The problem I had with Malayalam (Rachana Font) has been fixed after I updated it.<br>
<br>
The "it" that got fixed = the font or XeTeX?<br>
<br>
> However TexShop does have problem with certain ligatures when it comes to Malayalam. However, the<br>
> pdf renders the ligature correctly.<br>
<br>
I'm not understanding: are you saying that the screen view of TexShop is at fault, or the PDF<br>
produced by XeTeX when you use TeXShop?<br>
<br>
> Mr Venkataraman is facing a similar problem. Font. As we have seen the problem is with ligatures.<br>
<br>
Perhaps you could be more specific?<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>Dr. S. Venkataraman<br>Associate Professor in Mathematics<br>School of Sciences<br>IGNOU<br></div>Tel. :29572812(o)<br></div>
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