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News about fonts and input for some languages of India



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>> From: Harsh Kumar <harsh%krcl.ernet.in@krcl.ernet.in>
>> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 19:50:42 +0500 (GMT+0500)
>> 
>> Sorry to trouble you.
>> 
>> Have you tried Shusha fonts.  Please take Shusha from following site:
>> 
>> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/9988
>> 
>> Please do let me have your feedback.
>> 
>> With regards and best wishes.
>> 
>> Harsh Kumar                             harsh@krcl.ernet.in
>> Chief Manager IT                        +91-22 757 2015
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>> ...

I checked out the Web site, and found that Shusha is both a
QWERTY-keyboard input system, and a set of fonts, currently available
free for Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Gurmukhi and Bangla.  I don't know
any further details of the font format or encoding.

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