[Tugindia] marathi fonts, and TOAST

[Radhakrishnan CV]

>>>>> "Ajit" == Ajit Ranade <akr@linux-delhi.org> writes:

[...]

    Ajit> as you know, marathi uses devnagari script. the devnag
    Ajit> package already supports typesetting marathi, as also
    Ajit> sanskrit and hindi. and the fonts that come along with
    Ajit> devnag package, are quite excellent.

I stand corrected. I'm ashamed, how far less I know about my own
country. :(

[...]

    Ajit> in fact unlike the linux world, i don't find the tex world
    Ajit> developing HOWTO or mini-HOWTO files. i think this would be
    Ajit> a worthwhile project for tugindia members.  

Yes. We should.

    Ajit> another great initiative has begun from India, called LOST
    Ajit> i.e. linux-one-stanza-tip. this a collection of simple linux
    Ajit> tips in one stanza. (now only if a.r. rehman sets these tips
    Ajit> to music, we are all set!)

Great.

    Ajit> how about TOAST (tex-one-and-half-stanza-tip)?

Wonderful.

    Ajit> TOAST 1: How to get an underline, which is better than what
    Ajit> one gets by using tex's command, i.e. which is closer to the
    Ajit> baseline of a sentence, and not under the "stick-out"
    Ajit> letters like "y", "g" etc?

    Ajit> use:

    Ajit> \def\undertext#1{%
    Ajit> $\underline{\smash{\vphantom{y}\raise2pt\hbox{#1}}}$}

Excellent idea, Ajit. We should follow it up.

-- 
Radhakrishnan