[Tugindia] marathi fonts, and TOAST
manjusha joshi
tugindia@tug.org
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 05:24:17 +0000
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<P>Yes! That is true and we are at Pune , successfully using devnag package for Matheamatics Question Papers for Regional Mathematical Olympiad exam. (From years, at least 6 years , As I know) also good Documentation of Devnag of 25 pages is available.</P>
<P>with best wishes,</P>
<P>Manjusha</P></DIV>>From: Ajit Ranade <AKR@LINUX-DELHI.ORG>
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<DIV></DIV>>CC: howtos@frodo.hserus.net
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: [Tugindia] marathi fonts, and TOAST
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 08:52:14 +0530 (IST)
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<DIV></DIV>>On 11 Oct 2002, Radhakrishnan CV wrote:
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<DIV></DIV>> > >> Have you developed any fonts? Or do you have any specific
<DIV></DIV>> > >> plans to do one?
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<DIV></DIV>> > manjusha> We are searching for exact requirement.
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<DIV></DIV>> > I guess, you're a native Marathi speaker? Why not you try to
<DIV></DIV>> > accomplish the following:
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<DIV></DIV>> > 1. a free Marathi MetaFont font in different sizes, shapes and
<DIV></DIV>> > weights.
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<DIV></DIV>>radhakrishnan,
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<DIV></DIV>>as you know, marathi uses devnagari script. the devnag package already
<DIV></DIV>>supports typesetting marathi, as also sanskrit and hindi. and the fonts
<DIV></DIV>>that come along with devnag package, are quite excellent.
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<DIV></DIV>> > 2. a pre processor to use this fonts in normal TeX/LaTeX
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<DIV></DIV>>the devnag package comes with a preprocessor.
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<DIV></DIV>> > 3. a mapping scheme to input Marathi using Roman keyboard
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<DIV></DIV>>again, the velthuis scheme (of devnag) supports this. you just type {\dn
<DIV></DIV>>ajit} to get my name typeset in devnagari in the velthuis scheme.
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<DIV></DIV>> > 4. Omega Translation Process (OTP) to integrate the fonts into Omega
<DIV></DIV>> > system which will facilitate multilingual typesetting, also it does
<DIV></DIV>> > away with the pre-processor
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<DIV></DIV>>this would be great.
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<DIV></DIV>> > 5. a decent documentation for the user
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<DIV></DIV>>there's always room for more and better documentation.
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<DIV></DIV>>in fact unlike the linux world, i don't find the tex world developing
<DIV></DIV>>HOWTO or mini-HOWTO files. i think this would be a worthwhile project for
<DIV></DIV>>tugindia members. another great initiative has begun from India, called
<DIV></DIV>>LOST i.e. linux-one-stanza-tip. this a collection of simple linux tips in
<DIV></DIV>>one stanza. (now only if a.r. rehman sets these tips to music, we are all
<DIV></DIV>>set!)
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<DIV></DIV>>cheers,
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<DIV></DIV>>ajit.
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<DIV></DIV>>ps:
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<DIV></DIV>>how about TOAST (tex-one-and-half-stanza-tip)?
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<DIV></DIV>>TOAST 1: How to get an underline, which is better than what one gets by
<DIV></DIV>>using tex's command, i.e. which is closer to the baseline of a sentence,
<DIV></DIV>>and not under the "stick-out" letters like "y", "g" etc?
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<DIV></DIV>>use:
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<DIV></DIV>>\def\undertext#1{$\underline{\smash{\vphantom{y}\raise2pt\hbox{#1}}}$}
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