[Tugindia] Tamil typing in latex

[P. P. Narayanaswami]

The Latha font may be too big in size and may not match your mathematics or
English fonts, so you can download and install other nice Unicode fonts like
the  Chemmozhi Font series. There are:
ChemmozhiTimes, ChemmozhiParanar, ChemmozhiVaigai, ChemmozhiThendral, etc.
You can select the one that nicely matches your mathematics/English fonts.


Quoting SIVAKUMAR R <skarg_ind at hotmail.com>:

> not working sir,
> this is the error message
> 
> fontspec error: "font-not-found"
> !
> ! The font "Lohit-Tamil" cannot be found.
> !
> ! See the fontspec documentation for further information.
> !
> ! For immediate help type H <return>.
> !...............................................
> l.12 ...tfamily{\lohit}[Script=Tamil]{Lohit-Tamil}
> |'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> | A font might not be found for many reasons.
> | Check the spelling, where the font is installed etc. etc.
> |
> | When in doubt, ask someone for help!
> |...............................................
> Requested font "Lohit-Tamil/ICU" at 10.0pt
> -> font not found, using "nullfont"
> *************************************************
> * fontspec warning: "script-not-exist"
> *
> * Font 'Lohit-Tamil' does not contain script 'Tamil'.
> *************************************************
> \g_fontspec_family_Lohit-Tamil_int=\count139
> Requested font "Lohit-Tamil/ICU" at 10.0pt
> -> font not found, using "nullfont"
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> !
> ! fontspec error: "font-not-found"
> !
> ! The font "Lohit-Tamil" cannot be found.
> !
> ! See the fontspec documentation for further information.
> !
> ! For immediate help type H <return>.
> !...............................................
> l.12 ...tfamily{\lohit}[Script=Tamil]{Lohit-Tamil}
> |'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> | A font might not be found for many reasons.
> | Check the spelling, where the font is installed etc. etc.
> |
> | When in doubt, ask someone for help!
> |...............................................
> Requested font "Lohit-Tamil/ICU" at 10.0pt
> -> font not found, using "nullfont"
> Requested font "Lohit-Tamil/B/ICU" at 10.0pt
> -> font not found, using "nullfont"
> .................................................
> . fontspec info: "no-font-shape"
> .
> . Could not resolve font Lohit-Tamil/B (it probably doesn't exist).
> .................................................
> Requested font "Lohit-Tamil/ICU" at 10.0pt
> -> font not found, using "nullfont"
> Requested font "Lohit-Tamil/I/ICU" at 10.0pt
> -> font not found, using "nullfont"
> .................................................
> . fontspec info: "no-font-shape"
> .
> . Could not resolve font Lohit-Tamil/I (it probably doesn't exist).
> .................................................
> Requested font "Lohit-Tamil/ICU" at 10.0pt
> -> font not found, using "nullfont"
> Requested font "Lohit-Tamil/BI/ICU" at 10.0pt
> -> font not found, using "nullfont"
> .................................................
> . fontspec info: "no-font-shape"
> .
> . Could not resolve font Lohit-Tamil/BI (it probably doesn't exist).
> .................................................
> .................................................
> . fontspec info: "defining-font"
> .
> . Font family 'Lohit-Tamil(0)' created for font 'Lohit-Tamil' with options
> . [Script=Tamil].
> .
> . This font family consists of the following shapes:
> .
> . * 'normal' with NFSS spec.:
> . <->"Lohit-Tamil/ICU:"
> .................................................
> 
> 
> > From: cvr at river-valley.org
> > Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 22:04:58 +0530
> > To: tugindia at tug.org
> > Subject: Re: [Tugindia] Tamil typing in latex
> > 
> > On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 9:26 PM, SIVAKUMAR R <skarg_ind at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> > > I am using miketex(windows 7) with texmaker as editor.
> > > I want to type tamil in my documents along with english for prepearing
> > > bilingual question papers.
> > > So pls suggest about using other languages in latex.
> > >
> > 
> > Given below is a small test file (the example is from Tamil Wikipedia):
> > 
> > %<------------------------ begin --------------------------->
> > 
> > \documentclass[a4paper]{article}
> > \usepackage{amsmath}
> > 
> > \usepackage[margin=1in,top=1in,bottom=1in,ignoreall]{geometry}
> > \pagestyle{empty}
> > 
> > \usepackage{fontspec}
> > \usepackage{xltxtra}
> > \setmainfont[Ligatures=TeX,Mapping=tex-text,Numbers=OldStyle]{TeX Gyre
> > Pagella}
> > \newfontinstance\pal[Mapping=tex-text,Numbers=OldStyle]{TeX Gyre Pagella}
> > \newfontfamily{\lohit}[Script=Tamil]{Lohit-Tamil}
> > \defaultfontfeatures{Scale=MatchLowercase}
> > 
> > \begin{document}
> > 
> > %\fontsize{9}{12}\selectfont
> > \parskip 6pt
> > 
> > \raggedright
> > 
> > \lohit
> > 
> > 
> > கட்டற்ற கலைக்களஞ்சியமான
> விக்கிப்பீடியாவில்
> இருந்து.
> > 
> > \bigskip
> > 
> > கணிதத்தில், ஒருபடியச்
> சமன்பாடுகளின் தொகுதி à®
ல்லது
> நேரியல் சமன்பாடுகளின்
> > தொகுதி {\pal(system of linear equations)} என்பது,
> மாறிகளையும் மாறிகளின்
> > எண்ணிக்கையையும் சமமாகக்
> கொண்ட ஒருபடியச்
> சமன்பாடுகளின்
> தொகுப்பாகும்.
> > எடுத்துக்காட்டாக,
> > \begin{alignat}{7}
> > 3x &&\; + \;&& 2y &&\; - \;&& z &&\; = \;&& 1 & \\
> > 2x &&\; - \;&& 2y &&\; + \;&& 4z &&\; = \;&& -2 & \\
> > -x &&\; + \;&& \tfrac{1}{2} y &&\; - \;&& z &&\; = \;&& 0 &
> > \end{alignat}
> > என்பன $x, y, z$ என்னும் மூன்று
> மாறிகளால் ஆன மூன்று
> ஒருபடியச் சமன்பாடுகள்.
> > இந்த மூன்று
> சமன்பாடுகளையும் ஒருங்கே
> நிறைவு செய்யும் மூன்று
> மாறிகளின்
> > மதிப்புகள்
> இச்சமன்பாட்டுத் தொகுதியின்
> ஒரு தீர்வு எனப்படும்.
> > 
> > மேற்கண்ட ஒருங்கமை
> சமன்பாடுகளின் ஒரு தீர்வு:
> > \begin{alignat}{2}
> > x & = & 1 \\
> > y & = & -2 \\
> > z & = & -2
> > \end{alignat}
> > இம்மதிப்புகள் மேற்கண்ட
> மூன்று சமன்பாடுகளையும்
> நிறைவு செய்கின்றன.
> > 
> > கணிதத்தில் ஒருபடிய
> à®
மைப்புகள் à®
ல்லது
> ஒருங்கியங்கள், என்பன
> தற்காலக்
> > கணிதத்தின் à®
டிப்படைத்
> துறைகளில் ஒன்றான நேரியல்
> இயற்கணிதத்தின் ஒரு
> > பிரிவாகும்.
> > 
> > \end{document}
> > 
> > %<--------------------------- end ------------------------------->
> > 
> > Please save this file and typeset using xelatex and see the result for
> > yourself. I have kept the pdf output of this source at this location (list
> > manager does not like attachments):
> > 
> >    http://download.river-valley.com/cvr/tamil.pdf
> > 
> > Best regards
> > -- 
> > Radhakrishnan
> > River
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