[Tugindia] tugindia Digest, Vol 146, Issue 3

P. P. Narayanaswami swami at mun.ca
Mon Jul 20 11:00:50 CEST 2015


Dear Shri venkataraman:
Many many thanks for all the help you gave me  in all the 4 emails you sent..
I can now manage what I want in Tamil typing in XeLaTeX.
Best regards
Narayanaswami



Quoting "S. venkataraman" <svenkat at ignou.ac.in>:

> Sorry for posting in bits and pieces.  It is possible to type shree and
> ksha using the following letter combinations according to the following
> document:
> http://unicode.org/L2/L2001/01375r-N2381R-Tamil.pdf
> 
> Note: The Tamil Letter Shree (at Shifted position on the Y key) is composed
> of the following characters (identified by their Unicode values): U+0B9A +
> U+0BCD + U+0BB0 + U+0BC0. Similarly the Tamil Letter Ksha (at Shifted
> position on the T key) is composed of the following Unicode characters:
> U0B95+U0BCD+U0BB7.
> 
> You can use itrans-tamil if you don't mind using itrans transliteration.
> See http://ctan.imsc.res.in/macros/xetex/generic/itrans/
> You can get ksha also.  See
> http://ctan.imsc.res.in/macros/xetex/generic/itrans/itrans-tamil-sample.pdf
> and
> http://ctan.imsc.res.in/macros/xetex/generic/itrans/itrans-tamil-sample.tex
> *Summarising*, please install Chanakya or Kamal.  They are complete
> families.  (No slant
> fonts though.) Then, type your document in xelatex using
> itrans-tamil-sample.tex
> Best regards,
> 
> On 20 July 2015 at 12:15, <tugindia-request at tug.org> wrote:
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> > Today's Topics:
> >
> >    1. Re: [XeTeX] Tamil Unicode fonts (bold,    italic) for XeLaTeX
> >       (Zdenek Wagner)
> >    2. Re: tugindia Digest, Vol 146, Issue 2 (S. venkataraman)
> >    3. Re: tugindia Digest, Vol 146, Issue 2 (S. venkataraman)
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Zdenek Wagner <zdenek.wagner at gmail.com>
> > To: "XeTeX (Unicode-based TeX) discussion." <xetex at tug.org>
> > Cc: <tugindia at tug.org>
> > Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 22:01:32 +0200
> > Subject: Re: [Tugindia] [XeTeX] Tamil Unicode fonts (bold, italic) for
> > XeLaTeX
> > Namaste,
> >
> > this is not a solution, good fonts will be better but you can at least
> > use font transformations, see section 9.13 in the fontspec manual
> > (type texdoc fontspec).
> > Zdeněk Wagner
> > http://ttsm.icpf.cas.cz/team/wagner.shtml
> > http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz
> >
> >
> > 2015-07-18 17:13 GMT+02:00 P. P. Narayanaswami <swami at mun.ca>:
> > > I want to type Tamil text in Ubuntu 14.04, with  TeXLive 2014.
> > > The Lohit Tamil font that comes with the Ubuntu is good normal font.
> > > But since I cannot use font shape commands like \textbf, \slshape, etc
> > > with this font in XeLaTeX, I need good bold and italic Tamil fonts to
> > match
> > > Lohit Tamil fonts. Also some fonts do not have the proper glyphs for
> > "shrI",
> > > "kSha" and  "sha" in Tamil.
> > >
> > > Can anyone, who is using XeLaTeX in Tamil, suggest three good matching
> > Tamil
> > > fonts, normal, bold, and italic shapes that also contain the glyphs
> > "shrI",
> > > "kSha, and "sha" to be used in the same document along with English
> > (also bold,
> > > italic and normal)?  Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: "S. venkataraman" <svenkat at ignou.ac.in>
> > To: TUGIndia Mailing List <tugindia at tug.org>, "P. P. Narayanaswami" <
> > swami at mun.ca>
> > Cc:
> > Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:10:09 +0530
> > Subject: Re: [Tugindia] tugindia Digest, Vol 146, Issue 2
> > Dear Prof. Narayanaswamy,
> > You can try the CDAC tonts available from
> > http://ildc.in/tamil/Gist/C-DAC/OT-Fonts/OT-Fonts.zip
> > Best regards,
> > S. Venkataraman
> >
> > On 19 July 2015 at 15:30, <tugindia-request at tug.org> wrote:
> >
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> > > Today's Topics:
> > >
> > >    1. Tamil Unicode fonts (bold, italic) for XeLaTeX
> > >       (P. P. Narayanaswami)
> > >    2. tabular column (SIVAKUMAR R)
> > >    3. Re: tabular column (Krishnan E)
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: "P. P. Narayanaswami" <swami at mun.ca>
> > > To: <tugindia at tug.org>
> > > Cc: <xetex at tug.org>
> > > Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 12:43:42 -0230
> > > Subject: [Tugindia] Tamil Unicode fonts (bold, italic) for XeLaTeX
> > > I want to type Tamil text in Ubuntu 14.04, with  TeXLive 2014.
> > > The Lohit Tamil font that comes with the Ubuntu is good normal font.
> > > But since I cannot use font shape commands like \textbf, \slshape, etc
> > > with this font in XeLaTeX, I need good bold and italic Tamil fonts to
> > match
> > > Lohit Tamil fonts. Also some fonts do not have the proper glyphs for
> > > "shrI",
> > > "kSha" and  "sha" in Tamil.
> > >
> > > Can anyone, who is using XeLaTeX in Tamil, suggest three good matching
> > > Tamil
> > > fonts, normal, bold, and italic shapes that also contain the glyphs
> > "shrI",
> > > "kSha, and "sha" to be used in the same document along with English (also
> > > bold,
> > > italic and normal)?  Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: SIVAKUMAR R <skarg_ind at hotmail.com>
> > > To: TUG INDIA <tugindia at tug.org>
> > > Cc:
> > > Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 21:26:36 +0530
> > > Subject: [Tugindia] tabular column
> > > how to type text in vertical directions in tabular column. please send
> > the
> > > syntax.
> > > Also send a format for typing a transportation problem table with
> > solution.
> > >
> > > இரா.சிவக்குமார் (R.SIVAKUMAR)
> > > கணித விரிவுரையளர் (LECTURER IN
> MATHEMATICS),
> > > www.rasivakumar.blogspot.in
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: Krishnan E <e.krshnan at gmail.com>
> > > To: TUGIndia Mailing List <tugindia at tug.org>
> > > Cc:
> > > Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 08:12:16 +0530
> > > Subject: Re: [Tugindia] tabular column
> > > Attaching the source of a table I did long ago. Hope this is what you
> > want
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 9:26 PM, SIVAKUMAR R <skarg_ind at hotmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > how to type text in vertical directions in tabular column. please send
> > > the
> > > > syntax.
> > > > Also send a format for typing a transportation problem table with
> > > solution.
> > > >
> > > > இரா.சிவக்குமார் (R.SIVAKUMAR)
> > > > கணித விரிவுரையளர் (LECTURER IN
> MATHEMATICS),
> > > > www.rasivakumar.blogspot.in
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> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Krishnan
> > >
> > >
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> > --
> > Dr. S. Venkataraman
> > Associate Professor in Mathematics
> > School of Sciences
> > IGNOU
> > Tel. :29572812(o)
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: "S. venkataraman" <svenkat at ignou.ac.in>
> > To: TUGIndia Mailing List <tugindia at tug.org>, "P. P. Narayanaswami" <
> > swami at mun.ca>
> > Cc:
> > Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:14:55 +0530
> > Subject: Re: [Tugindia] tugindia Digest, Vol 146, Issue 2
> > This may be better for linux.
> > http://ildc.in/tamil/Gist/C-DAC/OT-Fonts/Fonts.tar.gz
> > Best,
> >
> > On 19 July 2015 at 15:30, <tugindia-request at tug.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Send tugindia mailing list submissions to
> > >         tugindia at tug.org
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> > >         tugindia-request at tug.org
> > >
> > > You can reach the person managing the list at
> > >         tugindia-owner at tug.org
> > >
> > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> > > than "Re: Contents of tugindia digest..."
> > >
> > > Today's Topics:
> > >
> > >    1. Tamil Unicode fonts (bold, italic) for XeLaTeX
> > >       (P. P. Narayanaswami)
> > >    2. tabular column (SIVAKUMAR R)
> > >    3. Re: tabular column (Krishnan E)
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: "P. P. Narayanaswami" <swami at mun.ca>
> > > To: <tugindia at tug.org>
> > > Cc: <xetex at tug.org>
> > > Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 12:43:42 -0230
> > > Subject: [Tugindia] Tamil Unicode fonts (bold, italic) for XeLaTeX
> > > I want to type Tamil text in Ubuntu 14.04, with  TeXLive 2014.
> > > The Lohit Tamil font that comes with the Ubuntu is good normal font.
> > > But since I cannot use font shape commands like \textbf, \slshape, etc
> > > with this font in XeLaTeX, I need good bold and italic Tamil fonts to
> > match
> > > Lohit Tamil fonts. Also some fonts do not have the proper glyphs for
> > > "shrI",
> > > "kSha" and  "sha" in Tamil.
> > >
> > > Can anyone, who is using XeLaTeX in Tamil, suggest three good matching
> > > Tamil
> > > fonts, normal, bold, and italic shapes that also contain the glyphs
> > "shrI",
> > > "kSha, and "sha" to be used in the same document along with English (also
> > > bold,
> > > italic and normal)?  Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: SIVAKUMAR R <skarg_ind at hotmail.com>
> > > To: TUG INDIA <tugindia at tug.org>
> > > Cc:
> > > Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 21:26:36 +0530
> > > Subject: [Tugindia] tabular column
> > > how to type text in vertical directions in tabular column. please send
> > the
> > > syntax.
> > > Also send a format for typing a transportation problem table with
> > solution.
> > >
> > > இரா.சிவக்குமார் (R.SIVAKUMAR)
> > > கணித விரிவுரையளர் (LECTURER IN
> MATHEMATICS),
> > > www.rasivakumar.blogspot.in
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: Krishnan E <e.krshnan at gmail.com>
> > > To: TUGIndia Mailing List <tugindia at tug.org>
> > > Cc:
> > > Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 08:12:16 +0530
> > > Subject: Re: [Tugindia] tabular column
> > > Attaching the source of a table I did long ago. Hope this is what you
> > want
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 9:26 PM, SIVAKUMAR R <skarg_ind at hotmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > how to type text in vertical directions in tabular column. please send
> > > the
> > > > syntax.
> > > > Also send a format for typing a transportation problem table with
> > > solution.
> > > >
> > > > இரா.சிவக்குமார் (R.SIVAKUMAR)
> > > > கணித விரிவுரையளர் (LECTURER IN
> MATHEMATICS),
> > > > www.rasivakumar.blogspot.in
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Home:        http://www.tug.org.in/
> > > > TeX FAQ:     http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq
> > > > unsubscribe: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tugindia
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Krishnan
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Dr. S. Venkataraman
> > Associate Professor in Mathematics
> > School of Sciences
> > IGNOU
> > Tel. :29572812(o)
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dr. S. Venkataraman
> Associate Professor in Mathematics
> School of Sciences
> IGNOU
> Tel. :29572812(o)
> _______________________________________________
> Home:        http://www.tug.org.in/
> TeX FAQ:     http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq
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