[XeTeX] Wanted: "exotic" OpenType examples

[Yves Codet]

Hello.

Here is attached a Sanskrit text repeated twice, the first time with 
"script=deva", the second time without. There are several paragraphs, 
so if it's too long you can keep only the extent of text you want.

With "script=deva" (font \deva), the display is good (except that the 
font is ugly, and that there are too long lines; it would be nice if 
"sanhyph.tex" could be included in a future release of XeTeX, together 
with a modified version of "language.dat"; it would take so little 
space that almost nobody would notice!)

Without "script=deva" (font \devb):
--- conjuncts are not formed: consonant groups should be written with a 
single "glyph" (a conjunct), graphically combining the different 
consonants of the group, which is not the case; for instance the 
sequence "d" द् + "ma" म should be written द्म not द्‍म.
--- the vowel "i" is misplaced: it should be before the consonant or
consonant group it follows in pronunciation; for instance "di" should 
be written दि not द‍ि.
--- vowels which must be written above or under the consonant which 
precedes them in pronunciation are correctly placed.

That's all I noticed. There are other persons around here who can read 
Devanagari; perhaps they'll have something to add.

Best wishes,

Yves

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