[XeTeX] Kannada output issues.

[Jonathan Kew]

On 2 Jul 2009, at 14:22, joy merwin monteiro wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I tried typesetting kannada, the characters that go under or over the
> main character do not seem to be getting typeset. Im using the xelatex
> that comes with MiKTeX 2.7.
>
> I tried the Tunga font, which comes with windows, and a couple of  
> others as
> well, no success. Where is the issue, any ideas ? Attaching both the  
> pdf
> and input tex file. Im using Yudit as my editor. I opened the tex  
> file in Open
> Office as well, looked okay.

Try

   \setmainfont[Script=Kannada]{Tunga}

(see the fontspec documentation).

JK