[XeTeX] Xelatex, kannada, sanskrit and ligatures

[Gareth Hughes]

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On 26/02/11 06:39, Harish Gopala wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have the problem with Xelatex. When I compile the below file using
> xelatex, it complains a little while compiling, but the ligatures are
> all wrong in the output pdf file.

Saying that the ligatures are all wrong isn't too helpful. Do you mean
that the ligatures are not forming (likely) or that the wrong ligatures
are forming (less likely).

Please help. The source is as below:
> ----------------------
> \documentclass[12pt]{article}
> \usepackage{fontspec}
> \newfontfamily{\Kannada}{Tunga}
> \newfontfamily{\Devanagari}{CDAC-GISTSurekh}

Without seeing the output or knowing the fonts, it is likely that you
have to turn script features on in fontspec. Try rewriting the font
calls with

\newfontfamily{\Kannada}[Script=Kannada]{Tunga}
\newfontfamily{\Devanagari}[Script=Devanagari]{CDAC-GISTSurekh}

Hope that helps,

Gareth.
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