[XeTeX] XeTeX Digest, Vol 144, Issue 15

[Purnendu Chakraborty]

>
> Most probably this is not a problem of xetex but a problem of the font.
> Have you tried to use a different Bengali font? I do not know Bengali but I
> use Devanagari frequently since XeTeX was compiled in TeX Live and I do not
> have problems. Many years ago there were problems with FreeFont but these
> bugs were fixed many years ago.
>
> Zden?k Wagner


I have tried using different fonts and the problem persists. I had
some Bengali documents
which worked fine with an older installation of TeXLive.  The problem
appeared once I
upgraded my distribution. Also I tried some standard TeX documents,
compiled successfully by others
in different system and I know how the output looks like.  Thus I
ruled out font problems.
Bengali text  looks alright when I write it in gedit or any other word
processor.
Please let me also tell you that not all the conjuncts appear messy
but only two of them.

Regards,
Purnendu