[XeTeX] problem rendering unicode Devanagari dependent vowel signs in a different color

[ShreeDevi Kumar]

Thank you so much for your prompt reply and solution to the problem.

I am attaching the MWE and pdf output using \textcolor.

Appreciate your help.

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 4:49 PM, Zdenek Wagner <zdenek.wagner at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am afraid that this is impossible. \color inserts aa expandable command
> of a main processor which must not be used inside a word.
> This means that in the TeX's eyes the matra is a part of another word and
> must not be connected. You have to do it manually.
>
> Try this in your file and see the difference for I and U:
>
> \hindifont{
>
>  क् + इ = क{\color{blue}ि} = कि = \textcolor{blue}{ि}क
>
>  क् + उ = क{\color{blue}\kern-.15em ु} = कु = \textcolor{blue}{ु}क
>
> }
>
> Zdeněk Wagner
> http://ttsm.icpf.cas.cz/team/wagner.shtml
> http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz
>
>
>
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