[XeTeX] Uppercase in Armenian

[David Carlisle]

Something like this, I think.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{polyglossia}

\setdefaultlanguage{armenian}
\setmainfont{DejaVu Sans}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\let\tuppercase\text_uppercase:n
\ExplSyntaxOff
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}
Երևան $\rightarrow$ \uppercase{Երևան}

Երևան $\rightarrow$ \tuppercase{Երևան}

\end{document}

David


On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 at 22:15, Zdenek Wagner <zdenek.wagner at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> first I should mention that I do not know Armenian at all and can just
> recognize a few characters. Anyway I came across a problem which
> probably cannot be solved by the standard \lccode / \uccode method.
> What I mean is Yerevan which is written as Երևան but YEREVAN (all
> caps) is ԵՐԵՎԱՆ because և has no uppercase variant and must be
> replaced by two characters ԵՎ. At least, it is visible in Elena
> Yerevan's songs shot in the city of Yerevan. The following file
>
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{polyglossia}
> \setdefaultlanguage{armenian}
> \setmainfont{DejaVu Sans}
> \pagestyle{empty}
> \begin{document}
> Երևան $\rightarrow$ \uppercase{Երևան}
> \end{document}
>
> shows that all characters are converted correctly to uppercase but և
> remains in lovercase. Is there a solution?
>
> Zdeněk Wagner
> http://ttsm.icpf.cas.cz/team/wagner.shtml
>
>
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