https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1013183
--- Comment #4 from Shriramana Sharma <[email protected]> --- Yes the commit by Rahul is dated Thu Feb 28 12:55:10 2008. So far nobody has complained probably because nobody writes Samvruthokaram nowadays. Cibu and I were specifically discussing updates to the Unicode chapter on Malayalam discussing Samvruthokaram and because of that we have come across this problem. However, I do not understand on what basis you people considered it appropriate to introduce a new glyph in the font. Lohit fonts (which are used as system display fonts for Indic in most modern distros) are not the correct forum to bring about script reform or to invent new glyphs as part of a script. Malayalis are free to reform their script (like they did with the "putiya lipi" by breaking down the VS-U etc) but Malayalis are not the only people using the Malayalam script. Anyone can be interested in the Malayalam language and script and hence want to use it for whatever legitimate purpose. In this case, the academically accepted and attested form of the script is the only standard script to adhere to by all those concerned. The Lohit fonts which are for common Malayalam use for all people should reflect the script *as it is attested*. People who are not aware of and have not agreed to the private agreement of a few people in such a meeting will certainly not recognize such a ligature. Since this is clearly NOT part of the commonly accepted and attested orthography of Malayalam, I would have to insist on the removal of this ligature which is unknown to anyone other than those who who attended that meeting, unaccepted by academic communities and undocumented in Unicode or any other academic sources. People who by private agreement wish to use their newly invented ligature can always have their forked version of Lohit Malayalam. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. Unsubscribe from this bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/token.cgi?t=ydYu7iYgsT&a=cc_unsubscribe _______________________________________________ fonts-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fonts-bugs http://fonts.fedoraproject.org/
