https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427550
--- Comment #8 from Shriramana Sharma <[email protected]> --- The OP has pinged me many times via direct mail but being busy I wasn't able to respond to this issue till today. First it should be understood that to keep things formally correct the OP should submit a request to Unicode to allot any characters that he desires to use with the Tamil script a ScriptExtension ("SE") of Taml (http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/ScriptExtensions.txt). Just adding the characters to Lohit Tamil and adding appropriate OT tables may work but might not be portable. The OP is advised to use http://www.unicode.org/reporting.html or better still submit a document as per http://www.unicode.org/pending/docsubmit.html with appropriate attestations for the usages he asks to be supported. (In reply to Seshadri N from comment #0) > Extentions unicode U1CD0 series. Not all of these characters are attested to be used with Tamil. > Some such requests that I have come across in my FB and other groups: > > 1. How can I include the signs like lines above the letters as shown in the > picture. This is required to show the swaram i.e. high or low pitch of > pronouncing the letter/word as in Sanskrit. This kind of lines are used in > Sanskrit also. The characters attested to be used with Tamil are 0951, 0952 and 1CDA and they are already allotted ScriptExtensions for Tamil. 0951 ; Beng Deva Gran Gujr Guru Knda Latn Mlym Orya Shrd Taml Telu # Mn DEVANAGARI STRESS SIGN UDATTA 0952 ; Beng Deva Gran Gujr Guru Knda Latn Mlym Orya Taml Telu # Mn DEVANAGARI STRESS SIGN ANUDATTA 1CDA ; Deva Knda Mlym Taml Telu # Mn VEDIC TONE DOUBLE SVARITA > 2. I need to type musical notations in Tamil Using MSword processor. To > indicate octave we put a dot on top or bottom of the letter. how to add ? > > --- My answer for above point 2: dot above = anuswara, dot below = nukta, > Lohit Tamil does not contain nukta, but includes anuswara (U+0B82). --- Nuktas and anusvaras form part of Indic syllabic structure. Musical notations are outside syllable structure. Combining characters from the 03xx range should be used instead. Note that separately single- and double-dot nukta-s are attested for Tamil and need to be added to Lohit Tamil: http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15256-tamil-nukta.pdf Of these the double-dot nukta from Grantha is allotted SE for Tamil: 1133C ; Gran Taml # Mn GRANTHA SIGN NUKTA and the single-dot nukta is in the pipeline to be encoded in the Grantha block with Script=Inherited (which means it can be used with all scripts). > U+0310 COMBINING CANDRABINDU >>> replace with VEDIC TONE CANDRABINDU / > anunasika U+0901, thats in Devanagari range, to be consistent with all other > scrips. In fact it would seem Unicode advises to use Grantha characters for Tamil rather than Devanagari. See visarga matter below. Thus U+11301 Grantha Candrabindu would be the appropriate character. > Visarga U+0903 ( as separate and distinct, in addition to Tamil Visarga > U+0B83 ) UTC advises to use U+11303 Grantha Sign Visarga: 11303 ; Gran Taml # Mc GRANTHA SIGN VISARGA > AVAGRAHA U+093D I suppose U+1133D Grantha Sign Avagraha would be appropriate. > CANDRABINDU VIRAMA U+A8F3 Already in SE: A8F3 ; Deva Taml # Lo DEVANAGARI SIGN CANDRABINDU VIRAMA > NUKTA U+093C > VEDIC TONE UDATTA / SVARITA U+0951 > VEDIC TONE ANUDATTA U+0952 > VEDIC TONE DOUBLE/Deerga SVARITA U+1CDA See above. > VEDIC TONE PRENKHA U+1CD2 > VEDIC TONE CANDRA U+1CF4 Please provide attestation as to where these are used with Tamil. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ fonts-bugs mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
