@Jani Just a side note on fontstash-es <https://github.com/tangrams/fontstash-es>, we have not updated it for a while now. However we have been using https://github.com/hjanetzek/alfons project as a replacement for fontstash-es, in our map renderer (https://github.com/tangrams/tangram-es).
Varun Talwar Senior Graphics Engineer, Mapzen Master's of Sciences (Computer Graphics and Game Technology) University of Pennsylvania Mailto: [email protected] On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 4:02 AM, Jani Brezavšček <[email protected] > wrote: > Thank you very much! I never would have expected that this was ok. > > Best regards, > Jani Brezavšček > > > > > > > <http://www.outfit7.com/> > > JANI BREZAVŠČEK > > SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER > > www.outfit7.com > > Ekipa2 d.o.o. | Ameriška ulica 8 > 1000 Ljubljana, SI > <http://outfit7.com/> > > > On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Jonathan Kew <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 06/12/2017 09:34, Jani Brezavšček wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm writing because I can't find a solution to my problem.. I would like >>> to display the following hindi text as it is written bellow or e.g. in >>> google search bar >>> >>> शक्ति (I put it in google translate and it looks like it means "power" >>> in hindi) >>> >>> with the line above the characters (starting at second one) going above >>> from the second character to the last one. But what I get after using >>> harfbuzz is not the same... the last two characters get merged into one and >>> it does not look like what I pasted >>> >>> I've checked it with Sanskrit2003.ttf and NotoSansDevanagari-Medium.ttf >>> they both produce the same abomination >>> >>> Can anyone please help me understand if this is a bug in harfbuzz or if >>> I am doing something wrong? >>> >>> >> I guess you're confused by the rendering of the combination "क्त" (ka, >> virama, ta). This pair of consonants ("kt") can be written either with a >> half-ka followed by ta, or as a single conjunct glyph. Which is used is a >> stylistic choice the font designer will have made. >> >> Most fonts I've seen go for the single-glyph "kt" conjunct, although the >> Mangal and Nirmala UI fonts from Windows choose the longer "half-ka + ta" >> rendering, so if that's what you're comparing to, you may be surprised by >> the conjunct in other fonts. >> >> See http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p276561/html/s >> ection67.html (scroll down to section 7, "Some forms are completely >> different...", and note the two examples of the "kt" combination). >> >> In short: how it looks depends on the font you choose. >> >> JK >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > HarfBuzz mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/harfbuzz > >
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