@Jani Re. fontstash-es: You can also directly use https://github.com/tangrams/harfbuzz-example for your test purposes.
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 10:24 AM, Varun Talwar <[email protected]> wrote: > @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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