Hello everyone, I apologize as I posted similar message on gmane.linux.ubuntu.user.indian newsgroup before but later realized that I can get help from experts on Indic language matters here.
I am trying to introduce new characters (I'll design its glyph) in an Indian language font and make it behave (in terms of conjugations - sanyuktakshar) properly. In other words, the new alphabets will be slightly modified version of original alphabets (in terms of glyphs) to denote subtle variation in their sounds but will behave exactly same in terms of conjugations. In my opinion what I am trying to accomplish is similar to addition of accented characters in Latin alphbets. The only difference or complication here is that of generating combined or conjugated letters (a common feature in Indian languages which is missing in many European languages, if I am correct) . As far as I understand, I need to create new codepoints for new characters and then write rules for their rendering (especially conjugations) into pango for this. Is this correct? Can experts please shed some light on this and give me some hints how to accomplish this project? Is their any tutorial or resource to learn how to add new valid codepoints in fonts. Also, how to make a testing system for pango, so that I can modify and build it on ubuntu. If their is some better approach or if the approach that I am suggesting is incorrect please advice me some right approach to solve this problem. I am using scim and m17n as input method and work on Ubuntu 12.04. I'll highly appreciate any help or pointers in this respect. Thanks and Regards, -Atul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ IndLinux-group mailing list IndLinux-group@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/indlinux-group
