On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 01:34:14PM +0600, Christopher Fynn wrote: > Yes, Indic scripts like Malayalam need specific console fonts. I think > for console applications legibility is more important that beauty. > > Why not use the typefaces used in old-fashioned Indian typewriters as a > starting point? Most of the popular mono-with fonts for Latin (Courier > etc.) are based on typewriter faces. > > Manual mechanical typewriters had a fixed advance width and the > "resolution" was fairly low - a lot of care and expertise went into > designing typefaces that were legible within these constraints.
Thanks for the constructive ideas. Of course you're totally right, this approach makes sense. There is still the character/glyph issue with regard to width, since typewriters of course work with glyphs rather than characters, but that's unavoidable. > I know typewriters made by companies like Remington were manufactured > for most Indian scripts - and I suspect a lot of these machines are > still around - so it shouldn't be too hard to come up with some type > samples to use as a starting point. Yes, I'm sure they are. I suppose now I just have to find someone who has one and who can explain it well. Rich -- Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/
