On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:50:47 +0530 Ramnarayan.K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > Thats what i was trying to work around - the need to setup some system > to setup inputting in hindi > > with say the kruti dev fonts .ttf wallah you install select the font > and begin typing based on the hindi typrewriter. [...]
Don't know about Kruti dev fonts, but I do not see how this is possible with just fonts. Certainly, it would be impossible with .ttf fonts, which are just a set of glyphs, and have no embedded rules. What you were probably using was a complete system, including a layer to translate keyboard input into the appropriate rendering, i.e., one had to click on something, or press a key sequence to switch back and forth from Hindi. > Its just for ease of use (fore newbies) that i was searching for > inscript ttf fonts [...] Um, I believe that installing a font, and an input method (which is what the system that you used was probably doing), is quite easy, and more maintainable in the long run. I do not use Windows, but from what I see on other people's machines, newer versions of Windows XP come up with some kind of a built-in keyboard input method that includes the Inscript layout. Also, enabling Indian- language support should install Hindi fonts in XP. Maybe this link will be of help: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Enabling_complex_text_support_for_Indic_scripts> Regards, Gora Regards, -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
