2012/3/25 R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar <[email protected]>: > Dear Folks, > > This is a question regarding difference in output when the same file is > compiled using xelatex and lualatex. The minimal example below also explains > the difference: > AFAIK lua(la)tex does not yet support Devanagari, it just displays the glyphs without using correctly all OpenType tables. Try eg word संक्षिप्त, i-matra will be at the wrong place. > --- > \documentclass{article} > \usepackage{fontspec} > \newfontfamily{\skr}[Script=Devanagari]{Sanskrit 2003} > \begin{document} > \noindent When this file is compiled by xelatex, the character {\skr क्} is > shown with a virāma or mark at the bottom to denote absence of the > \textit{a} vowel sound. > > \medskip > > \noindent When compiled by lualatex, the same character appears without the > right half, and without the virāma. Although this is appropriate as a > combining form, it seems to me inelegant when used alone as here. Is there > any way to obtain the xelatex result of consonant plus virama using > lualatex? > \end{document} > --- > > The outputs from xelatex and lualatex are attached correspondingly-named PNG > files. > > Thanks. > > Chandra > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex >
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