Thanks folks for the response. Dear Alastair, Thanks for the tip. Annapurna font seems to work perfectly. I haven't gone through the entire document carefully. The three words rendered correctly. There doesn't seem to be any italic variant. However, regular and bold are enough for me for the time being. Dear Khaled, Regarding the version of xetex I use, I have copied the line giving the xetex version from the log file.
This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-0.9999.3 (TeX Live 2013) (format=xelatex 2013.6.27) Can you expand on the following remark? > The TECkit map is breaking the direct Unicode input, if I drop it the > first line gets rendered correctly. I am not using any TECkit mapping like velthuis or itrans. I am inputting it directly. Unless I have misunderstood it, Zdenek Wagner seems to be saying the diametrically opposite thing. >As Khaled wrote, it is the TECkit problem. The TECkit map assumes that >the viramas were added as a result of the map and they are processed >in several steps. If you enter the Devanagari text directly, it cannot >work. Dear Zdenek, >It depends on the version of XeTeX and FreeFont. The shaping engine >was changed in 2013 and the old versions of FreeFont (release >2012-05-03) no longer works. You have to use the latest version from >subversion at https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/freefont/ There doesn't seem to be any official release of GNU freefont after 2012. How do I get the latest version from the subversion? I can't find any instructions and I am not familiar with svn. Best, On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 5:16 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send XeTeX mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of XeTeX digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Problems in Devanagari typing. (Zdenek Wagner) > 2. Re: Problems in Devanagari typing. (Khaled Hosny) > 3. Re: Problems in Devanagari typing. (Zdenek Wagner) > 4. Re: Problems in Devanagari typing. (Mike Maxwell) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 19:04:53 +0100 > From: Zdenek Wagner <[email protected]> > To: "XeTeX (Unicode-based TeX) discussion." <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [XeTeX] Problems in Devanagari typing. > Message-ID: > < > cac1phyyf8zta58fpxmcabpaecz2o9kiub3fot-5sezcqihc...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > 2013/11/24 S. venkataraman <[email protected]>: > > I was looking for some free, unicode compliant, > > devanagari font family that has regular, italic and bold variants. I > found > > that aksharyogini, CDAC-GISTYogesh, FreeSans and FreeSerif > > fit the bill. But, there are different problems with different fonts. > > Here is a minimal example with the problems explained with comments. > > Yogesh font is OK but > > for the one problem. > > Is there a free font with all the three variants that works > > properly? > > *********example file begins*************** > > \documentclass{article} > > \usepackage{ifxetex} > > \RequireXeTeX > > \usepackage{fontspec} > > \usepackage{xunicode} > > \usepackage{xltxtra} > > \newfontface\yogesh[Script=Devanagari,Ligatures=TeX]{CDAC-GISTYogesh} > > \newfontface\aksharygni[Script=Devanagari,Ligatures=TeX]{Aksharyogini} > > \newfontface\freeserif[Script=Devanagari,Ligatures=TeX]{FreeSerif} > > \newfontface\freesans[Script=Devanagari,Ligatures=TeX]{FreeSans} > > \begin{document} > > \relax > > {\yogesh ????????? ????-????? ????????}\\ %problem with the first word. > > Repha is positioned wrongly. > > {\aksharygni ????????? ????-????? ????????}\\ %problem with second word. > > dvi ligature is not correct. > > {\freeserif ????????? ????-????? ????????}\\ %Problem with second and > third > > words. dvi ligature is not correct and kri ligature is not correct. > > {\freesans ????????? ????-????? ????????}\\ %kri ligature is not > correct. > > \end{document} > > It depends on the version of XeTeX and FreeFont. The shaping engine > was changed in 2013 and the old versions of FreeFont (release > 2012-05-03) no longer works. You have to use the latest version from > subversion at https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/freefont/ > > This book was typeset with it using XeLaTeX from TeX Live 2013: > http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz/ArunakashKaRasta/index-hi.php > > > **********************example file ends**************** > > Dr. S. Venkataraman > > Associate Professor in Mathematics > > School of Sciences > > IGNOU > > Tel. :29572812 > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: > > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex > > > > > > -- > Zden?k Wagner > http://hroch486.icpf.cas.cz/wagner/ > http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 20:07:35 +0200 > From: Khaled Hosny <[email protected]> > To: "XeTeX (Unicode-based TeX) discussion." <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [XeTeX] Problems in Devanagari typing. > Message-ID: <20131124180735.GB5092@khaled-laptop> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 06:48:56PM +0100, NMPOST7 wrote: > > On 24/11/2013 18:23, Khaled Hosny wrote: > > > What version of XeTeX are you using? You don't seem to be using the > > > latest version. > > > > I am using the latest version from MacTeX (TexLive 2013) but I do not > have the > > Fonts mentioned here. I am using velthui mapping. That works out well > with the > > transliteration. > > > > In the attached file the direct typing in Devanagari is the first > example. The > > ligature is wrongly placed (the second syllable). The second line is > interpreted > > correctly. > > The TECkit map is breaking the direct Unicode input, if I drop it the > first line gets rendered correctly. > > Regards, > Khaled > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 19:26:26 +0100 > From: Zdenek Wagner <[email protected]> > To: "XeTeX (Unicode-based TeX) discussion." <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [XeTeX] Problems in Devanagari typing. > Message-ID: > <CAC1phya8amM7ibTiRSUcS0c= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > 2013/11/24 Khaled Hosny <[email protected]>: > > On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 06:48:56PM +0100, NMPOST7 wrote: > >> On 24/11/2013 18:23, Khaled Hosny wrote: > >> > What version of XeTeX are you using? You don't seem to be using the > >> > latest version. > >> > >> I am using the latest version from MacTeX (TexLive 2013) but I do not > have the > >> Fonts mentioned here. I am using velthui mapping. That works out well > with the > >> transliteration. > >> > >> In the attached file the direct typing in Devanagari is the first > example. The > >> ligature is wrongly placed (the second syllable). The second line is > interpreted > >> correctly. > > > > The TECkit map is breaking the direct Unicode input, if I drop it the > > first line gets rendered correctly. > > > As Khaled wrote, it is the TECkit problem. The TECkit map assumes that > the viramas were added as a result of the map and they are processed > in several steps. If you enter the Devanagari text directly, it cannot > work. See my samples with FreeSans and FreeSerif. Notice, that > FreeSans is usable for modern languages as Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, but > not for Sanskrit while FreeSerif is usable for all of them provided > you switch not only the script but also the language. Try to type > ????? with both Language=Hindi and Language=Sanskrit. The difference > should also be visible here: > http://hroch486.icpf.cas.cz/freefont-devanagari/ (it works even on > many web browsers). > > > Regards, > > Khaled > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: > > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex > > > > -- > Zden?k Wagner > http://hroch486.icpf.cas.cz/wagner/ > http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: Devanagari.pdf > Type: application/pdf > Size: 8015 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://tug.org/pipermail/xetex/attachments/20131124/cf889f43/attachment-0001.pdf > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: Devanagari.tex > Type: application/x-tex > Size: 698 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://tug.org/pipermail/xetex/attachments/20131124/cf889f43/attachment-0001.tex > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 18:46:29 -0500 > From: Mike Maxwell <[email protected]> > To: "XeTeX (Unicode-based TeX) discussion." <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [XeTeX] Problems in Devanagari typing. > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; format=flowed > > I'm having trouble understanding this: > > >> Am 24.11.2013 um 17:27 schrieb Khaled Hosny: > > ...The problem I had with Malayalam (Rachana Font) has been fixed after > I updated it. > > The "it" that got fixed = the font or XeTeX? > > > However TexShop does have problem with certain ligatures when it comes > to Malayalam. However, the > > pdf renders the ligature correctly. > > I'm not understanding: are you saying that the screen view of TexShop is > at fault, or the PDF > produced by XeTeX when you use TeXShop? > > > Mr Venkataraman is facing a similar problem. Font. As we have seen the > problem is with ligatures. > > Perhaps you could be more specific? > -- > Mike Maxwell > [email protected] > "My definition of an interesting universe is > one that has the capacity to study itself." > --Stephen Eastmond > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > XeTeX mailing list > [email protected] > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex > > > ------------------------------ > > End of XeTeX Digest, Vol 116, Issue 25 > ************************************** > -- Dr. S. Venkataraman Associate Professor in Mathematics School of Sciences IGNOU Tel. :29572812(o)
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