From: Pravin S. <psa...@re...> - 2012-08-08 10:42:59
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On 08/08/2012 01:03 PM, Guntupalli Karunakar wrote: > On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:48:35 +0530 > Pravin Satpute wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Lohit fonts are facing following problems due to unavailability >> of Basic Latin characters >> 1. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=834368#c0 >> 2. While using Lohit as a Web font if browser does not fallback to >> default Latin font it shows as a square box. >> 3. If default selected font in fallback not matching with Lohit >> style, then it does not give pleasing rendering effect. >> >> To avoid these problem planning to add Basic Latin support in >> all Lohit fonts. Need your recommendation for which font we can go >> for now. >> 1. It should match with Lohit style > It could help to define the style technically. ie. stem widths, > panose (I know for Indic fonts there has not be much research on > panose or maybe its irrelevant for it), x-heights. Also what > proportions to keep wrt. Indic letters vs Latin Upper case and lower > case. Exactly. I am planning to import shapes from Liberation Sans and modify it as per Lohit Style. > > AksharYogini font has latin set in it. You could study that or other > fonts which cover both ranges. Good pointer, We now have good set of OFL fonts, will take a look at them. Thanks, Pravin Satpute |