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Re: [Indic-computing-users] [LAP] font design references (fwd)

[Dr. U.B. P. <pav...@vi...>]

> 3) qwerty does devanagri?
> how do i type devanagri or other indian language scripts, on the
> horrid qwerty keyboard? use the INSCRIPT keyboard layout. since all
> indian languages are similar, the INSCRIPT keyboard layout is
> universal for all our official languages. the idea is pretty simple:
> keep all the consonants on one side of the keyboard, and all the
> vowels on the other side. split a varg into two, and you've got the
> entire indian script on a 101-keys keyboard.
> www.indlinux.org/keymap/keymaps.php [search the web for more inscript
> stuff]
> 
> 4) want a INSCRIPT keyboard tutor? this one works in dos.
> http://www.cdacindia.com/html/gist/down.asp

Font and keyboard layout have got nothing to do with each 
other. The job of the keyboard driver is to interpret the 
keystrokes and send the appropriate ASCII/Unicode code to the 
OS. It is the job of the rendering engine to use the font and 
display the text. Hence discussions about keyboard layouts 
does not fit into the discussions about fonts.
 
> get inspired, create some indian language fonts under the gpl license.
> recite the lat lakaar of the font dhaatu:
> 
> fonttii, fontta, fonttanti,
> fontsii, fontha, fontthhaa,
> fontaami, fontaava, fontaama.

In Kannada we have coined the word "aksharashaili" (taken from 
Samskrit) for font.

Rgds,
Pavanaja-----------------------------------------------------
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja
Editor, Vishva Kannada
World's first Internet magazine in Kannada
http://www.vishvakannada.com/

Note: I don't worry about pselling mixtakes

[Indic-computing-users] Re: [LAP] font design references (fwd)

[<al...@ya...>]

>In Kannada we have coined the word "aksharashaili" (taken from 
 Samskrit) for font.
Sounds like a good word :). I used the word मुद्रलिपि
(mudralipi) in Hindi.

Do you have the Kannada glossary online somewhere? It would be worth referring
even for other Indian languages.
Alok
 

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To read hindi message [Instructions for IE]
1. set view->encoding : utf8
2. set Tools->Internet Options->General->Font->Devanagari script : choose any font. If no font is listed, download the font from http://bbchindi.com .
3. set Tools->Internet Options->General->Languages : add hi to the list
To write in hindi on Windows machine: http://geocities.com/hanu_man_ji
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Re: [Indic-computing-users] Re: [LAP] font design references (fwd)

[Ravikant <rav...@sa...>]

'Aksharshaili' sounds good, better than 'mudralipi' because mudralipi has the 
imprint of print technology on it. My own term for fonts, therefore, is 
'compulipi' = compu(ter)+lipi. 

Thoughts?
ravikant



On Thursday 17 Oct 2002 8:22 am, Alok Kumar wrote:
> >In Kannada we have coined the word "aksharashaili" (taken from
>
>  Samskrit) for font.
> Sounds like a good word :). I used the word मुद्रलिपि
> (mudralipi) in Hindi.
>
> Do you have the Kannada glossary online somewhere? It would be worth
> referring even for other Indian languages.
> Alok
>
>
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> com To read hindi message [Instructions for IE]
> 1. set view->encoding : utf8
> 2. set Tools->Internet Options->General->Font->Devanagari script : choose
> any font. If no font is listed, download the font from http://bbchindi.com
> . 3. set Tools->Internet Options->General->Languages : add hi to the list
> To write in hindi on Windows machine: http://geocities.com/hanu_man_ji All
> done? Now try http://hindi.mozzie.org
>
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Re: [Indic-computing-users] Re: [LAP] font design references (fwd)

[<al...@ya...>]

 --- Ravikant <rav...@sa...> wrote: > 
> 
> 'Aksharshaili' sounds good, better than 'mudralipi' because mudralipi has the
> 
> imprint of print technology on it. My own term for fonts, therefore, is 
> 'compulipi' = compu(ter)+lipi. 

Aksharashaili, imo is quite an intutive name.
I liked quite a few of the translations by KGP, particularly the ones for
software(tantransha) and hardware(yantransha). The beauty of these translations
is that they can be used as is for most Indian languges.

Which is why I was asking if they are available somewhere on the web: if not, I
could put it up on my site if there are no copyright issues with the authors;
many thanks to them.
Alok

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Re: [Indic-computing-users] Re: [LAP] font design references (fwd)

[Dr. U.B. P. <pav...@vi...>]

> >In Kannada we have coined the word "aksharashaili" (taken from 
>  Samskrit) for font.
> Sounds like a good word :). I used the word
> =E0=A4=AE=E0=A5=81=E0=A4=A6=E0=A5=8D=E0=A4=B0=E0=A4=B2=E0=A4=BF=E0=A4=AA=
=E0=A4=BF (mudralipi) in Hindi.
> 
> Do you have the Kannada glossary online somewhere? It would be worth
> referring even for other Indian languages. Alok

It is getting the final touches for official release. Once it 
is released officially, it will be put up on the web.

-Pavanaja-----------------------------------------------------
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja
Editor, Vishva Kannada
World's first Internet magazine in Kannada
http://www.vishvakannada.com/

Note: I don't worry about pselling mixtakes

Re: [Indic-computing-users] [LAP] font design references (fwd)

[LinuxLingam <lin...@bh...>]

On Wednesday 16 October 2002 05:01 pm, Dr. U.B. Pavanaja wrote:

> Font and keyboard layout have got nothing to do with each
> other. The job of the keyboard driver is to interpret the
> keystrokes and send the appropriate ASCII/Unicode code to the
> OS. It is the job of the rendering engine to use the font and
> display the text. Hence discussions about keyboard layouts
> does not fit into the discussions about fonts.

what you state is correct. unfortunately, the keyboard layout is important, 
since i) students and the population at large still does not know even if a 
standard keyboard layout exists. 2) shusha works on the english qwerty 
displaying indian equivalent, 3) lack of standards leads to several problems. 
4) in any case, it is important for students and all others to know, that the 
inscript keyboard exists, and that in a short time, they can learn how to 
type, and even touch type, on an english qwerty keyboard, for their indian 
languages.
i have personally spent time in schools giving a free talk on indian language 
coding and type coding, and demoed how hindi and english work simultaneously 
under windoze xp. amazingly, not a single person in the audience knew till 
that time, that such a thing exists and that it works this way....

> In Kannada we have coined the word "aksharashaili" (taken from
> Samskrit) for font.

thanks for that term. will remember to use it more often.

LL