Re: [Indic-computing-devel] re:kannada keymap

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

> Thanks for the suggestions. Unicode.org has
> (http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0C80.pdf) a pdf
> file titled "Character code tables & list of character
> names for the Unicode Standard". I don't know whether
> it is a comprehensive list. 


The file you mentioned is the Kannada Unicode character chart. What 
we need is more number of glyphs (about 310) for displaying all 
possible combinations (about 15,000). Unicode is a character code 
standard and not a font display (glyphs) standard. OpenType font is 
to be used with Unicode. Here the font will have all glyph 
positioning and substitution logics built-in. The proper display of 
the characters is the job of rendering engine. In  Windows (2000 and 
XP) this called Uniscribe (USP10.DLL). To create a OpenType font you 
need to have a tool. If you are starting from TTF (TrueType) font, 
then you can use VOLT from Microsoft (free). It is available at 
www.microsoft.com/typography. If you are starting from Type1 font 
(PFA,PFB) then you can use the FDK from Adobe. Both these toolkits 
are currently available for Windows platforms.

I have used VOLT to create a OpenType font for Kannada.

>The
> kan-inscript keymap, IMHO seems pretty complicated for
> the end-user.

Agree. That is why we (KGP) have developed a different layout for 
Kannada.

> Ok, just one Q is left unanswered : How do i use the
> yudit keymap sources for another application? I am
> clueless here, so spoon-feed me  :-).

Any takers?

Rgds,
Pavanaja
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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