[Indic-computing-users] Re: [Howtos]marathi fonts, and TOAST

[Frederick N. <fr...@by...>]

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On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, Ajit Ranade wrote:


> 
> 
> On 11 Oct 2002, Radhakrishnan CV wrote:
> 
> >     >>  Have you developed any fonts?  Or do you have any specific
> >     >> plans to do one?
> > 
> >     manjusha> We are searching for exact requirement.
> > 
> > I guess, you're a native Marathi speaker?  Why not you try to
> > accomplish the following:
> > 
> > 1. a free Marathi MetaFont font in different sizes, shapes and
> >    weights.
> 
> 
> radhakrishnan, 
> 
> as you know, marathi uses devnagari script. the devnag package already
> supports typesetting marathi, as also sanskrit and hindi. and the fonts
> that come along with devnag package, are quite excellent.
> 
> 
> > 2. a pre processor to use this fonts in normal TeX/LaTeX
> 
> the devnag package comes with a preprocessor.
> 
> 
> > 3. a mapping scheme to input Marathi using Roman keyboard
> 
> again, the velthuis scheme (of devnag) supports this. you just type {\dn
> ajit} to get my name typeset in devnagari in the velthuis scheme.
> 
> 
> > 4. Omega Translation Process (OTP) to integrate the fonts into Omega
> >    system which will facilitate multilingual typesetting, also it does
> >    away with the pre-processor
> 
> this would be great. 
> 
> 
> > 5. a decent documentation for the user
> 
> there's always room for more and better documentation. 
> 
> in fact unlike the linux world, i don't find the tex world developing
> HOWTO or mini-HOWTO files. i think this would be a worthwhile project for
> tugindia members.  another great initiative has begun from India, called
> LOST i.e. linux-one-stanza-tip. this a collection of simple linux tips in
> one stanza. (now only if a.r. rehman sets these tips to music, we are all
> set!)
> 
> 
> cheers,
> 
> ajit.
> 
> ps: 
> 
> how about TOAST (tex-one-and-half-stanza-tip)?
> 
> TOAST 1: How to get an underline, which is better than what one gets by
> using tex's command, i.e. which is closer to the baseline of a sentence,
> and not under the "stick-out" letters like "y", "g" etc?
> 
> use:
> 
> \def\undertext#1{$\underline{\smash{\vphantom{y}\raise2pt\hbox{#1}}}$}
> 
> 
> 
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