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