Re: [Indlinux-hindi] Wrong ligature for "bda" ब्द

[Karunakar G. <kar...@in...>]

which input method/IME you are using?

as for the font itself, that link is a very old one
look for this if using ubuntu.
https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/fonts-gargi

or
https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/fonts-deva-extra
fonts-deva-extra should work on debian too.

Similar package should be available for other distributions too, or else
get ttf from tar.gz files from above and use it.


On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 11:25 AM ashish agarwal <ash...@gm...>
wrote:

>  In my case, for the first thing `zabda` (harvard kyoto)  शब्द  I get the
> `d halant b` ligature!
> [image: image.png]
>
>  I'm using https://indlinux.org/downloads/files/indic-otf-0.2.tar.gz
> (sorry if this isn't the latest).
>
>
>
>
>
> Yes I did conflate language and script briefly sorry.
>
> On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 12:23 PM Karunakar Guntupalli <
> kar...@in...> wrote:
>
>> Which word are you writing, and how?
>> would also help if you can share info on version of distro used,
>> application etc.
>>
>> if say I am writing  shabd , it is written as ,श ब ् द  - शब्द
>> b halant d gives  ब ् द   ब्द
>> d halant b  gives  द ् ब  द्ब
>>
>> I checked with gargi font on LibreOffice, it shows fine. Line 4 onwards
>> are not valid words. Just to show how ligature dba looks.
>>
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>> On validity of ligature for Hindi that is a different aspect. Gargi &
>> many other fonts are Devanagari fonts, which are used to write many
>> languages using Devanagari script. So ligature may never be used in Hindi
>> but might have a use in another language.
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 9:17 PM ashish agarwal <
>> ash...@gm...> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm pretty sure no such ligature has ever existed. I'm not aware of any
>>> hindi word that goes `db`. `dv` has examples like `dveSa`. `bd` is rendered
>>> incorrectly but the only valid ligature is the one I show in blue.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 9:15 PM ashish agarwal <
>>> ash...@gm...> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I get that in bda in your font.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 9:46 PM Karunakar Guntupalli <
>>>> kar...@in...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 8:16 PM ashish agarwal <
>>>>> ash...@gm...> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello, as a native Hindi speaker, I wanted to point out that the
>>>>>> ligature for ब्द PIC1 isn't correct in the gargi font. It is too similar to
>>>>>> द्व (dva). While similarity alone doesn't mean that it is incorrect, in
>>>>>> this case, I should point out that I have never come across the ligature
>>>>>> that this font provides in real life
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> bda (wrong in the font):
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> it is dba and not bda   द ् ब  द्ब
>>>>>
>>>>>> [image: image.png]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, it was just added in font as a ligature, but perhaps no valid
>>>>> usage.  It could be improved a bit to remove closeness to dva
>>>>>
>>>>> This is different that   b+d  like in श ब ् द  - शब्द
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> dva (correct in your font, ignore the extra paren in the screenshot):
>>>>>> [image: image.png]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> dva is fine, sure it would be confusing with dba at low font size.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> bda (correct but not in the font):
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [image: image.png]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is half form of ba and already handled, when writing words like
>>>>> शब्द
>>>>>
>>>>> But thanks for your feedback.
>>>>> Good to see users of the font.
>>>>>
>>>>> Karunakar
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