Hey list, does anybody know an useable font for sanskrit writings another then sanskrit2003.ttf? It is preferred to have the same range (with ligatures etc.) as the sanskrit2003.ttf. Best regards, Martin
On 22-6-2012 11:23, Martin Fechner wrote:
Hey list,
does anybody know an useable font for sanskrit writings another then sanskrit2003.ttf? It is preferred to have the same range (with ligatures etc.) as the sanskrit2003.ttf.
There will be a talk at the ntg meeting: http://www.ntg.nl/bijeen/bijeen49.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
Am 22.06.2012 11:32, schrieb Hans Hagen:
On 22-6-2012 11:23, Martin Fechner wrote:
Hey list,
does anybody know an useable font for sanskrit writings another then sanskrit2003.ttf? It is preferred to have the same range (with ligatures etc.) as the sanskrit2003.ttf.
There will be a talk at the ntg meeting:
http://www.ntg.nl/bijeen/bijeen49.html
----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
And I thought the use of sanskrit were a very special subject.. The talk about xml-databases also sounds very interesting. Will there be a summary of the talks?
On 22-6-2012 12:40, Martin Fechner wrote:
Am 22.06.2012 11:32, schrieb Hans Hagen:
On 22-6-2012 11:23, Martin Fechner wrote:
Hey list,
does anybody know an useable font for sanskrit writings another then sanskrit2003.ttf? It is preferred to have the same range (with ligatures etc.) as the sanskrit2003.ttf.
There will be a talk at the ntg meeting:
http://www.ntg.nl/bijeen/bijeen49.html
----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
And I thought the use of sanskrit were a very special subject.. The talk about xml-databases also sounds very interesting. Will there be a summary of the talks?
maybe articles in the ntg maps at some point Hans -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
On 06/22/2012 06:23 PM, Martin Fechner wrote:
Hey list,
does anybody know an useable font for sanskrit writings another then sanskrit2003.ttf? It is preferred to have the same range (with ligatures etc.) as the sanskrit2003.ttf.
Best regards,
Martin
It is hard to imagine that there is only one usable font for the devanagari script. Have you looked at http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Devanagari.html for example? Ligatures are an essential feature of devanagari, so I expect there is no font which doesn't support ligatures. I'd be interested to see whether you manage to successfully use devanagari with context. (I vaguely remember a mailing list posting that devanagari is not supported...?) Severin
Am 22.06.2012 12:05, schrieb S Barmeier:
On 06/22/2012 06:23 PM, Martin Fechner wrote:
Hey list,
does anybody know an useable font for sanskrit writings another then sanskrit2003.ttf? It is preferred to have the same range (with ligatures etc.) as the sanskrit2003.ttf.
Best regards,
Martin
It is hard to imagine that there is only one usable font for the devanagari script. Have you looked at http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Devanagari.html for example? Ligatures are an essential feature of devanagari, so I expect there is no font which doesn't support ligatures.
I'd be interested to see whether you manage to successfully use devanagari with context. (I vaguely remember a mailing list posting that devanagari is not supported...?)
Severin
Thank you for the link. We will have a look at this. Firstly we need the font for a web publication, but maybe a use with context will follow. Martin
On 06/22/2012 07:27 PM, Martin Fechner wrote:
Am 22.06.2012 12:05, schrieb S Barmeier:
On 06/22/2012 06:23 PM, Martin Fechner wrote:
Hey list,
does anybody know an useable font for sanskrit writings another then sanskrit2003.ttf? It is preferred to have the same range (with ligatures etc.) as the sanskrit2003.ttf.
Best regards,
Martin
It is hard to imagine that there is only one usable font for the devanagari script. Have you looked at http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Devanagari.html for example? Ligatures are an essential feature of devanagari, so I expect there is no font which doesn't support ligatures.
I'd be interested to see whether you manage to successfully use devanagari with context. (I vaguely remember a mailing list posting that devanagari is not supported...?)
Severin
Thank you for the link. We will have a look at this. Firstly we need the font for a web publication, but maybe a use with context will follow.
Martin
If you can't find a nice font for devanagari, you could always switch to another script ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phrase_sanskrit.png Tibetan looks funky. Severin
On 22-6-2012 12:05, S Barmeier wrote:
On 06/22/2012 06:23 PM, Martin Fechner wrote:
Hey list,
does anybody know an useable font for sanskrit writings another then sanskrit2003.ttf? It is preferred to have the same range (with ligatures etc.) as the sanskrit2003.ttf.
Best regards,
Martin
It is hard to imagine that there is only one usable font for the devanagari script. Have you looked at http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Devanagari.html for example? Ligatures are an essential feature of devanagari, so I expect there is no font which doesn't support ligatures.
I'd be interested to see whether you manage to successfully use devanagari with context. (I vaguely remember a mailing list posting that devanagari is not supported...?)
Specs .. examples ... etc needed .. some day I'll have a go at it (need time and a good excuse). ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
I'd be interested to see whether you manage to successfully use devanagari with context. (I vaguely remember a mailing list posting that devanagari is not supported...?)
ConTeXt MkIV does not have support for indic opentype features, but indic scripts work fine with xetex backend. Aditya
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 04:24:12PM -0400, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
I'd be interested to see whether you manage to successfully use devanagari with context. (I vaguely remember a mailing list posting that devanagari is not supported...?)
ConTeXt MkIV does not have support for indic opentype features, but indic scripts work fine with xetex backend.
Sans ICU bugs... Regards, Khaled
On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:23:41 +0200
Martin Fechner
Hey list,
does anybody know an useable font for sanskrit writings another then sanskrit2003.ttf? It is preferred to have the same range (with ligatures etc.) as the sanskrit2003.ttf.
Of course, there are others beside Sanskrit2003 which BTW, I like very much. Siddhanta from Mihail Bayaryn which IIRC is a successor of his Chandas font is a very nice one; http://svayambhava.blogspot.de/p/siddhanta-devanagariunicode-open-type.html There are 1 or 2 more good Sanskrit fonts. But I would have to search for them. -- Manfred
Am 22.06.2012 20:07, schrieb Manfred Lotz:
Siddhanta from Mihail Bayaryn which IIRC is a successor of his Chandas font is a very nice one; http://svayambhava.blogspot.de/p/siddhanta-devanagariunicode-open-type.html
Thank you all for the links. Greetings, Martin
A beautiful Devanagari font also is Santipur, cf: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2372616/SantipurOT.ttf Greetings, Daniel Stender On 22.06.2012 11:23, Martin Fechner wrote:
Hey list,
does anybody know an useable font for sanskrit writings another then sanskrit2003.ttf? It is preferred to have the same range (with ligatures etc.) as the sanskrit2003.ttf.
Best regards,
Martin
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