[ubuntu-in] Require Hindi TTF font that is incript layout based

[Ramnarayan.K]

Hi Gora,

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Gora Mohanty <gora at sarai.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:31:35 +0530
> Ramnarayan.K <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> am searching for a hindi ttf font that is inscript layout based.
>>
>> The reason i need it is to pass it to people who have wincedows and
>> want to learn inscript typing.
> [...]
>
> You are confusing issues here. Modern Indian language fonts
> are Unicode-encoded, and use OpenType rules to aid rendering.
> Inscript defines a keyboard input method which specifies what
> Inidan-language characters are output upon pressing keys on
> a normal English keyboard. The two have nothing to do with
> each other.

Thats what i was trying to work around - the need to setup some system
to setup inputting in hindi

with say the kruti dev fonts .ttf wallah you install select the font
and begin typing based on the hindi typrewriter.

Its just for ease of use (fore newbies) that i was searching for
inscript ttf fonts
>
> I understand that Windows, from at least XP onwards, does have
> support for Unicode, OpenType, Hindi fonts, and there are various
> ways to get keyboard input methods set up in Windows. Thus, one
> can take any of the open-source Hindi fonts, and an appropriate
> input method to set up Windows so that people can type using the
> Inscript layout. Does that meet your needs?
>

Any more suggestions

sorry for not snipping the mail but hope this make sense

regards
ram
> Regards,
> Gora
>
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