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

[Gora Mohanty]

On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:50:47 +0530
Ramnarayan.K <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com> wrote:
[...] 
> 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.
[...]

Don't know about Kruti dev fonts, but I do not see how this
is possible with just fonts. Certainly, it would be impossible
with .ttf fonts, which are just a set of glyphs, and have no
embedded rules. What you were probably using was a complete
system, including a layer to translate keyboard input into the
appropriate rendering, i.e., one had to click on something, or
press a key sequence to switch back and forth from Hindi.

> Its just for ease of use (fore newbies) that i was searching for
> inscript ttf fonts
[...]

Um, I believe that installing a font, and an input method (which
is what the system that you used was probably doing), is quite
easy, and more maintainable in the long run. I do not use Windows,
but from what I see on other people's machines, newer versions of
Windows XP come up with some kind of a built-in keyboard input
method that includes the Inscript layout. Also, enabling Indian-
language support should install Hindi fonts in XP. Maybe this
link will be of help:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Enabling_complex_text_support_for_Indic_scripts>

Regards,
Gora
Regards,