Unfortunately, it doesn't implement the half-ra glyph for the
ra+halant+ZWJ sequence. It does this for other half forms like
ka+halant+ZWJ.
The half-ra (crescent-r) form is needed to display Marathi since it is
semantically significant. To illustrate
आचार्याचा and
आचार्‍याचा
(displays crescent-ra in fonts like mangal) mean two different things
in Marathi.
I'll stick to Mangal which I also find to be the most legible of fonts
at normal font sizes.
- Sunil
"Neil Barman" <neil_barman@msn.com> wrote in message news:<T%_Xa.2078$Q63.138962@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net>...
> Hello everyone,
>
> In all my tests so far with the various Hindi Unicode fonts that are out
> there, DVBOTSurekh, made by CDAC is hands-down the best one. It handles the
> most conjuncts, has the best display of each character and is aesthetically
> professional and pleasing. Also, the font prints well and displays well at
> small sizes (Good hinting and excellent display at small sizes is one huge
> advantage that MANGAL has too). I tried typing a whole host of different
> conjuncts and whether they were Hindi conjuncts or Sanskrit ones, this font
> handled them all perfectly. Also, the five nukta characters representing
> Urdu sounds (qa, kha, gha, za, fa) all display with the nukta in the correct
> location, which is an issue many other fonts do not tackle properly. The
> reph (r on top) places perfectly and alternate character sequences work
> beautifully. If I attach a maatra for "u" or oo to even an extended
> conjunct, the maatra displays correctly, as opposed to some other fonts
> where the characters start cutting into each other.
>
> I highly recommend this font to everyone and encourage you to also push CDAC
> (www.cdacindia.com) to release more of their extensive font library in
> Unicode format... they are well placed to do it so let's get the e-mails
> started to them!
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