ಸದಸ್ಯರ ಚರ್ಚೆಪುಟ:Nickshanks

OTF Support

Hi, Good work Kannada Support. I am surprised OTF's are working on Mac OS X, since it was not the case a year earlier. Can you please put up a screenshot somewhere. Thanks. Pamri ೧೨:೦೭, ೧೩ ನವೆಂಬರ್ ೨೦೦೪ (UTC)

OTFs Don't work properly, they are treated as regular TrueType fonts, and all the extra OpenType features are ignored. AAT fonts are fully supported however, which provides more than enough compensation. Screenshot uploaded. Font used is called Sampige. Nickshanks ೦೩:೧೯, ೫ ಜನವರಿ ೨೦೦೫ (UTC)

kannada rendering is buggy. maybe 'cos you're using mozilla. --hpnadig ೧೩:೪೭, ೫ ಜನವರಿ ೨೦೦೫ (UTC)

Actually that was Safari, but it looks the same in Firefox. I suspect it is a bad font - it's the only one I have installed though. It is also small and hard to make out the letters at the default size. Nickshanks ೦೨:೩೬, ೬ ಜನವರಿ ೨೦೦೫ (UTC)

Thanks for the screenie. When you said support, i thought GPOS & GSUB features of OTF are supported. Wondering if you have tried kde-mac & know whether OTF support on QT works as on linux(probaby should). Failing all that, X11 + konqueror/mozilla (with indic support) should work for you. Pamri ೦೩:೩೬, ೧೭ ಫೆಬ್ರುವರಿ ೨೦೦೫ (UTC)

ನಿಕೊಲಾಸ್ ಶ್ಯಾಂಕ್ಸ್ ಅವರ ನಿವೇದನೆಯ ಮೇರೆಗೆ ಅವರ ಸದಸ್ಯ ಪುಟವನ್ನು ಕನ್ನಡಕ್ಕೆ ಭಾಷಾಂತರಿಸಿರುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಭಾಷಾ ಪ್ರಯೋಗದಲ್ಲಿ ದೋಷಗಳಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ಸರಿಪಡಿಸುವುದು. --hpnadig ೦೧:೪೧, ೧೦ ಫೆಬ್ರುವರಿ ೨೦೦೫ (UTC)

AAT

Great work on adding the tables. Is the screenshot taken on a Mac? Unfortunately, the font has some shady copyright issues. But I guess, we will come back to you once we find another font :-). BTW, can you please write a doc once you upload it. Lots of people I know are eager to use Kannada on Mac. Pamri ೧೫:೦೩, ೧೬ September ೨೦೦೫ (UTC)

Here is some text: [೧]

Arkavattu test:

ಕ + ರ = ಕ್ರ

ರ + ಕ = ರ್ಕ

ರ + ರ = ರ್ರ

ತ + ರ + ಯ = ತ್ರ್ಯ

We currently don't have a proper font wrt to copyright issues right now, but we are trying to get one created from scratch or procure a free font. BTW, will it require Tiger or be able to work on any version of OS X? Pamri ೧೨:೦೩, ೧೭ September ೨೦೦೫ (UTC)

It will work on any version of Mac OS X. It will not work on Mac OS 9 or ealier (because it uses the 'morx' table which is unsupported by Quickdraw GX/ATSUI pre-OS X. I tried contacting you via Jabber at your gmail address (Hari gave me it) but couldn't get through. Mine's nickshanks [at gmail]

And here is a rendering of the page you linked to: bhasha.pdf Nickshanks ೧೫:೫೪, ೧೭ September ೨೦೦೫ (UTC)