[INDOLOGY] Issues with Sanskrit 2003 font

Richard Mahoney | Indica et Buddhica rmahoney at fastmail.com
Thu Jun 8 20:55:24 UTC 2017


I'd be curious, does viewing your material with another font resolve
the placement? Say:

Annapurna SIL
http://software.sil.org/annapurna/


Annapurna SIL, a new font for Devanagari script
https://www.sil.org/about/news/annapurna-sil-new-font-devanagari-script



Best, Richard



On Thu, 8 Jun 2017 19:52:30 +0000
"Olivelle, J P via INDOLOGY" <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> You are absolutely right. I have the same problem and do not know how
> to resolve it. Any insights gratefully accepted.
> 
> Patrick
> 
> 
> 
> > On Jun 8, 2017, at 9:01 AM, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY
> > <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
> > 
> > Dear Colleagues,
> > 
> >      I have been using the Sanskrit 2003 unicode Devanagari font
> > for some time, and have noticed that for some characters, the
> > anusvāra almost merges with characters like sign for short "i".
> > Here are a few sample lines:
> > 
> > 
> >      Am I alone in seeing these problems, or is this happening only
> > on Mac computers, and not on Windows?  I have written to
> > Omkarananda Ashram about this and I am hoping to hear from them. If
> > someone has a solution to this font problem, I would appreciate
> > hearing it.  
> > 
> > Madhav Deshpande
> > Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
> > 
> > 
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