[Bug 799004] New: The glyph for SA in Lohit Devanagari should have the horizontal bar connected

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Summary: The glyph for SA in Lohit Devanagari should have the horizontal bar connected

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           Summary: The glyph for SA in Lohit Devanagari should have the
                    horizontal bar connected
           Product: Fedora
           Version: 16
          Platform: Unspecified
        OS/Version: Unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: unspecified
          Priority: unspecified
         Component: lohit-devanagari-fonts
        AssignedTo: psatpute(a)redhat.com
        ReportedBy: samjnaa(a)gmail.com
         QAContact: extras-qa(a)fedoraproject.org
                CC: fonts-bugs(a)lists.fedoraproject.org,
                    psatpute(a)redhat.com, i18n-bugs(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
    Classification: Fedora
      Story Points: ---
              Type: ---
        Regression: ---
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     Documentation: ---


Created attachment 566857
  --> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=566857
Current and suggested appearance of Lohit Devanagari SA

Description of problem:

The glyph for SA in Lohit Devanagari currently does not have the horizontal bar
within the SA connected with the left part of the glyph. While on superficial
reading and especially at low point sizes this is not a problem, it would be
preferable to have the horizontal bar fully connected, especially when viewed
at high point sizes. 

This would greatly improve legibility and recognizability as SA (and not as RA
+ something), especially for the future development of Devanagari OCRs to parse
documents printed using Lohit Devanagari.

The glyphs for half-SA and the ligated SRA should also be likewise corrected.

Thank you.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

2.5.1

How reproducible:

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Lohit Devanagari font
2. Type स स्व स्र etc by selecting that font.
3. Increase the point size to a large number like 48.

Actual results:

The horizontal bar within the SA glyph, half-SA glyph and the SRA ligature is
not connected to the left side of the glyph. This does not look good at large
point sizes. It would also be difficult for Devanagari OCRs to parse this as
the current appearance of स is somewhat similar to रा.

Expected results:

The SA glyph, half-SA glyph, SRA ligature (and any other current or future
derivatives) should have the horizontal bar connected to the left side of the
glyph.

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[Bug 799004] The glyph for SA in Lohit Devanagari should have the horizontal bar connected

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--- Comment #1 from Shriramana Sharma <samjnaa(a)gmail.com&gt; 2012-03-01 09:32:04 EST
---
I forgot to mention that since now we are shipping Lohit Marathi and other
Lohit Devanagari derivatives, this should be corrected there as well. So far
there is no known requirement for a particular localization of Devanagari to
have the SA glyph look like something specific, and the OCR situation would be
common there also.

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Pravin Satpute <psatpute(a)redhat.com&gt; changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |ASSIGNED

--- Comment #2 from Pravin Satpute <psatpute(a)redhat.com&gt; 2012-03-02 01:51:04 EST
---
Good catch, even Unicode shows shape with connected horizontal bar. I have
committed changes in upstream, this will be available with next release.

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[Bug 799004] [Indic] The glyph for SA in Lohit Devanagari should have the horizontal bar connected

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A S Alam <aalam(a)redhat.com&gt; changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Keywords|                            |i18n
            Summary|The glyph for SA in Lohit   |[Indic] The glyph for SA in
                   |Devanagari should have the  |Lohit Devanagari should
                   |horizontal bar connected    |have the horizontal bar
                   |                            |connected

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Pravin Satpute <psatpute(a)redhat.com&gt; changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|ASSIGNED                    |MODIFIED

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--- Comment #3 from Shriramana Sharma <samjnaa(a)gmail.com&gt; 2012-03-25 08:13:58 EDT
---
Just noticed that even the glyph for STRA (glyph $0175) has to be corrected.
That makes a total of four glyphs: SA S_half SRA and STRA.

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--- Comment #4 from Fedora Update System <updates(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; 2012-04-25
11:26:46 EDT ---
lohit-devanagari-fonts-2.5.1-3.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora
16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/lohit-devanagari-fonts-2.5.1-3.fc16

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--- Comment #5 from Fedora Update System <updates(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; 2012-04-25
11:28:13 EDT ---
lohit-devanagari-fonts-2.5.1-3.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora
17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/lohit-devanagari-fonts-2.5.1-3.fc17

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Fedora Update System <updates(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|MODIFIED                    |ON_QA

--- Comment #6 from Fedora Update System <updates(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; 2012-05-03
11:58:23 EDT ---
Package lohit-devanagari-fonts-2.5.1-3.fc17:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing
lohit-devanagari-fonts-2.5.1-3.fc17'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-7181/lohit-devanagari...
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

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Fedora Update System <updates(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|ON_QA                       |CLOSED
   Fixed In Version|                            |lohit-devanagari-fonts-2.5.
                   |                            |1-3.fc16
         Resolution|                            |ERRATA
        Last Closed|                            |2012-05-10 10:26:30

--- Comment #7 from Fedora Update System <updates(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; 2012-05-10
10:26:30 EDT ---
lohit-devanagari-fonts-2.5.1-3.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable
repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug
report.

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--- Comment #8 from Fedora Update System <updates(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; ---
lohit-devanagari-fonts-2.5.1-3.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable
repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug
report.

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