[Bug 648358] New: Devanagari Northern Variant for Lohit Devanagari

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Summary: Devanagari Northern Variant for Lohit Devanagari

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Summary: Devanagari Northern Variant for Lohit Devanagari
           Product: Fedora
           Version: rawhide
          Platform: Unspecified
        OS/Version: Unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: medium
          Priority: low
         Component: lohit-devanagari-fonts
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]
         QAContact: [e-mail]
                CC: [e-mail],
                    [e-mail], [e-mail]
    Classification: Fedora

Created attachment 456793
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Chandas Uttara Sahadeva and Lohit Devangari

Description of problem:
The Lohit Devanagari currently uses the most popular variant - the southern
variant of devanagari. But being the default font of fedora a popular os, it
should also support the northern variant of devangari. This requires additions
of newer glyph for:
अ आ ओ औ ऋ ॠ ण झ क्ष

My goal by asking this feature is to make Lohit Devanagari a full featured
Devanagari font.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

How reproducible:

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:

Expected results:

Additional info:
I have attached the screenshot showing it in Chandas/Uttara - a GPL'ed font
containing Northern Variant, and a free font Sahadeva containing Northern
variant along with Lohit Hindi. Hope this will help.

[Bug 648358] [RFE] Add Devanagari Script Northern Variant in Lohit Devanagari Font

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Pravin Satpute  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|Devanagari Northern Variant |[RFE] Add Devanagari Script
                   |for Lohit Devanagari        |Northern Variant in Lohit
                   |                            |Devanagari Font

--- Comment #1 from Pravin Satpute  2010-11-01 02:49:45 EDT ---
I am really doubt full, by checking these shape, it clearly looks like we need
a new Unicode points for these shapes.

It will be nice if you package Chandas/Uttara font for Fedora, if you need any
help or any problem do let me know.

Adding these shapes in lohit will take some time, if someone want to
volunteer/contribute in this i will surely help him.

[Bug 648358] [RFE] Add Devanagari Script Northern Variant in Lohit Devanagari Font

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--- Comment #2 from Ujjwol  2010-11-01 03:01:10 EDT ---
No, we don't need new unicode points. This is not of a high priority so let us
just leave it.

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--- Comment #3 from Ujjwol  2010-11-01 07:06:18 EDT ---
They just the variant, Chandas uses both variant in the same font. But as
OpenOffice still doesnot support OT features, one could not use this.

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--- Comment #4 from Pravin Satpute  2010-11-02 00:23:28 EDT ---
OpenOffice supporting Open Type feature from long time.

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--- Comment #5 from Ujjwol  2010-11-02 00:29:49 EDT ---
OpenType fonts with the .otf extension doesn't even shows up. Alternative for
same unicode points can't be done. It has many issues.
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=16032
I use other programs to access Open Type Features.

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--- Comment #6 from Pravin Satpute  2010-11-02 01:12:52 EDT ---
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=16032

"OpenOffice (1.1.1) supports OpenType fonts with TrueType outlines (*.ttf ones,
like recent Times New Roman versions), but doesn't support OpenType fonts with
PostScript outlines (*.otf).
"

So yeah problem with .otf extentions font, but almost all feature are working
with .ttf fonts.

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--- Comment #7 from Nicolas Mailhot  2010-11-02 09:35:21 EDT ---
The F14 OO.o version is supposed to support .otf, IIRC

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--- Comment #8 from Sooraj kumar  2011-02-24 01:55:07 EST ---
Created attachment 480669
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lohit

sooraj

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What    |Removed                     |Added
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               Flag|                            |needinfo?([e-mail]
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--- Comment #9 from Pravin Satpute  2011-02-24 02:17:39 EST ---
Hi Sooraj,

looks like problem with your attached .tar.gz file, can you attach signle .ttf
or .sfd file?

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Akira TAGOH  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Keywords|                            |FutureFeature
                 CC|                            |[e-mail]

[Bug 648358] [RFE] Add Devanagari Script Northern Variant in Lohit Devanagari Font

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Pravin Satpute  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |CLOSED
         Resolution|---                         |DEFERRED
              Flags|needinfo?([e-mail] |
                   |)                           |
        Last Closed|                            |2012-12-24 03:01:26

--- Comment #10 from Pravin Satpute  ---
Lohit fonts has some other priorities for coming years. Not looking any soonish
to work on this.

Closing as Deferred.