To follow up, just for comparison:
-rw-r--r-- 1 arne arne 109008 2010-02-02 16:44 Lohit-Devanagari.ttc
-rw-r--r-- 1 arne arne 81484 2010-02-02 16:23 lohit_hi.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 arne arne 81228 2010-02-02 16:23 lohit_kok.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 arne arne 81240 2010-02-02 16:23 lohit_ks.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 arne arne 81256 2010-02-02 16:23 lohit_mai.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 arne arne 81228 2010-02-02 16:23 lohit_mr.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 arne arne 81216 2010-02-02 16:23 lohit_ne.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 arne arne 81216 2010-02-02 16:23 lohit_sd.ttf
While each .ttf is 81kb, the .ttc I have produced is only 109kb and
includes all the single fonts. Internally, the glyphs which are the
same, are shared.
Cheers
Arne
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