From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to get the concated characters in Indic languages like Gujarati/Hindi?
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 18:10:01 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8336vfk6nq.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFyQvY1MiYxVDpUdLwYa3BZYvaRinVcZNxg39vhAcXDKaP+7Ag@mail.gmail.com> (message from Kaushal Modi on Tue, 14 Aug 2018 11:20:56 -0400)
> From: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 11:20:56 -0400
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>
> It does not seem to be a font issue. The default font picked up by Emacs is Lohit Gujarati. See this image[0].
> The same "નમસ્તે" string is rendering incorrectly in the Emacs buffer, while shows up as expected in
> LibreOffice 5.2.5.1 when using the same font.
FWIW, it's rendered correctly here (with a different font), so it is
not entirely an Emacs issue, either.
> How do I specify the font to be used for specific glyphs (like only the the Gujarati glyph Unicodes)?
With set-fontset-font.
> I can try
> different fonts. But I expect the result to be the same in Emacs. That sample Gujarati string renders fine in
> LibreOffice for few Gujarati fonts I had at hand.
Then perhaps try upgrading your m17n-db, libm17n-flt and libotf
libraries, they are the text-shaping engine Emacs uses on GNU/Linux.
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2018-08-14 4:49 ` How to get the concated characters in Indic languages like Gujarati/Hindi? Rusi
2018-08-14 14:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-14 15:20 ` Kaushal Modi
2018-08-14 16:22 ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-14 17:52 ` Kaushal Modi
2018-08-14 17:00 ` Kaushal Modi
2018-08-15 15:10 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2018-08-13 22:32 Kaushal Modi
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