Hi, while the Arabic / Persian issue is hopefully getting to an end, With the support of Attilio, I've started playing with Indic scripts; learning from the past experience with fonts, I'd like to experiment a new approach to the font issue, that will hopefully speed things up. step1 ----- As a first step I will include screenshots (one per language) using just the font specified in the wiki [1] for that language: to make an example, I'll post a pic for Bengali taken in an environment containing only MuktiNarrow. This way, native speakers can judge the font alone, without potential problems with overlapping glyphs. step2 ----- Once we're happy with the font file I'll try to integrate that font file with the ones already used for the official iso (see [2]); eventually we will fix problem with overlapping glyphs. At this point we should be able to use the font file for g-i. For the screenshots produced during step1 and 2, I will use Attilio's "gtk_font_tester" application (sources in [3]): this way we can have quite a few strings which should give a good idea of what the font look like. Some notes on the pics (before I forget): * [4] was taken using only MuktiNarrow_11-08-2005.ttf (and looking at the pic probably means that the ttf file still contains its own latin glyphs) * [5] was taken using only Saab.ttf which has no latin glyps (it explains the empty buttons / missing text) * [6] was taken using only Gargi_1.7.ttf (note that FreeSans.ttf still has indic glyphs which need to be stripped). As for [4], Gargi_1.7.ttf still contains its own lating glyphs * there seems to be some problem with loading certain characters; we're investigating and will let you know as soon as we have more precise infos about this Same question I asked for Arabic / Persian: do we have to use separate ttf files for each language or is it possible to share the same font file for more than one language? Ciao Davide [1] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/GUIFonts [2] http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/gtk-frontend/ [3] svn://svn.debian.org/svn/d-i/scripts/g-i/gtk_font_tester.c [4] http://www.webalice.it/zinosat/shots/bn_step1.jpg [5] http://www.webalice.it/zinosat/shots/pa_in_step1.jpg [6] http://www.webalice.it/zinosat/shots/in_step1.jpg
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