Re: Devnagari Unicode in Linux

From: Paras pradhan (paras@bajranet.com.np)
Date: Fri Aug 15 2003 - 01:42:09 EDT

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    Hi:

    Do i neeed X font server or not?.

    Paras.

    > Paras pradhan wrote:
    >
    >>hi all,
    >>
    >>
    >>i am working on running indic unicode in linux ( not in popular linux
    >> distrubtion).
    >>
    >>what i did is:
    >>
    >>installed using localedef, installed our keymapping etc etc.
    >>
    >>now when i open terminal from Gnome. i can see and type devnagari
    >> characters with no problem.
    >>
    >>NOw my problem is:
    >>
    >>When i type in Gedit. i guess pango is not rendering. Rectangle boxes
    >> comes when i type.
    >>
    >>
    >>So.. do i need X font server for this ?
    >>
    >>Do i need True type font??
    >>
    >>
    > yeah, to be precise Opentype font.
    > if you are using Redhat or Mandrake you can install the indic font rpm
    > http://www.indlinux.org/downloads/indic-otf-0.1-1.noarch.rpm
    > or install the devanagari otf available from
    > http://rohini.ncst.ernet.in/indix/download/font/
    > (above rpm includes this font)
    >
    > Regards,
    > Karunakar
    >
    >
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    Paras pradhan
    Systems Dept.
    Bajranet PVT LTD
    Kathmandu
    Nepal.



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