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ttf-indic-fonts package

  1. Bug #515607
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 515607

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Anivar Aravind (anivar) wrote : Re: [Bug 515607] [NEW] Unicode 5.1 compatible fonts for Malayalam not available

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:02 AM, Arne Goetje <email address hidden> wrote:
> Praveen Prakash wrote:
>> No default fonts for Malayalam Language bundled with ubuntu supporting
>> Unicode 5.1 standard.
>
> Are the fonts available in the latest upstream package on debian
> already? And if yes, which font would you recommend?
>

Upstream Developers (Swathanthra malayalam Computing
http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/smc) decided to stick on with
Unicode 5.0 standard due to the new issues introduced with Unicode 5.1
Onwards .

No fonts fully supports Unicode 5.1 or later as of now. The Forks of
SMC fonts pointed by Praveen Prakash is not fully unicode 5.1
Compatible. It just uses the code positions of Malayalam Chillus.

Lohit Malayalam Have partial 5.1 Support. But it is not fully 5.1 compatible
I request to stick with Unicode 5.0 for malayalam, as of Debian &
Fedora till fully unicode 5.1 fonts are released

Anivar Aravind