Bug#419029: [Debian-in-workers] Bug#419029: ttf-malayalam-fonts need to updated with the Lohit font family

[Praveen A]

2007/4/13, Mahesh T. Pai <paivakil at gmail.com>:
> Praveen, I should confess that the whole discussion on
> bugzilla.gnome.org is dense to me.
>
> Can you please
>
> 1. explain what is  specific to  Lohit in the bug?

They have added exceptions to pango so that Lohit renders properly.

consonant+ virama+ra and
consonant+virama+rra (wrong) would render the cut down lipi form
irrespective of whether it is a traditional lipi font or cut down lipi
font.You could see the effects in the picture linked.

how പ്രക്രിയ and പ്രോട്ടോകോള്‍ is rendered.
>
> 2. The bug seems to arise due to problems caused by changing the
>    rendering engine to suit lohit. Why should rendering engines have
>    code specific to fonts?

Exactly.
>
> (agreed, the changes were made by proponents of Lohit, but what
> exactly is different between  Rachana and Anjali on one hand and Lohit
> on other)?

Rachana and Anjali are traditional lipi font where as Lohit is a cut
down lipi font (it is developed in Pune).

Regards
Praveen
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