Further testing: Installing Unicode Tamil fonts like Latha or Vijaya helps a lot. This is yet another argument for not trying something like a universal font configuration. They are not sufficiently highly ranked in the search engines to make them pop up early in any search.
Best, /PA On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 at 17:39, Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <paag...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi again, > Was doing some tests with other fonts... > Change the rm font to "FreeSerif" and remember to execute the > emacs-lisp code to set the right variables. > > Best , /PA > > PS: Frankly speaking I think we are way beyond what the babel people > are able to show in > https://latex3.github.io/babel/guides/locale-tamil.html > If they don't know, how should we? ;-) > > On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 at 17:23, Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez > <paag...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I did some fine-tuning today in ox-latex.el on the feature branch. > > Thanks to that, you should be able to compile the example provided on > > reddit with one exception: I've not been able to get the bold Tamil > > fonts to work. > > Attached is the org file. > > > > Best, /PA > > > > On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 at 19:22, Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@posteo.net> wrote: > > > > > > Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <paag...@gmail.com> writes: > > > > > > > The feature branch has all things I needed(TM). > > > > > > Another example to test: > > > https://old.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ltryn4/tamil_and_english_text_export_from_orgmode_to_pdf/ > > > Ideally, no font configuration should be necessary (or users may screw > > > up like what is done in the post) > > > > > > -- > > > Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, > > > Org mode maintainer, > > > Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. > > > Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, > > > or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92> > > > > > > > > -- > > Fragen sind nicht da, um beantwortet zu werden, > > Fragen sind da um gestellt zu werden > > Georg Kreisler > > > > Sagen's Paradeiser, write BE! > > Year 1 of the New Koprocracy > > > > -- > Fragen sind nicht da, um beantwortet zu werden, > Fragen sind da um gestellt zu werden > Georg Kreisler > > Sagen's Paradeiser, write BE! > Year 1 of the New Koprocracy -- Fragen sind nicht da, um beantwortet zu werden, Fragen sind da um gestellt zu werden Georg Kreisler Sagen's Paradeiser, write BE! Year 1 of the New Koprocracy
