[XeTeX] FreeSerif fonts and devanagari ligatures

2014-03-10 Thread François Patte
Bonjour, It seems to me that some ligatures are missing in FreeSerif fonts if I use the devanagari script; as far as I tested these ones are missing: tr, pr, śr Moreover, slanted devanagari glyphs are lacking Am I right, or I use an obsolete version of these fonts (from texlive-2013). Thank

Re: [XeTeX] FreeSerif fonts and devanagari ligatures

2014-03-10 Thread Steve White
Hi Françoise, I'm aware of some serious problems. The development builds of FreeFont should resolve these. If you would like, I can give you access to development builds; we would be glad to hear your input. What happened is this: Before 2012 or so, the main font rendering system in Linux was

Re: [XeTeX] FreeSerif fonts and devanagari ligatures

2014-03-10 Thread Zdenek Wagner
2014-03-10 19:49 GMT+01:00 Steve White : > Hi Françoise, > > I'm aware of some serious problems. The development builds of FreeFont > should resolve these. > > If you would like, I can give you access to development builds; > we would be glad to hear your input. > > What happened is this: > > Befo

Re: [XeTeX] FreeSerif fonts and devanagari ligatures

2014-03-10 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:02:02PM +0100, Zdenek Wagner wrote: > Harfbuzz broke the indic rules Just to be clear, Pango/ICU had broken and/or incomplete Indic support, some fonts worked fine because they were specifically tested against them and adapted to their limitations, but the fonts were bro

Re: [XeTeX] FreeSerif fonts and devanagari ligatures

2014-03-10 Thread Mike Maxwell
On 3/10/2014 8:04 PM, Khaled Hosny wrote: That being said, there are some bugs in the HarfBuzz version used in TeX Live 2013 release, but this should be fixed when with 2014 upgrades to the latest HarfBuzz (people using exiting XeTeX release with the latest HarfBuzz, e.g. distro packages, should

Re: [XeTeX] FreeSerif fonts and devanagari ligatures

2014-03-11 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:11:27PM -0400, Mike Maxwell wrote: > On 3/10/2014 8:04 PM, Khaled Hosny wrote: > >That being said, there are some bugs in the HarfBuzz version used in > >TeX Live 2013 release, but this should be fixed when with 2014 upgrades > >to the latest HarfBuzz (people using exitin

Re: [XeTeX] FreeSerif fonts and devanagari ligatures

2014-03-11 Thread François Patte
Le 10/03/2014 19:49, Steve White a écrit : > Hi Françoise, > > I'm aware of some serious problems. The development builds of FreeFont > should resolve these. > > If you would like, I can give you access to development builds; > we would be glad to hear your input. Thank you. I'll try my best to

Re: [XeTeX] FreeSerif fonts and devanagari ligatures

2014-03-11 Thread Zdenek Wagner
2014-03-11 1:04 GMT+01:00 Khaled Hosny : > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:02:02PM +0100, Zdenek Wagner wrote: >> Harfbuzz broke the indic rules > > Just to be clear, Pango/ICU had broken and/or incomplete Indic support, > some fonts worked fine because they were specifically tested against > them and a

Re: [XeTeX] FreeSerif fonts and devanagari ligatures

2014-03-11 Thread François Patte
Le 11/03/2014 12:46, Zdenek Wagner a écrit : > 2014-03-11 1:04 GMT+01:00 Khaled Hosny : >> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:02:02PM +0100, Zdenek Wagner wrote: >>> Harfbuzz broke the indic rules >> >> Just to be clear, Pango/ICU had broken and/or incomplete Indic support, >> some fonts worked fine becaus

Re: [XeTeX] FreeSerif fonts and devanagari ligatures

2014-03-11 Thread Zdenek Wagner
2014-03-11 14:44 GMT+01:00 François Patte : > Le 11/03/2014 12:46, Zdenek Wagner a écrit : >> 2014-03-11 1:04 GMT+01:00 Khaled Hosny : >>> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:02:02PM +0100, Zdenek Wagner wrote: Harfbuzz broke the indic rules >>> >>> Just to be clear, Pango/ICU had broken and/or incompl

Re: [XeTeX] FreeSerif fonts and devanagari ligatures

2014-03-11 Thread François Patte
Le 11/03/2014 15:06, Zdenek Wagner a écrit : > 2014-03-11 14:44 GMT+01:00 François Patte > : >> Le 11/03/2014 12:46, Zdenek Wagner a écrit : >>> 2014-03-11 1:04 GMT+01:00 Khaled Hosny : On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:02:02PM +0100, Zdenek Wagner wrote: > Harfbuzz broke the indic rules >>

Re: [XeTeX] FreeSerif fonts and devanagari ligatures

2014-03-11 Thread Zdenek Wagner
2014-03-11 17:36 GMT+01:00 François Patte : > Le 11/03/2014 15:06, Zdenek Wagner a écrit : >> 2014-03-11 14:44 GMT+01:00 François Patte >> : >>> Le 11/03/2014 12:46, Zdenek Wagner a écrit : 2014-03-11 1:04 GMT+01:00 Khaled Hosny : > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:02:02PM +0100, Zdenek Wagner

Re: [XeTeX] FreeSerif fonts and devanagari ligatures

2014-03-11 Thread François Patte
Le 11/03/2014 22:18, Zdenek Wagner a écrit : > 2014-03-11 17:36 GMT+01:00 François Patte > : >> Le 11/03/2014 15:06, Zdenek Wagner a écrit : >>> 2014-03-11 14:44 GMT+01:00 François Patte >>> : Le 11/03/2014 12:46, Zdenek Wagner a écrit : > 2014-03-11 1:04 GMT+01:00 Khaled Hosny : >>

Re: [XeTeX] FreeSerif fonts and devanagari ligatures

2014-03-11 Thread Zdenek Wagner
2014-03-11 23:36 GMT+01:00 François Patte : > Le 11/03/2014 22:18, Zdenek Wagner a écrit : >> 2014-03-11 17:36 GMT+01:00 François Patte >> : >>> Le 11/03/2014 15:06, Zdenek Wagner a écrit : 2014-03-11 14:44 GMT+01:00 François Patte : > Le 11/03/2014 12:46, Zdenek Wagner a écrit : >>

Re: [XeTeX] FreeSerif fonts and devanagari ligatures

2014-03-12 Thread François Patte
Le 12/03/2014 00:03, Zdenek Wagner a écrit : > 2014-03-11 23:36 GMT+01:00 François Patte > : >> Le 11/03/2014 22:18, Zdenek Wagner a écrit : >>> 2014-03-11 17:36 GMT+01:00 François Patte >>> : Le 11/03/2014 15:06, Zdenek Wagner a écrit : > 2014-03-11 14:44 GMT+01:00 François Patte >