[XeTeX] Xelatex+Tamil+English

[Sengottuvel]

Dear all,

  I was create the Tamil document using xelatex. I got the output.   In that
Tamil document some of the words are English in that words are comes
boxes,how to solve this problem.
 Which font should use for both Tamil and English.,.,


with regards,
T.Sengottuvel


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Re: [XeTeX] Xelatex+Tamil+English

[François Patte]

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Le 21/12/2010 07:21, Sengottuvel a écrit :
> Dear all,
> 
>   I was create the Tamil document using xelatex. I got the output.   In
> that Tamil document some of the words are English in that words are
> comes boxes,how to solve this problem.
>  Which font should use for both Tamil and English.,.,

You don't need to use such a font! You can choose your font for Tamil
text and another font for English text.

For instance:

\setmainfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Linux Libertine}

\newcommand\tamil{\fontspec[Script=Tamil,Scale=1]{Lohit Tamil}}

In the preamble.

then your main text is in English and if you want to switch to Tamil:

{\tamil your Tamil text}

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Re: [XeTeX] Xelatex+Tamil+English

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 21.12.2010 um 07:21 schrieb Sengottuvel:

In that Tamil document some of the words are English in that words  
are comes boxes



The boxes signify missing characters. It's reasonable to assume that  
Tamil fonts support only a basic set of Latin characters. So you  
better use different fonts for Latin scripts (Linux Libertine, GNU  
Free Serif, maybe Times...) and for Indian/Tamil.


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