Vardhan
The problem here isn't Android ... it's server side, where Mapnik renders the
tiles.
-Mkel
* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron
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> From: Vardhan Naik <vardhan.n...@dsrede.in>
>To: cartonama-works...@googlegroups.com
>Cc: "talk-in@openstreetmap.org" <talk-in@openstreetmap.org>
>Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 12:20 AM
>Subject: Re: Indic rendering
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>Hi Mikel.
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>I was able to replicate the issue as per sandbox in my machine.
>http://mapnik-utils.googlecode.com/svn/sandbox/indic_fonts/
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>Googled a bit and think this is an issue for Android .. though solved in ICS
>using a open type software
>called http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/HarfBuzz for rendering glyphs.
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>Interesting Links for Android.
>https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_external_webkit/blob/ics/Source/WebCore/platform/graphics/android/FontAndroid.cpp
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>http://androidandsandu.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-add-indian-languages-to-android.html
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>Regards
>Vardhan
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>On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Vardhan Naik <vardhan.n...@dsrede.in> wrote:
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>http://mapnik-utils.googlecode.com/svn/sandbox/indic_fonts/
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>>
>>one method to test the issue using python. will test and let you know if I
>>make headway.
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>>On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Mikel Maron <mikel_ma...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>Vardhan
>>>
>>>
>>>Different issue from CJK characters.
>>>
>>>
>>>"I believe the underlying issue here is that Mapnik is rendering the string
>>>one character at a time in order to make the characters follow along the
>>>path. These Indic languages use ligatures where the rendering depends on
>>>multi-character sequences and can not be correctly rendered one character at
>>>a time,"
>>>
>>>
>>>https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/issues/112#issuecomment-2365351
>>>
>>>
>>>Mikel
>>>
>>>* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron
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>>>
>>>>________________________________
>>>> From: Vardhan Naik <vardhan.n...@dsrede.in>
>>>>To: cartonama-works...@googlegroups.com
>>>>Cc: "talk-in@openstreetmap.org" <talk-in@openstreetmap.org>
>>>>Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 10:52 AM
>>>>Subject: Re: Indic rendering
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Hi Mikel,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Am not a Map person.. but found this for chinese. is that we miss the ttf
>>>>file or so? on the server?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Optional: CJK font fallback support
>>>>Currently, mapnik includes a font to support CJK characters (Chinese,
>>>>Japanese, Korean, et. al. or more generally East Asia). To add support you
>>>>need to open the file inc/fontset-settings.xml.inc and uncomment the lines
>>>>that have "unifont Medium".
>>>>Older mapnik versions did not have unifont included. There you need to:
>>>> 1. Download the GNU Unifont Glyphs
>>>> 2. Unpack and put the ttf file in your /usr/local/lib/mapnik/fonts (or
>>>> appropriate path) directory with the other Mapnik fonts.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Mikel Maron <mikel_ma...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Hi
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>During the cartonama workshop, we discovered that Mapnik still has issues
>>>>>with rendering Indic fonts.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>http://tiles.mapbox.com/groundtruth/map/map-busd5lm5
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>It's a known issue.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/issues/112
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Artem has looked into a bit, but hasn't proceeded that far. Anyone
>>>>>knowledgeable in handling Indic fonts that might be able to advise?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>-Mikel
>>>>>* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Best Regards,
>>>>Vardhan Naik | Didactics Software Rede Pvt. Ltd. | w. +91.80.26635445
>>>>| m. +91.9980073544| vardhan.n...@dsrede.in
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>>--
>>Best Regards,
>>Vardhan Naik | Didactics Software Rede Pvt. Ltd. | w. +91.80.26635445
>>| m. +91.9980073544| vardhan.n...@dsrede.in
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>Best Regards,
>Vardhan Naik | Didactics Software Rede Pvt. Ltd. | w. +91.80.26635445
>| m. +91.9980073544| vardhan.n...@dsrede.in
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