At 05:57 AM 5/22/02, you wrote: >My responses inline. Thanks, -apurva > ><apurva:> >Thanks for this confirmation. >Below are some input sequences, and I'm assuming that the font used for >displaying them will have a glyph for the khanda Ta. The sample conjunct >being created is taTa i.e. the double Ta. I'm using this conjunct >because it is usually diplayed as a distinct ligature. > >1. To display the ligature taTa, use: >Ta Halant Ta >2. To display khandaTa Ta use: >Ta Halant ZWJ Ta >3. To display Ta Halant Ta use: >Ta Halant ZWNJ Ta > ></apurva:>
Thanks for the clarification. <apurva:> >To the best of my knowledge, khanda Ta is not a consonant (or distinct >character) by itself, but the halant form of a consonant. Such alternate >forms can be displayed using an OpenType font, that contains glyphs for >such forms. >I don't have access to a Bangla dictionary right now, but I think the >khanda Ta is not sorted differently either; i.e. 'utkarsha' will be >listed before 'uttam'. Although utkarsha uses the khanda Ta and uttam >employs the double Ta ligature. >In case this hadn't been the case, we might then have had a case that >the khanda Ta might need more looking into. ></apurva:> You are possibly right, the Bangla dictionary that I have at this moment does not sort Khanda Ta differently from Ta and "utkarsha" is listed before "uttam". Regards, Somnath Kundu
