I've done some more Devanagari font testing, and the results can be viewed here <https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xrWfqTJ9Xjo/WUXAcgjxhVI/AAAAAAAApRA/36wC0n2gjlQQB9bNDnTGGPjD13veSgoXQCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2Bfrom%2B2017-06-17%2B17-48-08.png>.
The TeX code that produced this is in my blog <https://cikitsa.blogspot.ca/2017/06/expanded-devanagari-font-comparison.html> . Of the fonts tried out, only Sanskrit 2003, Murty Sanskrit, and Shobhika do the right things with *ṣaṭtriṃśad*. Best, Dominik -- Professor Dominik Wujastyk <http://ualberta.academia.edu/DominikWujastyk> , Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity , Department of History and Classics <http://historyandclassics.ualberta.ca/> , University of Alberta, Canada . South Asia at the U of A: sas.ualberta.ca On 17 June 2017 at 09:39, Dominik Wujastyk <wujas...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Vikram, > > Your plan to work on refining and expanding Sanskrit 2003 is excellent! > Since funding is needed, I recommend you consider a crowd-funding > initiative. That would fit the situation very well, allowing people to > contribute in a structured and transparent manner, and avoiding many legal > and financial problems. > > Please, please give the font a new name, when your work is released. Even > if it's just Sanskrit 2003A. > > About the design of Sanskrit 2003, I still like the font best, I think, > amongst the many Devanagaris available today. Murty Sanskrit is my second > choice, and I would add that Murty Sanskrit looks better on paper than on > the screen. > > However, about Sanskrit 2003, I find it a little compressed, > horizontally. The document processing system I use, TeX, allows me to > tweak that as I wish, and I have found that expanding Sanskrit 2003 by 8% > horizontally gives a result that is more pleasing to my eye. It's a > personal thing, but perhaps worth thinking about. > > Here are some samples <https://tinyurl.com/y96ufrog> of Sanskrit 2003 > normal and stretched, with some other faces for comparison. > > Best, > Dominik > > > > > -- > Professor Dominik Wujastyk <http://ualberta.academia.edu/DominikWujastyk> > , > > Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity > , > > Department of History and Classics > <http://historyandclassics.ualberta.ca/> > , > University of Alberta, Canada > . > > South Asia at the U of A: > > sas.ualberta.ca > > > > On 15 June 2017 at 13:51, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY < > indol...@list.indology.info> wrote: > >> Hello Vikram, >> >> This is a wonderful news. Having done some font-designing myself, I >> know how time-consuming and complicated this work is. I hope your effort >> is successful and produces an improved version of Sanskrit 2003, with >> light, bold and italic versions. Please keep us posted about availability >> of these new versions. With best wishes, >> >> Madhav Deshpande >> Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA >> >> On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 10:14 AM, Vikram Iyer <vikram85.i...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> I am writing this as I am collaborating with a >>> typography expert to create a better version of Sanskrit 2003 free for all >>> with support for light weight and several ligature upgrades. As with any >>> activity of this scale funds are required to be able to keep the project >>> going. If anyone is willing to contribute financially please get in touch >>> with me. >>> >>> >>> A sample version of the upgraded font is attached >>> below. >>> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5PUqOJ81id8/WUKWHI9KrBI/AAAAAAAAK_U/LuRRxXRlmbw-OagEfS1N2vzoPB594qKEgCLcBGAs/s1600/Sanskrit%2BBold%252BFinetuned%252BLight.jpg> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, 8 June 2017 19:32:10 UTC+5:30, Madhav Deshpande wrote: >>>> >>>> Dear Colleagues, >>>> >>>> I have been using the Sanskrit 2003 unicode Devanagari font for >>>> some time, and have noticed that for some characters, the anusvāra almost >>>> merges with characters like sign for short "i". Here are a few sample >>>> lines: >>>> >>>> [image: Inline image 1] >>>> Am I alone in seeing these problems, or is this happening only on >>>> Mac computers, and not on Windows? I have written to Omkarananda Ashram >>>> about this and I am hoping to hear from them. >>>> If someone has a solution to this font problem, I would appreciate >>>> hearing it. >>>> >>>> Madhav Deshpande >>>> Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "भारतीयविद्वत्परिषत्" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to bvparishat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to bvparis...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> indol...@list.indology.info >> indology-ow...@list.indology.info (messages to the list's managing >> committee) >> http://listinfo.indology.info (where you can change your list options or >> unsubscribe) >> > >
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