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This is a project to create standard set of fonts in Malayalam language open type format for general use in web, computers, typesetting and print. The fonts shall have following salient features: | This is a project to create standard set of fonts in Malayalam language open type format for general use in web, computers, typesetting and print. The fonts shall have following salient features: | ||
| − | # shall have comprehensive set of Malayalam glyphs as provided in [http://www.unicode.org/ | + | # shall have comprehensive set of Malayalam glyphs as provided in [http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0D00.pdf Unicode version 6.3]. |
# shall have the following weights and shapes: | # shall have the following weights and shapes: | ||
## normal or medium | ## normal or medium | ||
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## condensed and bold condensed | ## condensed and bold condensed | ||
## narrow regular, condensed, wide and extra wide | ## narrow regular, condensed, wide and extra wide | ||
| − | # fonts shall have all the essential open type features required for Indic fonts | + | # fonts shall have all the essential open type features required for Indic fonts http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otfntdev/indicot/features.htm: |
## Above-base Forms abvf S1 | ## Above-base Forms abvf S1 | ||
## Above-base Mark Positioning abvm P4,5 | ## Above-base Mark Positioning abvm P4,5 | ||
Latest revision as of 11:35, 18 August 2014
Prolog
This is a project to create standard set of fonts in Malayalam language open type format for general use in web, computers, typesetting and print. The fonts shall have following salient features:
- shall have comprehensive set of Malayalam glyphs as provided in Unicode version 6.3.
- shall have the following weights and shapes:
- normal or medium
- medium italic
- bold
- bold italic
- following variants will be added in future:
- thin, light, semi bold, extra bold, heavy, black
- condensed and bold condensed
- narrow regular, condensed, wide and extra wide
- fonts shall have all the essential open type features required for Indic fonts http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otfntdev/indicot/features.htm:
- Above-base Forms abvf S1
- Above-base Mark Positioning abvm P4,5
- Above-base Substitutions abvs S4
- Akhand akhn S4
- Below-base Forms blwf S4
- Below-base Mark Positioning blwm P4,5
- Below-base Substitutions blws S4
- Conjunct Forms cjct S4
- Distance dist P2
- Halant Forms haln S4
- Half Form half S4
- Nukta Forms nukt S4
- Pre-base Substitutions pres S4,5
- Post-base Substitutions psts S4
- Rakar Forms rkrf S4
- Reph Form rphf S4
- Vattu Variants vatu S4