Grantha characters

[Jean-Luc CHEVILLARD]

It is difficult to know what the word "this"
refers to in prof. Claus 's statement, which
will make matters even worse, since there is already
a confusion in the first answer

As I understand it, gurmukhi is a North Indian Script
(it has even a Unicode range assigned),
and there are commercial packages available for it
that should not be pirated ;;;  :-)

As regards Grantha, it is/was used, as explained below
by DEVARAKONDA VENKATA NARAYANA SARMA, in Tamil Nadu
for writing Sanskrit (many sanskrit manuscripts are in Grantha).

As regards sanskrit fonts in Grantha Typeface,
the French Institute in Pondicherry was very much
desirous to find one, a few years ago, but could not
succeed. The situation might hopefully have improved
but it is not absolutely certain, since popular demand
will be low ...  :-)

As regards a font editor for creating a sanskrit font
in Grantha typeface from scratch, please consider that it is
a lot of work: you will lose a lot of time and the result
will not be satisfactory ... ;-)

If you are not afraid, join the comp.fonts newsgroup (on UseNet) !!!

The best solution would be to convince C-Dac or some company
like it to create one ... That's my best advice ...

-- Jean-Luc CHEVILLARD



A 10:12 19/06/98 -0700,
vous ("Peter J. Claus" <pclaus at HAYWIRE.CSUHAYWARD.EDU>) avez écrit :
>Isn't this an anachronism?  (I really don't know, not being a specialist.)
       ^^^^
       ^^^^
>
>Peter Claus
>
>
>On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, DEVARAKONDA VENKATA NARAYANA SARMA wrote:
>
>> I believe Grantha chracters or GranthAkSaram is the script used in 
>> Tamil Nadu to write sanskrit works. They have to use a different
>> script because the tamil with a single letter for the first four 
>> letters of each varga (absence of some other letters also) is inadequate 
>> to transliterate sanskrit works.
>> 
>> regards,
>> 
>> sarma. 
>> 
>> At 06:57 PM 6/19/98 +0400, you wrote:
>> >If you mean Gurmukhi, here is one I remapped myself (see att.)
>> >
>> >Alexandre Elizariev
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Juergen Neuss <jneuss at ZEDAT.FU-BERLIN.DE>
>> >To: INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK <INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK>
>> >Date: 19 ØîÝï 1998 Ó. 3:07
>> >Subject: Grantha characters
>> >
>> >
>> >>Dear Subscribers,
>> >>Does anyone know whether there is any TrueTypeFont of Grantha characters
>> >>available? Or, alternatively, a good tool to create one?
>> >>--
>> >>jneuss at zedat.fu-berlin.de
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Juergen Neuss
>> >>
>> >>Freie Universitaet Berlin
>> >>
>> >>Institut für Indische Philologie und Kunstgeschichte
>> >>
>> >>Königin-Luise-Str. 34a
>> >>
>> >>14195 Berlin
>> >>
>> >
>> >Attachment Converted: D:\EUDORA15\EUDORA\ATTACH\ftpnjam.TTF
>> >
>> 
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