[INDOLOGY] Correction and updates of Nirnay Sagar Fonts

[Harry Spier]

Dominink Wujastyk wrote:

>  modern font technology can help.  OpenType includes some "alternates" or
> "contextual alternates" features that allow the user (or auto-select) to
> select from multiple versions of a glyph.  But I'm sure you know this.  And
> it's only certain advanced text-setting programs like TeX that allow one to
> access such features easily (e.g., through fontspec
> <https://ctan.org/pkg/fontspec?lang=en>, manual part IV).
>

I use the FontCreator program from Hi-Logic which allows you to create open
type "contextual features".  I've used this feature. I use the professional
product which retails for $199.00 but their website says that the Home
edition for $79.00 also has this feature (but the home edition cannot be
used for commercial purposes).  The program only works on windows.


>
> Such questions make me wish to consult Naik's classic work *Typography of
> Devanagari <http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6241715>* (3 vols, 1971 rev.
> ed.), but I've never had access to a copy of this rare publication.
>

I have this book. (Unfortunately its in storage in New York). Its been 20
years since I looked at it but I recall it was absolutely fascinating.  As
I recall  one volume gives examples of devanagari printing from the
earliest printed editions up till fairly modern times (when it was
published), another volume  describes the authors ideas for a devanagari
typewriter and the third volume focuses on some esoteric ideas of the
author.  I can't recall the details.

Harry Spier


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