[INDOLOGY] Correction and updates of Nirnay Sagar Fonts

Tue Feb 19 07:51:45 UTC 2019

 I will try to search the instance. How about एत्येधत्यूठ्सु ??

Thanks

On Tue 19 Feb, 2019, 10:16 AM Madhav Deshpande, <mmdesh at umich.edu> wrote:

> If you remember a textual occurrence of द्विट्सु, it may be easier to
> check in the manuscript images that I have.  Off-hand, I do not remember
> seeing a स hanging under ट.
>
> Madhav M. Deshpande
> Professor Emeritus
> Sanskrit and Linguistics
> University of Michigan
> [Residence: Campbell, California]
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 7:18 PM Krishnaprasad G <
> krishnaprasadah.g at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear Sri Madhav Deshpande Acharya Ji
>> Thanks a lot for providing the images of ट्त्र, and personally l took
>> like ट्त्र itself and not the hanging one.
>>
>> This we can change in rules. If 2 or 3 seconds pause is given at the time
>> of typeset we will get ट्त्र otherwise we will get the hanging one.
>> could you please suggest how द्विट्सु  is written in old MSS
>> Thanks a lot
>>
>> Krishna Prasad
>> Whatsapp Number
>> 963282891
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 7:45 AM Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Krishnaprasad Ji,
>>>
>>>      I don't have access to a manuscript of Ṣaṭtriṃśattattvasandoha, but
>>> here is the title page of the printed book that does not use a cluster of
>>> "tra" hanging below "ṭ", but prints just "ṭ" with a virāma sign.
>>>
>>> [image: image.png]
>>> On the other hand, the title page of the edition in the Kashmir Text
>>> Series, uses such a vertical cluster:
>>>
>>> [image: image.png]
>>> However, it looks somewhat odd in its appearance to me.
>>>
>>> Madhav M. Deshpande
>>> Professor Emeritus
>>> Sanskrit and Linguistics
>>> University of Michigan
>>> [Residence: Campbell, California]
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 10:12 AM Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Krishnaprasad Ji,
>>>>
>>>>      Great to see your progress.  A comment.  Some horizontal lines,
>>>> like that न, look thicker than the top line and lines in some other
>>>> characters.  The thickness should be uniform.  Similarly, the knot for न,
>>>> म, भ etc. should look exactly the same, and it should look the same whether
>>>> it appears in full or half forms of these characters.
>>>>
>>>> Madhav M. Deshpande
>>>> Professor Emeritus
>>>> Sanskrit and Linguistics
>>>> University of Michigan
>>>> [Residence: Campbell, California]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 9:58 AM Krishnaprasad G via INDOLOGY <
>>>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear all
>>>>> Some more characters.
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> KP
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu 27 Dec, 2018, 8:11 PM Madhav Deshpande, <mmdesh at umich.edu>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Krishnaprasad Ji,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      Thank you so much for this download link.  It is a wealth of
>>>>>> useful resources.  With best regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Madhav M. Deshpande
>>>>>> Professor Emeritus
>>>>>> Sanskrit and Linguistics
>>>>>> University of Michigan
>>>>>> [Residence: Campbell, California]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 7:22 PM Krishnaprasad G <
>>>>>> krishnaprasadah.g at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks, everyone for supporting me giving feedbacks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You can download from here.
>>>>>>> https://yadi.sk/d/rDIogm1J3WjKp4
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 8:43 AM Harry Spier <
>>>>>>> hspier.muktabodha at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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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