Dear Jan,

I know that there has been an effort to make a Ranjana/Lantsa unicode script from Anshuman Pandey since at least 2016. Quickly looking over this new effort in comparison to the 2016 document I see that things are similar. Just out of curiosity, how long does it usually take to get a new unicode font approved? I, for one, would be quite glad to see a Ranjana font and I hope it is finally produced.

With my best wishes,
Charles

Dr. Charles DiSimone

Department of Languages and Cultures

Ghent University

On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 1:23 PM Jan Kučera <jan.kucera@matfyz.cz> wrote:

Dear all,

Unicode keeps receiving proposals for encoding scripts from both past and present India and I thought it might be valuable to reach out and encourage feedback from the Indology community.

One of the proposed scripts for encoding is for Pabuchi, a script used for writing Sirmauri and Mahasui languages used by astrologers in Himachal Pradesh. Is anybody familiar or have any contacts with this community? I would like to independently verify some of the claims made in the proposal, especially since the knowledge of the script has traditionally been considered sacred and not for sharing.

Another proposal we would be looking for feedback on is Ranjana (unified with Lantsa) for writing Sanskrit, Newar and other local languages. The proposal is available at https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2023/23028-ranjana.pdf.

Feel free to respond in the group or reach out to me offline if you had any comments or suggestions.

Thank you and best regards,
Jan

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