Unicode Devanagari Range

From: Aman Chawla (creativezeal@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Jan 16 2002 - 17:44:46 EST


This is with reference to the Unicode Devanagari (Hindi) Range. Is there a way to overcome/override the automatic glyph substitution that occurs when one types a pure consonant (eg. 0926 द) + halant (094D ् ) + another consonant (0918 घ) ?

When one types the previously indicated sequence, one gets a combined glyph द्घ that is extremely difficult to read and is often avoided in Devanagari printing, for the purposes of legibility. This glyph can easily be mistaken with द्ध which is (द + ् + ध). In all Devanagari newspapers, the sequence indicated above is printed as it is, without substituting the complex, combined glyph to minimise confusion.



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