Aman Chawla-ji,
To supress conjunct formation, a ZWNJ (U+200C) can be inserted after the Halant. Thus, the input sequence will be:
0926 094D 200C 0918.
Fonts designed for newspapers are designed to meet specific legibility criteria (high legibilty at small point sizes with low interline space, and perhaps on paper that has rag content that can lead to "dot gain"). And so might not include complex ligatures that will not reproduce well in that environment.
However, these conjuncts contribute to the visual richness of Indic scripts; and are seen in fonts used for literary publications that might not have the same reproduction constraints as newspapers.
Thanks, -apurva
-----Original Message-----
From: Aman Chawla [mailto:creativezeal@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 2:45 PM
To: Unicode
Subject: Unicode Devanagari Range
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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