Re: Issues with Unicode Hindi

From: Michael \(michka\) Kaplan (michka@trigeminal.com)
Date: Thu Jan 24 2002 - 11:42:17 EST


From: "Dinesh Agarwal" <dineshagarwal2000@hotmail.com>

> 5. Following suggestions from this list, a Unicode
> Hindi-specific font (Mangal) was obtained (from
> private sources) and installed in Control Panel ->
> Fonts.

Please be aware of the fact that those "private sources" have perhaps
engaged in piracy by giving you this font, which they have no right to
redistribute. This list hosts the company who was the victim of the
piracy -- a big company, to be sure, but do we rob the rich man because he
is rich? (I hope everyone thinks the answer here is no!).

I hope you deleted the font now that you have verified the solution. :-)

> Is Microsoft doing anything to improve their publically
> distributed version of Arial Unicode MS?

Agfa Monotype makes the font, and they presumably charge Microsoft a large
amount of money to allow redistribution in so many of their products. If
you look at the newer version, there are many improvements, but there is a
LOT of work to do there so the fact that they are not done yet is perhaps
exusable.

> The UTC should press them to do so.

The Unicode Technical Committee does not generally pressue members to make
decisions on allocation of resources -- this would not really be
appropriate.

> Also, does anyone know if the Mangal font is available
> in the public domain?

No, it is a part of Windows 2000 and Windows XP. All you need to do is
upgrade to the OS that will support input and locale info and you will get a
font that comes with it....

> Microsoft should be asked by the UTC to have Mangal
> included with all future versions of Internet Explorer,
> by default, or something to that effect.

Again, this would not be appropriate.

MichKa

Michael Kaplan
Trigeminal Software, Inc. -- http://www.trigeminal.com/



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