Re: devnagari presentation of certain ligature

From: Doug Ewell (dewell@adelphia.net)
Date: Mon Jan 19 2004 - 11:34:23 EST

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eMantra Information wrote:

> When i type त (U+0924) + ् (U+094D) + न (U+0928) = I get त्न
>
> त्न is not a popular form. where as popular form is त्‍न. (Atleast
> in Marathi).
>
> for example पत्‍नी. (which can be produced by using ZWJ)
>
> Why is this so? Can somebody elaborate more on this?

Some languages want the half-form, some want the visible virama.
Unicode provides a way to display either. See
http://www.unicode.org/faq/indic.html#17 for more information.

-Doug Ewell
Fullerton, California
http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/

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