Re: [unicode] Problems with Windows 7 Unicode Font Rendering

From: Vinodh Rajan (vinodh.vinodh@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Mar 04 2010 - 03:57:05 CST

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    I also tried with Code2000 and some other fonts which have support for
    multiple scripts.

    All give the same results.

    V

    On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Michael Kaplan <michka@trigeminal.com> wrote:
    > Out of curiosity, have you tried without Arial Unicode MS? You might have
    > better luck with a font like plain old Arial, so font fallback can take
    > over....
    >
    > Michael
    >
    > -- Sent from a Palm Pre, b/c I'm not at my computer, Windows Phone 7 isn't
    > available yet, and I don't care for the iPhone....
    > ________________________________
    > On Mar 3, 2010 5:28 AM, Peter Constable <petercon@microsoft.com> wrote:
    >
    > Thanks for the added details, Vinodh. It does look strange. I've passed this
    > on to relevant people to look at.
    >
    > Peter
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: unicode-bounce@unicode.org [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org] On
    > Behalf Of Vinodh Rajan
    > Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 7:19 PM
    > To: mpsuzuki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
    > Cc: unicode@unicode.org
    > Subject: Re: [unicode] Problems with Windows 7 Unicode Font Rendering
    >
    >> * if I write Devanagari-only text, the result is ok.
    >> * if I write Tamil-only text, the result is ok.
    >> * if I write a text including both of Devanagari & Tamil, the result is
    >> not ok.
    >
    > Exactly !
    >
    >> In your screenshot, MS Word & Notepad.exe are compared.
    >> I'm not sure if the screenshot shows the trouble you described. It
    >> seems that the left-side vowel signs are not displayed correctly in
    >> Notepad.exe. What is wrong in MS Word? Sorry my ignorance on Indic
    >> script.
    >
    > Both in Notepad & MS Word, Arial Unicode MS is the selected font. But you
    > can see that, in MS Word only Devanagari is displayed properly, Tamil vowel
    > signs are not placed properly. While in the Notepad, only Tamil display is
    > correct
    >
    > See the below screenshot again:
    >
    > http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll301/vinodhrajan/ScreenShotFont-Rendering2.png
    >
    > The same scenario is repeated with Kannada & Gujarati (both are supported by
    > Arial Unicode MS)
    >
    > For some strange reasons, it seems in a Multi-Script text, only the first
    > script block is rendered correctly.
    >
    > With Regards,
    >
    > Vinodh Rajan
    >
    > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 6:14 AM, <mpsuzuki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp> wrote:
    >> On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:57:48 +0530
    >> Vinodh Rajan <vinodh.vinodh@gmail.com> wrote:
    >>
    >>>I have a peculiar issue with Windows 7 Unicode Font Rendering.
    >>>
    >>>Windows 7 seems to support the display only one script block of a
    >>>Multi-Lingual Font (Such as Arial Unicode MS, Code2000) at a time. The
    >>>other script blocks in the same font are not rendered properly at all.
    >>
    >> The trouble you had is something like following?
    >
    >>
    >>>http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll301/vinodhrajan/Screenshot-FontRe
    >>>ndering.png
    >>>
    >>>But the fonts have full support for all the blocks.
    >>
    >
    >>
    >> Regards,
    >> mpsuzuki
    >>
    >>>Is it an issue with the latest Uniscribe Engine ?
    >>>
    >>>My Uniscribe Version is 1.626.7600
    >>>
    >>>With Regards,
    >>>
    >>>Vinodh Rajan
    >>>
    >>
    >
    >
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