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From: tg@chmsr (T. Govindaraj)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,comp.fonts
Subject: Palladam Tamil Font: new version etc.
Keywords: Tamil, Palladam, Macintosh
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Date: 17 Feb 91 17:55:48 GMT
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Reply-To: tg@chmsr.gatech.edu (T. Govindaraj)
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Organization: Center for Human-Machine Systems Research - Georgia Tech
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Greetings,

I have made some changes to the Tamil font "Palladam" that I wrote.
The font is available on chmsr.gatech.edu and can be ftp'ed using
anonymous login.

I took advantage of the fact that there is only one case to simplify
the typing of letters which are combinations of consonants and the
short and long form of U. For instance, you can get "ru" by typing
<shift>r and "ruu" by typing <option>r (in some cases you need to
use <shift><option>letter due to the way Apple maps the letters to
the keyboard).

Since the dot over consonants is used fairly often, you can get that
now either by typing back quote (old method) or by typing "f". ("F"
now gives you "aaytha ezhuthu".)

I expect to copy the new version to the "pub" directory on chmsr
soon. I plan to remove the old version at that time unless I hear
a lot of complaints and/or requests to leave the old version alone.

If you have been using the original version, I would like to hear
from you. I am trying to get a feel for how many people are using
it. The font will continue to be free.

A version for NeXT is available. I plan to port the font to IBM-PC
(for Windows 3.0) sometime. Ghostscript is also planned. While I
have a volunteer to help me port to IBM-PC, I would welcome help
for other ports. Of course any font derived from the original must
be free and no commercial dealings are allowed.

I cannot tell you when the ports (and some intended "beautifications")
will be available since my professorial responsibilities continue to
keep me busy.

regards,
govind


T. Govindaraj 	+1 404 894 3873 (voice)		tg@chmsr.gatech.edu
		+1 404 894 2301 (fax)		tg@chmsr.uucp; 128.61.3.10

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