nanogui: Thread: query about Text rendering in Indian Language!

Hi all,
I am a new member to this list.
I want to localize Microwindows - Nano-X to render Text in Indian
Language like say Devnagri. So I want know is that how I can do it?
Please reply!

regards,
KiranKumar

P.S. - I want to have support for TTF fonts.

: I want to localize Microwindows - Nano-X to render Text in Indian
: Language like say Devnagri. So I want know is that how I can do it?

Language isn't as much the issue as the character set.  Have you
tried using a TTF font that displays characters used in India?

What other special aspects are required to display Indian text?
(right to left display, special characters, unusual encoding, etc)

Regards,

Greg

On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 18:20 -0600, Greg Haerr wrote:
> : I want to localize Microwindows - Nano-X to render Text in Indian
> : Language like say Devnagri. So I want know is that how I can do it?
> 
> Language isn't as much the issue as the character set.  Have you
> tried using a TTF font that displays characters used in India?

yes i have a TTF font to display characters in Indian language.
This font works on windows and linux.
I tried it but cant succeed!

I want to know exactly that if I have my font and I want to use it with
Nano-X, how can I use it, means how to add that font?
what is the procedure?

> What other special aspects are required to display Indian text?
> (right to left display, special characters, unusual encoding, etc)

No special aspects are required : Left to right writing as english, no
special characters, encoding same as ASCII; only english glyphs are
replaced by some Indian glyphs.


thanks,

regards,
Kirankumar

: I want to know exactly that if I have my font and I want to use it with
: Nano-X, how can I use it, means how to add that font?
: what is the procedure?

Look at the source code for the font demos src/font*.sh,
the sources are in src/demos/nanox

Regards,

Greg