On Nov 13, 2013, at 2:32 PM, NMPOST7 <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > > Earlier, I was using Latex on Linux and I used the Malayalam package from > Sarovar to typeset my documents in Malayalam. The processing was running the > code file (extenion *.mm) through a pre-processor mal (with a font option) > > I could use this on my Mac and hence I need to use Linux (Ubuntu Perfect > Pangolin) for Malayalam and my Mac for all the rest!! > > I have, finally, managed to get Malayalam working on my Mac(Mountain Lion > 10.5.8) using XeLaTeX. The issue in question is character rendering. Here are > the details before I proceed. > > System: Mac Mountain Lion 10.5.8 > Editor: TeXShop 2.47 > Engine : xelatex > Fonts used: > > Rachana (my favourite) uses old script > Meera > AnjaliOldLipi > > > Problems: > > -> Rachana: the numerals (arabic) are NOT rendered. Only boxes appear. This > includes page numbers. The punctuation marks, too, are not rendered. Only > boxes > appear. > > -> Meera and AnjaliOldLipi: numbers are rendered but ligatures are terrible. > > -> cannot use \textbf{} with Malayalam script inside > > > Example: (file is attached) > > Code: Select all • Open in writeLaTeX > \listfiles > \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article} > \usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry} > \usepackage{fontspec} > \defaultfontfeatures{Ligatures=TeX} %[Mapping=tex-text] > \usepackage{polyglossia} > \setdefaultlanguage{malayalam} > \setotherlanguage{english} > \newfontfamily\malayalamfont[Script=Malayalam]{Rachana} > \newfontfamily\englishfont{Times} > \begin{document} > \lefthyphenmin=2 > \righthyphenmin=2 > %\thispagestyle{empty} > \setmainfont[Script=Malayalam]{Rachana} > % > \setlength{\baselineskip}{1.25\baselineskip}\addtolength{\parskip}{10pt} > %\textenglish{1,2,3.} > മലയാളം ൽ ൾ ർ 3 . > \end{document} > > \textbf{ പ്രാരംഭഃ} > \begin{verse} > \noindent > \hfill{\textenglish{0}} > \end{verse} > \end{document} > > > The workaround is cumbersome. > > Code: Select all • Open in writeLaTeX > \textenglish{3} > > > The same applies to punctuation marks. if the punctuation marks are inserted > using the above command, the rendering is fine. > > The final problem. dashes are inserted when a word is broken at the end of the > line and these dashes appear as boxes!!! > > > Final point: is there a possibility to generate the Malayalam numerals? > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numerals scroll down and you will see the > table with the numbers) > > Best regards > Suren
Howdy, I've changed the \setmainfont command to be Times and added the \textbf command. One thing I found was that there was some unknown character in the \textbf command. After cleaning that up it compiles. However, it appears that the Rachana font doesn't have the appropriate bold-extended font. You may have to define that font manually as an option to the the setting of the malayalamfont.
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Good Luck, Herb Schulz (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
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