Hi François, Is this, using the build of GNU FreeFont I recently sent you?
Could you please provide a test LaTeX file for me to experiment with? Thanks! On Fri, Feb 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM François Patte <francois.pa...@mi.parisdescartes.fr> wrote: > > Bonjour, > > I am facing a problem with virama while using the velthuis > tranliteration scheme : according the velthuis-sanskrit.map file, virama > is mapped to "&" and "_". > > I use FreeSerif fonts and some ligatures can be acceeded using a virama > eg.: > > r+r-vocalic (r.r) gives: रृ or > r+virama+r-vocalic (r&.r) gives: र्ऋ > > To get the second ligature (र्ऋ), which I prefer, I have to change the > catcode of "&" or"_": > > \catcode`\&=11\relax or \catcode`\_=11\relax > > Both cases have one major disadvantage: for "&", I can't use tabular > environments, for "_"; I can't use mathematical mode... > > Is there a way around this problem? Is there a feature in fontspec > allowing the use of alternative ligatures? > > Or do I have to map the virama to an other character (which one?) in > velthuis-sanskrit.map file? > > Thank you. > > Regards > -- > François Patte > UFR de mathématiques et informatique > Laboratoire CNRS MAP5, UMR 8145 > Université Paris Descartes > 45, rue des Saints Pères > F-75270 Paris Cedex 06 > Tél. +33 (0)6 7892 5822 > http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte
