[Neobrahmigp] Query on confusable composite characters

[Bal Krishna Bal]

Thanks Akshat for further clarifying the issue.
Regards,
Bal Krishna

On Jul 28, 2017 2:31 PM, "Akshat Joshi" <akshatj at cdac.in> wrote:

> Hello Dr Bal,
>
> Thanks for the question. It is indeed important to get this clarified.
>
> When we are doing the analysis, we cannot and should not limit ourselves
> to any specific font. At the same time this is also true that we cannot
> take into account all the possible fonts.
>
> We cannot and should not limit because across the Operating Systems there
> are various fonts present. Even within the same operating system, across
> its versions, different fonts can be used. Even if we talk about a
> particular OS and a particular version, among different browsers different
> fonts could be used to show the address bar content. If we further fix a
> particular browser, browsers are not the only place where URLs are used.
> They can be a part of an email where all the possible fonts can be used. In
> essence, font specific analysis cannot yield great results.
>
> Having said the above, analyzing all the fonts is impossible too.
>
> It actually means that there is no fixed way to take this up. In my
> opinion, we should go by the common glyph shaping behavior within the
> respective scripts and chart our road ahead. Even across various fonts,
> styles there is always a common denominator which we can consider. That is
> what we are doing.
>
> Thanks for asking this question. It brings this aspect of our approach,
> out.
>
> Regards,
>
> Akshat Joshi
>
>
>
> On 24-07-2017 06:43, Bal Krishna Bal wrote:
>
> Hello Akshat and the NBGP members,
> In our recent discussions on confusable composite characters, we have
> noticed that the confusion is only prominent across certain fonts and not
> with all universally. I have attached a few samples  where the strings and
> the respective fonts are highlighted in yellow. The question is - are we
> considering font specific issues here? Are there any fonts being considered
> to be used as default ones to display Devanagari text on the browser's
> address bar?
> Regards,
> Bal Krishna
>
>
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> Regards,
> Akshat Joshi
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