[Neobrahmigp] Re : Re: Query on confusable composite characters

[Akshat Joshi]

Dear Dr. Data, All,

I am still working on the draft and may take an additional couple of 
days to come up it.

Last week was particularly busy for me due to some unanticipated 
personal reasons. Hence the delay. Please bear with me.

Regards,

Akshat Joshi



On 30-07-2017 18:44, Dr. AJAY D A T A wrote:
> Dear Akshat,
>
> Looking forward for the draft of Devanagari LGR.  Lets share with 
> everyone for comments.
> Thanks
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> *To:* Bal Krishna Bal <bkbal at ltk.org.np>
> *Cc:* neo brahmi <NeobrahmiGP at icann.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [Neobrahmigp] Query on confusable composite characters
> *Date:* 28 Jul 2017 02:16:38 PM
>
> 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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> Akshat Joshi
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