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

[Babul Films Society n-p NGO ICT for Ecoawareness]

Thanks all for the mail conversations, it adds to my learning 
experience.
Lesson from this thread: font-specific approach does not yield much 
results.
Keep writing
best wishes
Ganga


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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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> FROM: Akshat Joshi <akshatj at cdac.in>  MailId : [71630017]
> 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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