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<p><font face="Georgia">Hello Dr Bal,</font></p>
<p><font face="Georgia">Thanks for the question. It is indeed
important to get this clarified.</font></p>
<p><font face="Georgia">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. <br>
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<p><font face="Georgia">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. <br>
</font></p>
<p><font face="Georgia">Having said the above, analyzing all the
fonts is impossible too.<br>
</font></p>
<p><font face="Georgia">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.</font></p>
<p><font face="Georgia">Thanks for asking this question. It brings
this aspect of our approach, out. <br>
</font></p>
<p><font face="Georgia">Regards,</font></p>
<p><font face="Georgia">Akshat Joshi<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 24-07-2017 06:43, Bal Krishna Bal
wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Hello
Akshat and the NBGP members,</div>
<div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">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?</div>
<div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Regards,</div>
<div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Bal
Krishna</div>
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Regards,
Akshat Joshi
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