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<font face="Cambria">Dear Dr. Lehal, Dr. Sarmad and Pitinan,<br>
<br>
I was finalizing DV LGR XML file and came across following 3 cases
regarding DV and Gurmukhi cross-script variants. Have given brief
description of each case alongwith our proposal. Request you all
to opine on the same. Also, please provide your decision on the
proposal in each case.<br>
<b><br>
Case 1:</b><br>
Two Devanagari characters 0930 and 0935 have been tagged as
cross-script variants with Gurmukhi character 0A15. This probably
necessitates that both the DV characters i.e. 0930 and 0935 be
made variants of each other in DV LGR. However, in a Pure
Devanagari Label they are not confusing at all.<br>
<b>Proposal</b>: Our proposal is, to avoid this, we drop 0930 and
0A15 variant relationship. In our opinion, the cost of making 0930
and 0935 as DV variants outweighs the benefit of having 0930 and
0A15 as cross-script variants. <br>
<br>
<b>Case 2:</b><br>
We have identified DV character 0947 as variants with 0A47.
However, in DV variants, 0947 is variant with 0946.<br>
<b>Proposal</b>: We add 0946 and 0A47 as cross-script variants
among DV and Gurmukhi. They do look-alike as well. Have given both
the characters for reference below.<br>
0946 ॆ<br>
0a47 ੇ<br>
<br>
<b>Case 3: <br>
</b>Following combination is already an accepted cross-script
variant in DV and Gurmukhi.<br>
प्टे U+092A U+094D U+091F U+0947 (Devanagari)<br>
ਏ U+0A0F (Gurmukhi)<br>
<b>Proposal</b>: Since this contains 0947 which has 0946 as
Variant in DV, following combination should also be admitted as
cross-script variant in DV and Gurmukhi. They also look-alike in
our opinion. <br>
</font><font face="Cambria">प्टॆ U+092A U+094D U+091F <b>U+0946</b>
(Devanagari)<br>
ਏ U+0A0F (Gurmukhi)<br>
<br>
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Regards,<br>
Akshat Joshi<br>
C-DAC GIST<br>
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