KANNADA LATEST FONTS STYLE FULL
If not distinct shape exists, the full form will display with an explicit Virama (same shape as the halant form). Some Indic scripts, like Devanagari have distinctly shaped half forms for most of the consonants. Consonants in their half form precede the ones forming the base glyph. Half form of consonants (pre-base form) - A variant form of consonants which appear to the left of the base consonant, if they do not participate in a ligature. The Halant form is used in syllables that have no vowel or as the half form when no distinct shape for the half form exists. Halant form of consonants - The form produced by adding the halant (virama) to the nominal shape. NOTE: A syllable containing halant characters may be shaped with no visible halant signs by using different consonant forms or conjuncts instead. A Halant follows all but the last consonant in every Kannada syllable.
Halant (Virama) - The character used after a consonant to "strip" it of it’s inherent vowel. Consonant conjuncts may have both full and half forms, or only full forms. For example, "Ka" and "Ta", rather than just "K" or "T."Ĭonsonant conjuncts (aka “conjuncts”) - Ligatures of two or more consonants. Consonants may exist in different contextual forms and have an inherent vowel (usually, the short vowel "a"). Below-base forms are represented by a non-spacing mark glyph.Ĭluster – A group of characters that form an integral unit in Indic scripts, often times a syllable.Ĭonsonant - Each represents a single consonant sound. In the glyph sequence, the below-base form comes after the consonant(s) that form the base glyph. Layout operations are defined in terms of a base glyph, not a base character, since the base can often be a ligature.īelow-base form of consonants - A variant form of a consonant that appears below the base glyph. In "degenerate" syllables that have no vowel (last letter of a word), the last consonant in halant form serves as the base consonant and is mapped as the base glyph. In Kannada, the last consonant of the syllable (except for syllables ending with letter "Ra") usually forms the base glyph. Akhand ligatures may be displayed in either half- or full-form.īase glyph - The only consonant or consonant conjunct in the syllable that is written in its "full" (nominal) form. Akhand ligatures have the highest priority and are formed first some languages include them in their alphabets. The following terms are useful for understanding the layout features and script rules discussed in this document.Ībove-base form of consonants - A variant form of a consonant that appears above the base glyph.Īkhand ligatures - Required consonant ligatures that may appear anywhere in the syllable, and may or may not involve the base glyph. For example, the location where the reph and pre-pended matra are re-ordered within a syllable cluster is affected by the presence of a half form. The new Indic shaping engine allows for variations in typographic conventions, giving a font developer control over shaping by the choice of designation of glyphs to certain OpenType features. In addition, registered features of the Kannada script are defined and illustrated with examples. While it does not contain instructions for creating Kannada fonts, it will help font developers understand how the Indic shaping engine processes Indic text. It contains information about terminology, font features and behavior of the Indic shaping engine in regards to the Kannada script. This document targets developers implementing Indic shaping behavior compatible with Microsoft OpenType specification for Indic scripts. The Kannada script is used to write the Kannadu language and is closely related to the Telugu script. This document presents information that will help font developers create or support OpenType fonts for Kannada script languages covered by the Unicode Standard.
KANNADA LATEST FONTS STYLE UPDATE
While Indic fonts made according to the earlier recommendations will still function properly in new versions of Uniscribe, font developers may wish to update their fonts, particularly if they wish to avoid certain limitations of the earlier implementation. Please note: This document reflects the changes made in 2005 for recommendations for Indic-script OpenType font and shaping-engine implementations.
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