Re: Tamil support: Ubuntu Drapper Beta, Gnome

["Shakthi Kannan" <x86processor gmail com>]

Hi Simos,

Thanks for your reply.

On 5/3/06, Simos Xenitellis <simos74 gmx net> wrote:
> Get in contact with the Tamil GNOME team for the background on this,
> http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gtp/teams.html

Thanks! Subscribed.

> Rendering should work ok. If not, it's an issue of what default font
> Ubuntu uses for Tamil. Use Accessories/Character Map, find Tamil group
> and right-click on letters. This will show which font is used for Tamil.

Something new I learnt today :)

> If FreeSans/FreeMono is used, then there are issues with it and you need
> to fix with Ubuntu (or "fontconfig" at FreeDesktop).

Yes, it looks like a font issue. Certain characters are not being
displayed properly.

> http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gtp/teams.html
> Help out Jayaradha for this.

Will do.

Thanks a lot for your reply and help. Appreciate it.

SK

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