- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 00:48:27 +0100
- To: "Jose" <jose_stephen@cdactvm.in>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
On Monday, November 6, 2006, 12:06:59 PM, Jose wrote: J> In SVG document the font is rendered in logical order No. In an SVG document (or indeed any XML) the text is *stored* in logical order. How its rendered depends on the language. J> but in J> Malayalam (an indic language) the rendering of some character are J> different from it's logical order. Yes. J> For eg:- J> 1.. Malayalam letter KA (0D15) + Malayalam Vowel sign E (0D46) has J> to be rendered as Malayalam Vowel sign E (0D46) + Malayalam letter KA (0D15) J> J> 2.. Malayalam letter KA (0D15) + Malayalam Vowel sign O (0D4A) has J> to be rendered as Malayalam Vowel sign E (0D46) + Malayalam letter J> KA (0D15)+ Malayalam Vowel sign AA (0D46) etc.. J> Can anyone suggest any method to introduce correct rendering to such combinations? The renderer needs to have a font available which supports this language. Trying to 'fix' this up by altering the text would be a bad idea (same as trying to 'fix' Hebrew by changing the SVG to put the characters in visual order would be incorrect). -- Chris Lilley mailto:chris@w3.org Interaction Domain Leader Co-Chair, W3C SVG Working Group W3C Graphics Activity Lead Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG
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