Third party regional font
by pingu_penguin from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4VCTD)
Hi,
I am a complete newbie when it comes to fonts and artwork, so bear with me.
I know a group , who have bought a font, from a small firm of developers for typing in regional language (hindi).
The font works well under windows , but windows being subjected to so many malwares viruses and ransomwares as we know, I would like to use it on linux so I can lessen their woes.
The font is a truetype font called Yogini. When installed in linux , doesnt render phonetically (a for english a etc) even when the input source is hindi keyboard (Hindi Bolnagri). Some fonts like Lohit Devanagari , Gargi , etc work very well with the inbuilt ubuntu hindi keyboard , but my existing infrastructure is based on this third party font, so changing fonts wont do, and will be a big pain.
Can someone help me with this ? How does font rendering work phonetically in linux ? Is it related to your keyboard layout or the font itself ? How do i go about changing the font if needed via fontforge etc
Any help is appreciated.
I am a complete newbie when it comes to fonts and artwork, so bear with me.
I know a group , who have bought a font, from a small firm of developers for typing in regional language (hindi).
The font works well under windows , but windows being subjected to so many malwares viruses and ransomwares as we know, I would like to use it on linux so I can lessen their woes.
The font is a truetype font called Yogini. When installed in linux , doesnt render phonetically (a for english a etc) even when the input source is hindi keyboard (Hindi Bolnagri). Some fonts like Lohit Devanagari , Gargi , etc work very well with the inbuilt ubuntu hindi keyboard , but my existing infrastructure is based on this third party font, so changing fonts wont do, and will be a big pain.
Can someone help me with this ? How does font rendering work phonetically in linux ? Is it related to your keyboard layout or the font itself ? How do i go about changing the font if needed via fontforge etc
Any help is appreciated.