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Monday, January 24, 2011

Sourashtra Unicode font Version 1.0 Information

I am re-producing the content of release version 1.0 of Sourashtra Unicode font

Content

ꢥꢪꢱ꣄ꢒꢵꢬ꣄ (askitenko namaskaar),

Sourashtra language has few fonts(Suresh(u), Kuber,Sangudhaari) developed to write and read using the computer medium. To take a step further, a font for Sourashtra in Unicode standard is developed and attached with this mail(attachment name: sourashtra.otf). Existing Kuber and Sureshu fonts' characters are updated and added to complete this font.

Please remove/uninstall the existing version if the same font(Sourashtra.otf/
Sourashtra.ttf) is already installed before installing the new font.

Only Windows operating system and Firefox browser supports sourashtra Unicode, currently. It will take sometime to support the sourashtra Unicode by other applications. Please check whether you have the following software before using the font.

Operating System: Windows
Net Browser: Firefox , Epic
Font Installed: Sourashtra.otf


You can read few writing in the following websites/pages.

I will recommend to go through the attached images which has been taken from books that were used to teach Sourashtra for a long time. These images will help you learn the exact character shape. Because, computer font shape and size depend on the application/software used.

There are couple of videos in youtube to learn Sourashtra.
  1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhXU92XzDgU
  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjB7MRMc0fk
  3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6VLREcQoYQ

To write sourashtra in unicode, an intermediate application/software is needed which is in development. I will circulate the same after completion.

To complete the unicode font, following people are very helpful and I thanks them.

1. Sureshu and Kuber font - the base fonts
2. High-Logic Font creator - Tool used to develop the font
3. O.S.Subramanian - Providing the images in the attachment
4. M.S.Sureshkumar, R.N.Sridharan and O.S.Subramanian - testing and providing feedback for the font.
5. Sorry if I have missed anyone.

Please forward this mail to others who are interested in Sourashtra reading/writing.

Please send me a mail(mooreprabu@gmail.com) if you need any information on the usage of font.

ꢦ꣄ꢬꢿꢮ꣄ꢒꢥ꣄
ꢪꢹ ꢬꢾ ꢦ꣄ꢬꢨꢸ

(prEvkan
muu re prabu)

2 comments:

  1. A request has been made to localise MediaWiki in Sourashtra. This is typically a prelude to a request for a Wikipedia. I blogged with questions that I have..
    http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2011/03/saurashtra-language-from-india-new-to.html
    Thanks,
    GerardM

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  2. My software "Neembuu Uploader" is translated to Sourashtra. Is NeembuuUploader the first software in Sourashtra? or there are any other available?

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