Re: [Freebangfont-devel] Changes in the Bangla Juktakhar system

[Deepayan Sarkar]

On Saturday 31 January 2004 11:27, Sayamindu Dasgupta wrote:
> Hi all,
> I noticed in today's (31st Jan.) Anandabazar Patrika that from the next
> academic year, the WB state education board will be using a new system
> of juktakkhars - so called "swachcha fonts". Conjuncts like ঙ্গ, স্থ,
> ষ্ণ, ক্র and forms like রু, রূ, etc will not appear in their usual, as
> Microsoft puts it, "akhand" forms ;-) but simply as "half" forms placed
> side by side.
> I believe that a similar system is in use in Bangladesh.
> It would be great if someone manages to get the official standards
> document (if any such thing exists), from the PaschimBanga Bangla
> Academy.
> I am personally against this, but those in power have already made the
> decision, so I propose that AkaashNormal be modified to use this new
> system. The number of glyphs in Akaash is not very high, and it would be
> ideally suited for this purpose.
> Comments solicited.

Sure. I would view this as a font issue, and ultimately the decision of the 
font developer. Ideally we should have both types of fonts available, with 
the user choosing whichever he/she feels appropriate.