Unicode - AAT vs OT fonts in Revolution

[Richmond Mathewson]

Err, Um, Gosh . . . Sankrit fonts seem to be extremely complex:

this seems about the best place to find a COMPLETE Sanskrit Devanagari font:

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/ttf-indic-fonts/

(By COMPLETE I don't mean just a font that has the simple syllabics,
but allows all the conjunct consonants)

However a large number of the characters have no Unicode numbers . . .

&

"The Unicode Standard provides codes for Devanagari characters in the 
range of 0900-097F,
which are used for representing classical Sanskrit, Hindi and Marathi. 
However, it does not
contain the additional characters needed for representing Vedic Sanskrit 
texts. Many of these
characters combine with Devanagari characters and therefore constitute a 
part of the
Devanagari script. To get these additional Vedic characters included in 
the Unicode
standard, it is necessary to submit a formal proposal to the Unicode 
Consortium."

can't remember where that came from - was lying around on one of my Hard 
drives.

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As these fonts are Open Source I am going to remap one of them
using an Open Source font editor (Fontforge) into a "normal" ttf
font: will then release it under the GNU thingummy-bob and any
RunRevver who feels the urge can use it and embed it in their stacks
and or standalones as they feel fit.

Of course the Key-mapping will also be a "pain-in-the-karma-chameleon"
so will try to run up a reasonable key mapping for Macintosh, and
provide some "sexy pictures" so that people actually stand a chance of
being able to type with the font.

Once a font has been remapped as a non-Unicode font and is embedded
in a RR stack it should show up properly whether rendered on Mac, Win,
Lin or . . .chuckle, chuckle . . . the new system that is looming from
Google.