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XITS - OpenType implementation of STIX fonts with math support
SIL Open Font License 1.1
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new language (n'ko) support #29

Closed ghost closed 6 years ago

ghost commented 11 years ago

Is it possible to add N'ko language support in xits-math ? In n'ko, we use the mirrored version of math symbols because N'ko is a RTL alphabet like arabic. Here are some links : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%27Ko_alphabet http://www.kanjamadi.com/ http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U07C0.pdf

khaledhosny commented 10 years ago

Hi @ckairaba, sorry for the late response. What N'ko symbols you think the math font should support, just the numbers?

ghost commented 10 years ago

Numbers and n'ko letters. The others symbols are just mirrored version of sigma (for the sum), of sqrt symbol ....

khaledhosny commented 10 years ago

Are N'ko letters used as math identifiers (e.g. instead of xyz) or for words inside math (like sin, tan etc.)? If the former, are they used isolated only (like in Arabic math) or do they join? If you have any sample of N'ko math usage (even if handwritten), it would be great.

ghost commented 10 years ago

I sent you the docs on your mail : khaledhosny@eglug.org Both, like math identifiers and for words.

On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Khaled Hosny notifications@github.comwrote:

Are N'ko letters used as math identifiers (e.g. instead of xyz) or for words inside math (like sin, tan etc.)? If the former, are they used isolated only (like in Arabic math) or do they join? If you have any sample of N'ko math usage (even if handwritten), it would be great.

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khaledhosny commented 10 years ago

Thanks. Do you know a particular N'ko font that would be suitable for this use? (I need a font under OFL to borrow the glyphs from since I don’t know enough N'ko myself to design new glyphs).

ghost commented 10 years ago

kanjamadi.ttf is a good one https://github.com/ckairaba/virtual-keyboard-nko/tree/master/bin/fonts

On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Khaled Hosny notifications@github.comwrote:

Thanks. Do you know a particular N'ko font that would be suitable for this use? (I need a font under OFL http://scripts.sil.org/OFL to borrow the glyphs from since I don’t know enough N'ko myself to design new glyphs).

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khaledhosny commented 10 years ago

But this font does not seem to be OFL licensed (XITS is under OFL, so I can only use fonts with compatible license).

ghost commented 10 years ago

Sorry ! It seems that Conkary.ttf is OFL licensed as I read there : http://www.tavultesoft.com/keyboarddownloads/%7B92FD730D-B1DB-4B5C-8448-D15C9B84054E%7D/welcome.pdf

On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Khaled Hosny notifications@github.comwrote:

But this font does not seem to be OFL licensed (XITS is under OFL, so I can only use fonts with compatible license).

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ghost commented 10 years ago

Conakry can be also obtain with : apt-cache search conakry # if you have debian-like distribution

On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Kaïraba Cissé ckairaba@gmail.com wrote:

Sorry ! It seems that Conkary.ttf is OFL licensed as I read there : http://www.tavultesoft.com/keyboarddownloads/%7B92FD730D-B1DB-4B5C-8448-D15C9B84054E%7D/welcome.pdf

On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Khaled Hosny notifications@github.comwrote:

But this font does not seem to be OFL licensed (XITS is under OFL, so I can only use fonts with compatible license).

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khaledhosny commented 6 years ago

I don’t think I’m going to do this, sorry. Patches are welcome, though.