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Re: [tscii] Re: Tamil Unicode Fonts

Tamil alphabet is based on the principle of "The places of articulation -
pirappidam", a scientific principle.
Sanskrit alphabet is based on random sounds.

Attempting to play with both in Tamil document is not an inteligent act.

Sinnathurai

Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:58 am

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Thank you for the feedback! I will make required changes. Sorry for the earlier wrong link. Meenakshi Sundaram font can be downloaded from ...	R. Śivarāma... arunagirinathar	Mar 22, 2009 2:25 pm
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 6:40 PM, R. Śivarāmak��ṣṇa Śarmā < ... This is a major mistake. I think the source you searched must have been in error. ...	Mani Manivannan mani_m_maniv...	Mar 22, 2009 3:31 pm
Dear Mr. Mani, Thank you for pointing out. One doubt though - how is the aytham pronunced "correctly" ? is it Ha (as in the sanskrit visarga ??). I will make...	R.Sivaramakrishna Sha... arunagirinathar	Mar 23, 2009 5:40 am
Tamil alphabet is based on the principle of "The places of articulation - pirappidam", a scientific principle. Sanskrit alphabet is based on random sounds. ...	Sinnathurai Srivas sisrivas	Mar 29, 2009 4:19 pm
This is the problem with us. Fundamentalism. Tamil alphabet design is an ancient one. so, it's based on atriculation - pirappidam. In ancient time, it was...	Sundararajan rajasundarar...	Apr 25, 2009 11:14 am
respected sirs visarga is used only for nouns. where as aaytham is used for maththirai purposes pl set me right if i am wrong regards nandhiha ... From: Mani...	nandhitha kaapiyan nandhithak	Mar 23, 2009 4:40 pm
I am totally confused now ! Does Tamil have visarga sign ??? If so - Unicode does not have support for this. Visarga as in ':' sign in Sanskrit. I thought...	R.Sivaramakrishna Sha... arunagirinathar	Mar 24, 2009 8:15 pm
No. CenTamil does NOT have visarga sign. -Mani On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 2:34 PM, R.Sivaramakrishna Sharma < ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...	Mani Manivannan mani_m_maniv...	Mar 25, 2009 12:12 am
Dear Sir, The visarga in 'Sivaaya nama:' is soft, where as in 'namaschivaaya' is hard. Here the visarga changes into a relative character. In the word...	Sundararajan rajasundarar...	Mar 25, 2009 4:57 pm

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