[Lohit-devel-list] Indic font(Kannada) is not rendering properly in Android ICS

[Parag Nemade]

Hi,
On 04/20/2013 03:56 PM, Sagar HM wrote:
> I am trying to get the kannada font support for Android ICS. I rooted 
> my Xperia Neo L phone which is running Android ICS 4.0.4 and installed 
> Kannada font (Lohit-Kannada.ttf). I have also included the 
> Lohit-Kannada font as family-set in fallback_fonts.xml in the 
> framework. After that, I am able to see the kannada fonts render in 
> browser but the complex script is not supported. Glyphs are not 
> rendered in proper way, though it is just readable. Other indic 
> languages like Tamil, Hindi, Bengali etc renders perfectly but my 
> language is not rendering properly. Someone suggested me to go thru 
> this 
> blog.http://androidandsandu.blogspot.in/2011/12/how-to-add-indian-languages-to-android.html But 
> i'm not able to find out where to make those file changes. I mean 
> where is that lohit-fonts directory, where is the android.mk file? I'm 
> not able to find those folders or those files in my phone. Any help 
> please?
>
If you can get 4.1.1 or 4.2.x Android then you can find Kannada is 
already supported. See http://www.android.com/about/jelly-bean/

The above link you are referring to is related to ICS (4.0.4) source 
code. If you have ICS source code then whatever steps given in that link 
is still valid. But as that time rendering engine does not support 
Kannada language, you will not get conjuncts getting rendered correctly. 
Better try latest version or at least 4.1.1 for correct rendering.

In 4.0.4 version, fully supported Indic languages are Bengali, Tamil and 
Hindi.

Regards,
Parag.
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