Odia text not rendered properly in NPP

Ajit Nayak

Conjunct consonants are not rendered properly when one matra is combined with two consonants in Odia language.
Example: କ + ର + ୁ = କ୍ରୁ rendered as (କ୍ ରୁ)
Another: ସ + ମ + ୃ = ସ୍ମୃ rendered as (ସ୍ ମୃ )
Please help

The image of the problem is below:
odia_rendering problem.jpg

Ekopalypse

@Ajit-Nayak

Have you tried setting driectwrite?

guy038

Hello, @ajit-nayak, @ekopalypse and All,

Sorry, @ajit-nayak, as an European man I’m not acquainted, of course, with Indian languages !

However, I’m pretty sure that your problem is related to the current fonts, installed in your OS and not related to Notepad++

Presently, on my OS ( an old XP SP3 laptop ) I’ve got the following typefaces, relative to Indian languages and scripts :

•-------------•---------------•----------------------------•
|  Typeface   |   Font Name   |  Target Language / Script  |
•-------------•---------------•----------------------------•
|  gautami    |  gautami.ttf  |  Telugu language           |
|  MV Boli    |  mvboli.ttf   |  Thaana writing system     |
|  Raavi.ttf  |  raavi.ttf    |  Gurmukhi abugida          |
|  Shruti     |  shruti.ttf   |  Gujarati language         |
|  Tunga      |  tunga.ttf    |  Kannada script            |
|  Vrinda     |  vrinda.ttf   |  Bengali language          |
•-------------•---------------•----------------------------•

Refer to this link for an oversight of all the typefaces on Windows systems :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_typefaces_included_with_Microsoft_Windows

From this list, I did not have any font for the Odia language ( formerly spelled as Oriya )

Refer to the link below, which explicits all Odia Unicode characters :

http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0B00.pdf

Luckily, after some researches on Google, I came across this site http://odiafonts.com/

So, follow these steps :

Close any Notepad++ instance, first
Download the archive ananta.zip : http://odiafonts.com/d/13058/ananta.zip
Extract the OR51_Ananta.ttf font file
Double-click on the OR51_Ananta.ttf file ( before installing this font, definitively, on your system ! )
Re-start Notepad++ :
Select the Settings > Style Configurator... > Global Styles > Global override style
Then, in the Font Style section, choose the Odia Ananta font
Tick the Enable global font option
Click on the Save & Close button

With this font , containing 755 characters and 1245 glyphs, all the Unicode Odia characters are correctly displayed, except for the character \x{0B55} ( ORIYA SIGN OVERLINE ) !?

And I was able to get your composed characters, shown in your post. For instance :

Concerning your first example :
- \x{0B15} => କ
- କ + \x{0B4D} => କ୍
- କ୍ + \x{0B30} => କ୍ର
- କ୍ର + \x{0B41} => କ୍ରୁ
Concerning your second example :
- \x{0B38} => ସ
- ସ + \x{0B4D} => ସ୍
- ସ୍ + \x{0B2E} => ସ୍ମ
- ସ୍ମ + \x{0B43} => ସ୍ମୃ

To end with, here is an example of a regex S/R which change the latin letters A and Z, whatever their case, into your two characters :

SEARCH (?i)(A)|(Z)
REPLACE (?1\x{0B15}\x{0B4D}\x{0B30}\x{0B41})(?2\x{0B38}\x{0B4D}\x{0B2E}\x{0B43})

So from the simple line

A - Z

You would get :

କ୍ରୁ - ସ୍ମୃ

I hope I’m not too “off-topic” !

Best Regards,

guy038

P.S. :

Of course, the real glyph of composed Odia characters, resulting of the four consecutive characters, can ONLY be seen is you open this text, using the OR51_Ananta.ttf font file :-))

Ah ! Here is a picture of my file :

Ajit Nayak

Hello, @ekopalypse and @guy038
Thank you very much for the quick response.
The Solution provided by @guy038 completely solves the problem and now I can write anything in my language.
So nice of you @guy038 to provide the solution with other research outputs that will further help us for using it effectively.
with regards
Ajit