<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Wrong unicode character display for Sinhala Language]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I am using notepad++ for my research and collecting large set of Sinhala sentences to build a language model of Sinhala. I just want to type sinhala characters ඍ (unicode 0D8D) and ඎ (0D8E) characters in the editor and copy paste sentences with those characters. Editor is not  rendering those characters properly and display them as  පෘ and පෲ . When I copy them from the notpad++ editor and put it in windows notepad it correctly displays the character in notepad. Can somebody help me to solve this rendering issue it is much appreciated.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/12313/wrong-unicode-character-display-for-sinhala-language</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:18:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/12313.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2016 08:22:49 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Wrong unicode character display for Sinhala Language on Tue, 06 Sep 2016 18:54:30 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hello <strong>Malinda Punchimudiyanse</strong>,</p>
<p dir="auto">From the <strong>official</strong> web site of the <strong>Unicode Consortium</strong>, below :</p>
<p dir="auto"><a href="http://www.unicode.org/charts/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.unicode.org/charts/</a></p>
<p dir="auto">We can get a <strong>PDF</strong> list of <strong>all</strong> the <strong>Sinhala</strong> characters, in the range <strong><code>[\x{0D80}-\x{0DFF}]</code></strong>, from the link, below :</p>
<p dir="auto"><a href="http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0D80.pdf" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0D80.pdf</a></p>
<p dir="auto">It’s easy to verify that :</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p dir="auto">The Unicode value <strong><code>0D8D</code></strong> corresponds to the <strong>SINHALA LETTER IRUYANNA</strong> ඍ ( = sinhala letter vocalic r )</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">The Unicode value <strong><code>0D8E</code></strong> corresponds to the <strong>SINHALA LETTER IRUUYANNA</strong> ඎ ( = sinhala letter vocalic rr )</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto">which are, both, <strong><code>independent</code></strong> vowels</p>
<p dir="auto">And, you’ll also notice that :</p>
<ul>
<li>The Unicode value <strong><code>0DB4</code></strong> corresponds to the <strong>SINHALA LETTER ALPAPRAANA PAYANNA</strong> ප ( = sinhala letter pa )</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto">which is a <strong><code>consonant</code></strong></p>
<p dir="auto">Finally, you’ll remark that :</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p dir="auto">The Unicode value <strong><code>0DD8</code></strong> corresponds to the <strong>SINHALA VOWEL SIGN GAETTA-PILLA</strong> ෘ ( = sinhala vowel sign vocalic r )</p>
</li>
<li>
<p dir="auto">The Unicode value <strong><code>0DF2</code></strong> corresponds to the <strong>SINHALA VOWEL SIGN DIGA GAETTA-PILLA</strong> ෲ ( = sinhala vowel sign vocalic rr )</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto">with a type, <strong>different</strong> as the above characters, as they are, both, <strong>dependent vowel signs</strong></p>
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<p dir="auto">Unfortunately, as I’m <strong>French</strong> and, as I, absolutely, not used to <strong>Asiatic</strong> languages, I <strong>cannot</strong> deduce anything <strong>valuable</strong>, from these facts :-(( Hope that these tiny hints will make <strong>sense</strong>, for you !!</p>
<p dir="auto">Note that you can search for, any of <strong>your</strong> alphabet character, with the syntax <strong><code>\x{0Dhh}</code></strong> ( where lowercase <strong><code>h</code></strong> stands for an <strong>hexdecimal</strong> digit )</p>
<p dir="auto">BTW, which <strong>encoding</strong> do you use ? Look at the <strong>right</strong> part of the <strong>bottom status</strong> bar</p>
<p dir="auto">Also, what is your <strong>current</strong> font name ?</p>
<ul>
<li>Open the menu option <strong>Settings - Style Configurator…</strong></li>
<li>Select the <strong>Global Styles</strong> language</li>
<li>Select the <strong>Default Style</strong> style</li>
<li>See the current <strong>font</strong> name, on the <strong>right</strong>, in the <strong>Font style</strong> zone</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto">Best Regards,</p>
<p dir="auto">guy038</p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>P.S.</strong> :</p>
<p dir="auto">Beware ! The <strong>glyphs</strong> of the two <strong>additional dependent vowel signs</strong>, (<strong><code>\x{0DF2}</code></strong> and <strong><code>\x{0DF3}</code></strong> ) in the <strong>PDF</strong> file, are <strong>reversed</strong> :-((</p>
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