New Layouts in Shree-Lipi 7

Modular has introduced two new font layouts in Shree-Lipi 7 - ShreeLipi-Ex and SL7. In addition, for Bengali (SL7 layout), Telugu (SL7 layout) and Oriya (SL 4/5/6 and SL7 layouts), users will be able to install auxiliary fonts containing the characters that could not be accommodated in the main font. These layouts will help the users overcome many difficulties faced in using windows applications.

ShreeLipi-Ex

ShreeLipi-Ex is a 16 bit (2 byte) font layout. Two byte font layouts are supported in all Windows applications, which support Unicode. Recent versions of most of the applications support Unicode, even though they do not support Indic Unicode. ShreeLipi-Ex layout can be used in all these applications. The applications include MS Office 2000 and above, Adobe InDesign CS 2.0 and above, Adobe Illustrator CS 2.0 and above, Quark Express 7.0 and above.
This being a two byte layout, there is no restriction on the number of characters the font can have, and hence all the required characters for the given script are supported.
In some of the ShreeLipi-Ex fonts, English characters are included, so that user does not have to change the font between English and language.
This layout is supported for Devnagari, Gujarati, Bengali, Assamese, Oriya, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, and Sanskrit.
In Tamil, user can select different pulli shapes while installing ShreeLipi-Ex layout fonts. For Devnagari and Bengali, user can select different decorative shiroresha extensions that can be used while preparing invitations.
Modular supports conversion from / to other layouts from ShreeLipi-Ex.

SL7

SL7 is an 8 bit layout, in which there are some deviations from Shree-Lipi 4/5/6 (MS2000) layout. These changes have been made to overcome the problems faced by users in using different Windows applications like Power Point and Adobe InDesign. Language-wise changes are as listed below.

The characters that have either changed or changed location are –

The characters that have been removed are –

Auxiliary Fonts
Auxiliary fonts contain the characters that could not be accommodated in the main font. To type the characters in the auxiliary fonts, user has to put activation key off. The characters given in auxiliary fonts in specific scripts are as follows:

• Bengali / Assamese: /, =, ;, +, *, [, ] - These characters can be typed with their respective positions on the keyboard.
  em dash (a), multiplication sign (b), division sign (c), double dand (d) - these characters can be typed with the keys given in bracket.
• Oriya: =, +, ;, *, [, ] - These characters can be typed with their respective positions on the keyboard.
  em dash (a), multiplication sign (b), division sign (c), double dand (d), late sign (e), avagraha (f) - these characters can be typed with the keys given in bracket.
• Telugu: lru (a), lroo (b), rafar1 (c), rafar2 (d), Avagraha (e), dirgh roo (f) - these characters can be typed with the keys given in bracket.
• Sanskrit: *, +, :, ;, =, [, ] – these characters can be typed with their respective positions on the keyboard.
  Lroo (c), Rroo (i), Lru (j), vedic anuswars (A to Y), em dash (b), en dash (a) - these characters can be typed with the keys given in bracket.

Common Problems in Using Font Layouts Shree-Lipi 4/5/6 and Shree-Lipi 7

            There are a few problems that users may face when changing over from Shree-Lipi 6 to Shree-Lipi 7.x. The first problem is regarding old jobs. If you have created jobs using Shree-Lipi 6.0 fonts and then installed the fonts again using Shree-Lipi 7.x MFM, even though you install fonts for Shree-Lipi 4/5/6 layout, you may find that the line breakings and paragraphs change. This is likely to happen. The reason is that we have further fine-tuned the fonts in Shree-Lipi 7. This may result is variation in character widths. If you need to use the old jobs with old fonts, use MFM6CS.EXE utility supplied with Shree-Lipi 7, use old Shree-Lipi 6 CDs and install the fonts again.
            The second problem may be faced by users of Devnagari script if you have old fonts installed on your machine and use new composing program, even though you use ShreeLipi 4.0/5.0/6.0 layout for composing, you may find that the ukar / ookar for ha and da characters do not fit properly. To overcome this problem you have to install the fonts using CDs of Shree-Lipi 7.x.
The third problem is due to confusion in the version of the font and keyboard handler used. We will explain this with a Devnagari example. Many users have been using Shree-Lipi from previous versions and are used to applying certain fonts, say SHREE-DEV-0708 is your favorite font. You use it often in documents. Now you have installed Shree-Lipi 7.x version, and ShreeLipi 7 is the default layout in the software. You type your document and apply SHREE-DEV-0708 font. Actually, you are typing the text using ShreeLipi 7 font layout keyboard handler, so you should have used SHREE-DEV7-0708 font. Note the ‘7’ after DEV which denotes that the font is of ShreeLipi 7 layout. Most of the characters in the version 6 layout and version 7 layout are common with an exception of only few characters. We have explained the differences above. The difference is required because we have to take care of problems faced in recent Windows versions and latest versions of some applications. Mismatch of keyboard handlers and fonts creates some problematic situations. We have illustrated this with examples for all the languages. Worst situation happens if you use correct font while typing and apply a wrong font later on. Given below are only few examples.

 

Tips and Tricks for Shree-Lipi

While installing the Fonts, option of Numerals is present. What does it mean?

For Devnagari Script you may need the numbers in font in one of the three ways as

• Language (Marathi)
• Hindi.
• English

This means that you will get the numerals in Hindi if you install the font by choosing Hindi option enabled.

In case of other languages Only English and Language Numerals option is enabled. Hindi numerals are not present since it is not required at all. For Malayalam Only English numerals are present.

In Unicode Fonts Both (Local Language and English) numerals are present. You have to select proper numerals option form Shree-Lipi Setup Numerals option. By Default it is set as Local numerals. If you want English Numerals then set it as English.

Note that while using MS exchange conversion utility converting any language text data from one font layout to another font layout, default numeral option is considered while converting numerals. This is dependent on Font layout that you are using.

What is the use of “Keyboard shortcut” function?

1. Many a times, there are various text strings that are required to be typed repeatedly in every document generated. e.g. Dear Sir, Truly Yours, Kind Attention:, Subject, Your Reference, For A B C Limited etc.
2. Keyboard Shortcuts function allows each user to create his/her choice of Keyboard Shortcuts.
3. Beauty of this function is, user can create English as well as all Indian language Keyboard Shortcuts.

How to recognize that the font is installed with Language, Hindi or English Numerals?

You can find out from the font name about which numerals are present in the font. Examples of font naming for different scripts are given below.

Language	Font with language numerals	Font with English numerals	Font with Hindi numerals
Devnagari	SHREE-DEV7-0708	SHREE-DEV7-0708E	SHREE-DEV7-0708H
Gujarati	SHREE-GUJ7-0750	SHREE-GUJ7-0750E
Punjabi	SHREE-PUN-0951	SHREE-PUN-0951E
Bengali	SHREE-BAN7-0550	SHREE-BAN7-0550E
Oriya	SHREE-ORI7-0600	SHREE-ORI7-0600E
Tamil	SHREE-TAM7-0800L	SHREE-TAM7-0800
Kannada	SHREE-KAN7-0850L	SHREE-KAN7-0850
Telugu	SHREE-TEL7-0900L	SHREE-TEL7-0900
Malayalam		SHREE-MAL7-0501
Assamese	SHREE-ASS7-0550	SHREE-ASS7-0550E
Manipuri	SHREE-MAN7-0550	SHREE-MAN7-0550E

 

Application tips and tricks

How to save my presentation of PowerPoint with fonts embedded

If you're preparing a presentation that you plan to distribute to others, be sure that you check this option Save Your Fonts with Your Presentation. You will get this option by clicking on the Tools button in the options - select Save. In this you will find "font options for current document only" section. This will work for most TrueType fonts on the Windows platform.

Why is my bulleted text printing differently from how it looks on screen?

This is related to something that happens when there is an issue with fonts. Sometimes you will get some fonts for screen only and printer fonts are not present. In this case the printer substitutes a font that doesn't match with the screen font OR you have printer fonts for which you have no corresponding screen font, so the computer uses the "closest match" it can find. To avoid this make sure that font used for bullets is present in Font list box.

How to get special characters which are present in font but not able to type with a direct key?

In some of the fonts special symbol characters are present which can not be typed using any key sequence. To get these characters, Open CHARMAP. (Press start->Run option and type charmap and press enter key.) This will open Charmap application screen. Select the desired font for getting special character and double click on the character which you want to use. The character will get copied on clipboard. Open your application and paste it either by Ctrl V short cut key or use paste option from Edit menu. To apply proper point size, treat it like a regular text and apply the font size, or any other attributes that you want.