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[Freebangfont-devel] Traditional and Modern Bengali


From: Anirban Mitra
Subject: [Freebangfont-devel] Traditional and Modern Bengali
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 13:15:03 +0000 (GMT)

As both Bangladesh and West Bengal authorities have decided to do
away with complex conjuncts [ except KSha and JNya] and  post base
matras [ such as ra-ukaar] in Bengali schoolbooks, it is high time
to register two varieties of Bengali script - one traditional { as
used today - based on original typeset designed by Panchanan
Karmakar}and other Reformed or Schoolbook bengali [in the lines of
Traditional & Modern Malayalam] and the bengali OT specs should be
refined likewise.
Thanks


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- Anirban [Dr Anirban Mitra] 

Email: address@hidden

E-sahitya, Bengali little magazine on the net at 
http://in.geocities.com/esahityapatrika




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