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- Release 1.21
-
- This file documents the Gurmuki 1.2 typeface and its use with
- Windows 3.0 and Adobe Type Manager (ATM). Release 1.2 was made
- available via a CompuServe upload on 2/23/92 and replaces the
- previous version (1.1).
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- Major Changes
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- The kerning information has been completely redone, such that no
- keyboard macros are now required for correct positioning of the
- Gurmukhi characters. This means that this font can now be used
- by all Windows programs using ATM, not just a word processor
- with overstrike capability as in the previous versions. I have
- only tested the font in AmiPro 2.0, ToolBook 1.5, MicroSoft
- Write, and Microsoft Excel, but unless your application is doing
- something very strange, it should work perfectly!
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- The sihari and bihari characters now slightly extend over the
- characters after and before them respectively as is the usual
- positioning.
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- The persian "Fafa" [ has been added to the keyboard as the [
- character.
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- The Ongkar Z symbol has been made into one symbol instead of
- using two keystrokes as before and is located on the Z key.
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- The Adi Shakti symbol = has been added as the = key.
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- wahe gurU jI ka Kalsa \ wahe gurU jI kI [ath \
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- Installation
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- After copying the three font files: GURMUKHI.PFB, GURMUKHI.PFM,
- & GURMUKHI.AFM to whatever directory you wish, open the Adobe
- Type Manager Control Panel. Click on ADD, select the directory
- to which you copied the files, click on Gurmukhi in the files
- window, and then click on ADD again. The default installation
- directory for the fonts will be C:\PSFONTS and C:\PSFONTS\PFM,
- and if your fonts are stored in a different directory then you
- should change them accordingly. Once the installation is
- complete, you should click on EXIT. You will need to reboot
- windows before you can use the Gurmukhi font in any of your
- applications. After the initial reboot, you will not have to
- repeat this operation again.
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- Keyboard Layout
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- The following figure shows the layout of the Gurmukhi font on a
- standard IBM PS/2 Model 70 computer. The Gurmukhi character to
- the right of the forward slash is the unshifted version while
- the character to the left of the forward slash is the shifted
- version. The basic format is for those characters which
- represent common sounds in English to be on their respective
- keys. The aspirated form is the shifted version of the same key.
- Notable exceptions are the four t, d, and n sounds. All of the
- "dental" consonants are on the similar keys. The retroflexed
- consonants are placed where ever I could conveniently fit them.
- Therefore, the retroflexed d sounds are on the F key,
- retroflexed t's are on the X key, and the retroflexed n's are on
- the V key.
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- This figure does not have the two keyboard changes noted above
- in the major corrections for the OngKar and Adi Shakti symbols.
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- As always, I am much interested in your feedback and suggestions
- for improvement. I can be reached by voice at:
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- home: 508/376-5194
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- clinic: 508/376-4262
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- and on CompuServe at 70272,3300.
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- Respectfully,
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- S.S. Partap Singh Khalsa, M.S., D.C.
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- 1 This document assumes that you have already installed the
- Gurmukhi font files under ATM. As such, there is liberal use of
- the Gurmukhi font within the text. If you have a number of words
- that don't look like they are spelled correctly in English or
- Gurmukhi, then you can assume that you have not correctly
- installed the Gurmukhi font.
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