UBC indic

SR No.: 269719
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ashok Aklujkar
Publisher: Ashok Aklujkar
Total Pages: 26
Language: English
Classification: Article
File Size: 2 MB

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UBC INDIC
2.6 in the high quality mode of the Imagewriter, Nāgari printing in four sizes is at present achieved quite well with the UBC Indic disk (see illustration 2). Font Ni size 18 is fit for use in the case of most text matter; font Ni size 24 can be used for paragraph titles; font N2 size 18 for chapter titles; and font N2 size 24 for book titles. Use of font N2 sizes 12 and 24 produces acceptable results in the standard mode of printing. Font Ni should not be used in that mode. Other sizes (9, 14, etc.) made possible by the style menu would not produce good results in the case of either font.
2.7 Features of UBC Nāgari and the specific principles on which it is based will be explained below in 4.1, etc. One general position I have taken in its development, however, should be clarified here. Some potential users
want the computer to produce every variation, particularly every variation in ligature, that is noticed in the available instances of any one style of Nāgari printing. This is not only an unrealistic expectation, given the
limited number of keys available on a computer, it also ignores the fact that
Nāgari writing had to adapt itself to printing--that, when technology
changes, there is nothing wrong in getting rid of the unnecessary variation and irrational features of the earlier period. The major consideration should be to ensure that all distinctions which matter are preserved and that there is greater efficiency in bringing about the desired output; if some compromises are to be made in the case of infrequently occurring combinations then they be made as long as the same information is
unambiguously conveyed by the alternative available. There is no point in
wasting a key for (kta) simply because one likes that shape or is accustomed to it, when ord made by hitting the keys for half k and ta, can