UBC indic

Author(s): Ashok Aklujkar
Publisher: Ashok Aklujkar

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UBC INDIC
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1.2 The MTS Nāgari laser printing system established by Dr. Bryant is still being used in his project, but the recent efforts at UBC have mainly been in the direction of using Macintosh personal computers for Nāgari printing. Again, it was due to Dr. Bryant's knowledge of the computer world that several scholars associated with the Department of Asian Studies purchased Macintoshes for use in their work and the Department of Asian Studies purchased an Apple Laser Writer. At present, Dr. Bryant is developing LaserWriter fonts for Nagari as time permits him in the midst of other professional activities.
1.3 Before the LaserWriter fonts are ready, and probably even after they are ready, Imagewriter fonts will continue to be in use. It is on these and on what may be the scheme of arrangement of Nāgari fonts in the LaserWriter that I have mainly worked. I have also been especially concerned with producing a start-up disk which would meet the needs of specialists working with Indic language materials, both in the original scripts of Brahmi origin and in Roman transliteration. In this respect, my effort remains confined to Nāgari as it is used for Sanskrit, Hindi, and Marathi, but the results of that effort could easily be adapted for printing in varieties of Nagari such as Bengali, Gujarati, and Gurmukhi and also for printing in the scripts of south India.
1.4 My knowledge of computers is extremely limited. I do not know any programming language. The outcome of my effort, which I shall present below, owes a great deal to others, particularly to Dr. Bryant, Dr. George L. Hart, and to Mr. Hardeep Khabra. My son Muktak also helped me at times.