Telugu (unicode) font rendering in emacs

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Published on 2010-05-11T17:45:40Z Indexed on 2010/05/12 13:25 UTC
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I sometimes edit text in telugu language. However, when I open the file (UTF-8 encoded) in GNU emacs (version 23.1.50.1 on Ubuntu Jaunty) the text rendering is incorrect. The same text file opened in gedit is rendered correctly.

Here's a snippet: ????????? ???? ???? ???????? rendred in gedit:

telugu text rendering in gedit

And, the emacs rendering of the same text:

telugu text rendering in emacs

Wherever glyphs need to be composited (not sure if it's the right word), emacs (or whatever library it uses) is not doing it right.

Is there anyway to fix this? Perhaps tuning some setting in my configuration? Any ideas, please?

Telugu (unicode) font rendering in emacs

Posted by Prakash K on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Prakash K
Published on 2010-05-12T03:44:17Z Indexed on 2010/05/12 3:55 UTC
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[I asked the following question in stackoverflow, and I have been redirected here. I hope I can get some answers here.

My question at stackoverflow had two small images showing the example rendering of text. As a new user at superuser, I am not being allowed to include them here, nor I am allowed to post more than one hyperlink. And, I don't have enough reputation on SO to migrate that question. Please look at the stackoverflow question for the images. Sorry about the inconvenience.]

I sometimes edit text in telugu language. However, when I open the file (UTF-8 encoded) in GNU emacs (version 23.1.50.1 on Ubuntu Jaunty) the text rendering is incorrect. The same text file opened in gedit is rendered correctly.

Here's a snippet: ????????? ???? ???? ???????? rendred in gedit:

Please see the SO question for the image showing telugu text rendering in gedit

And, the emacs rendering of the same text:

Please see the SO question for the image showing telugu text rendering in emacs

Wherever glyphs need to be composited (not sure if it's the right word), emacs (or whatever library it uses) is not doing it right.

Is there anyway to fix this? Perhaps tuning some setting in my configuration? Any ideas, please?

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