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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>There is more to formatting Bengali and other script languages than just font selection.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Formatting such languages requires understanding and implementing the ligatures/scripts for that language.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Such things are deep in the core of the formatter.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We do not support such Indian languages as it is a very large effort and has been requested possibly 5 or 6 times in 10 years, with the majority of implementations being non-business documents.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Unfortunately you will not be able to create Bengali with RenderX now or likely in the future unless it was a (very expensive) paid customization.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none'>Kevin Brown<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none'>RenderX, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none'>(650) 327-1000 Direct<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none'>(650) 328-8008 Fax<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none'>(925) 395-1772 Mobile<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none'>skype:kbrown01<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none'><a href="mailto:kevin@renderx.com">kevin@renderx.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none'><a href="mailto:sales@renderx.com">sales@renderx.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none'><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.renderx.com_&d=DwMFAw&c=-5LgSL_TkF3nGRQI95ci6eeFVMQ5VESHPf5koMIAxOA&r=yVuryK9i5mTC1HwUhhk11jhcfoM_R79kcOemHB3wJKI&m=_pMuyWQwWjkweA_2ZgroeXdOPL47i9HXHONuCevGjNA&s=VFnYR1htDHu9RCll2WrcHORu2W57P6A8xvtq01n2caU&e=">http://www.renderx.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> Xep-support <xep-support-bounces@renderx.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Darren Munt<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 9, 2024 9:34 PM<br><b>To:</b> RenderX Community Support List <xep-support@renderx.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [xep-support] Bengali Text<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>I’m working with some PDF output that is displaying some Bengali text. I’m using XEP to create the PDF and I am using the Noto Sans Bengali font.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>I don’t have access to a Bengali speaker at the moment, so I need to send this to the client and have it checked out, but I am just trying to account for the differences I see between the input and the output and hoping maybe someone has some experience to let me know what’s going on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>A sample of the text being displayed is: </span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Nirmala UI",sans-serif'>কোম্পানি</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Here is a image in case that’s not coming through correctly:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='mso-ligatures:none'><img border=0 width=70 height=34 style='width:.7291in;height:.3541in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DA43B0.277FC140"></span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>This is exactly how it appears in the FO document on the way in to XEP.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>However, the output looks quite different:<br><br></span><span lang=EN-AU style='mso-ligatures:none'><img border=0 width=104 height=35 style='width:1.0833in;height:.3645in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01DA43B0.277FC140"></span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>As you can see, apart from the font differences (my email client is using Nirmala UI and the PDF is using Noto Sans Bengali), it looks as though characters have been rearranged or altered. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>If I copy and paste that text from the PDF and drop it into my text editor, then it appears the same as the original, so this is something that the PDF format is doing I think.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>I don’t know anything at all about Bengali, but before I send this to the client, is there perhaps something I might have missed in configuration (XEP.xml or elsewhere) that might be causing this? Any advice appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>