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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thanks for the reply Kevin.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Yes I suspected it would be more complicated than my expectation that characters in = characters out. So I will advise the client that you don’t support Bengali and
we will need to locate an alternative product.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Regards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none"> Xep-support <xep-support-bounces@renderx.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kevin Brown<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 11, 2024 5:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'RenderX Community Support List' <xep-support@renderx.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [xep-support] Re: Bengali Text<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">There is more to formatting Bengali and other script languages than just font selection.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Formatting such languages requires understanding and implementing the ligatures/scripts for that language.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Such things are deep in the core of the formatter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">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></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">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></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none">Kevin Brown<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none">RenderX, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none">(650) 327-1000 Direct<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none">(650) 328-8008 Fax<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none">(925) 395-1772 Mobile<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none">skype:kbrown01<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" 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 lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:sales@renderx.com">sales@renderx.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none"> Xep-support <<a href="mailto:xep-support-bounces@renderx.com">xep-support-bounces@renderx.com</a>>
<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 <<a href="mailto:xep-support@renderx.com">xep-support@renderx.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [xep-support] Bengali Text<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A sample of the text being displayed is: <span style="font-family:"Nirmala UI",sans-serif">
কোম্পানি</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here is a image in case that’s not coming through correctly:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><img border="0" width="70" height="34" style="width:.7291in;height:.3541in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DA4490.81E77520"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is exactly how it appears in the FO document on the way in to XEP.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">However, the output looks quite different:<br>
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<span 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@01DA4490.81E77520"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal">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></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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></p>
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