Ticket #687 (assigned)

Opened 12 months ago

Last modified 4 months ago

mwlib does not render devanagari characters properly in PDFs of wikisource

Reported by: आलोक Owned by: volker
Priority: normal Component: mwlib
Severity: block Keywords: devanagari
Cc:

Description

How to Reproduce

Go to  http://wikisource.org/wiki/आर्योद्देश्यरत्नमाला Create a 1 page book Try to create a PDF Open the PDF file You would notice the rendering of आर्योद्देश्यरत्नमाला is not proper. In order to explain what is proper and improper devanagari rendering, I am attaching two images with correct and incorrect rendering.

This is a blocker for wikisource for languages that use devanagari script namely Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit, Nepali and some other South Asian languages.

Attachments

mwlib-pdf.png Download (9.7 KB) - added by आलोक 12 months ago.
rendering in the mwlib generated pdf file
correct-rendering.png Download (9.5 KB) - added by आलोक 12 months ago.

Change History

Changed 12 months ago by आलोक

rendering in the mwlib generated pdf file

Changed 12 months ago by आलोक

comment:1 Changed 12 months ago by आलोक

In order to set up your client machine (browser) to display devanagari text properly, instructions are available at  http://devanaagarii.net

comment:2 Changed 11 months ago by ralf

  • Owner changed from ralf to volker
  • Status changed from new to assigned

comment:3 Changed 4 months ago by ralf

  • milestone en.wp launch deleted

Milestone en.wp launch deleted

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