asked 2014-09-28 03:15:12 +0300
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There is a problem I dont get any Hindi characters on my Jolla both in facebook and twitter. In other android tablets/phones these characters are being displayed correctly, How do I solve this issue ?
Edit: Hope when new Intex phones are launched, we will have better support for vernacular languages (Hindi, tamil, telugu, etc) here.
answered 2014-10-27 23:50:14 +0300
Uploaded Hindi Keyboard for Sailfish. https://openrepos.net/content/abyzthomas/hindi-keyboard-sailfish As mentioned earlier, it does not display some characters correctly on the keyboard layout. See screenshot in openrepos.
answered 2015-07-03 09:34:54 +0300
I had sent a request to dev mailing list on including Indian languages (officially) and Soumya Bijjal acknowledged it as an issue. https://lists.sailfishos.org/pipermail/devel/2015-February/005726.html
https://sailfishos.org/developmentroadmap/ has an update on Hindi keyboard itself getting implemented as well.
Hindi keyboard layout
answered 2015-09-10 11:26:56 +0300
With release of 1.1.9.28
Support for Lohit Devanagari font (Indian fonts)
Does it solve your issue?
Update with screen shot of google.co.in. I don't have Hindi fonts previously installed.
Saw that in release notes. Yet to download the release but since I already have fonts installed doubt if my test will be valid.
anandrkris ( 2015-09-10 12:55:21 +0300 )editCool at least one of the popular lanuage Hindi is supported. Hoping they add other languages like Tamil, Telugu, etc.
anandrkris ( 2015-09-10 14:54:29 +0300 )editYes it would be better if you add other Indic Languages like Tamil, Telugu, etc. Because Tamil, Telugu is also an Popular languages which now available on most of Platforms...
magickousi ( 2015-11-06 19:04:27 +0300 )editAsked: 2014-09-28 03:15:12 +0300
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It's not just Hindi, it's many Unicode characters, actually. See e.g.: https://together.jolla.com/question/52375/some-chinese-characters-are-not-properly-shown-with-the-system-font/
Jolla needs to supply more complete fonts or someone could post instructions how to install more fonts into Sailfish and where to get them.
Olle Jolle ( 2014-09-29 08:20:38 +0300 )editIn the nokia n9 there was no problem with the hindi characters or Unicode pls try and give us an working solution as soon as possible
dillihifi ( 2014-10-27 18:26:31 +0300 )editI have been trying to create some keyboards with available GPL fonts and having difficulty with many Indian Languages. Some characters don't show correctly on keyboard buttons, but when typed, it displays fine in the text area. I am not sure if it is an issue with just my phone. I will upload the Hindi keyboard as is today or tomorrow to OpenRepos.net and update it here. When installed, it will install the Gurumaa (GPL) font and install Keyboard Layout.
AbyZThomas ( 2014-10-27 22:36:40 +0300 )edit