Talk:OLPC Devanagari Keyboard: Difference between revisions

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==Glyph alignment==
==Glyph alignment==
Some options re glyph alignment. Please comment.
Some options re glyph alignment. Please comment.
<gallery>

[[Image:Devi1.png|Offset, but aligned]]
Image:Devi1.png|Offset, but aligned
Image:Devi2.png|Aligning horizontally, but distorting characters vertically

[[Image:Devi2.png|Aligning horizontally, but distorting characters veritcally]]
Image:Devi3.png|Maximum size, but ignoring horizontal and vertical alignments
</gallery>

[[Image:Devi3.png|Maximum size, but ignoring horizontal and vertical alignments]]

--[[User:Walter|Walter]] 12:09, 14 October 2007 (EDT)
--[[User:Walter|Walter]] 12:09, 14 October 2007 (EDT)




:Regarding the vertical alignment, the top two options represent the correct vertical alignment and the third one represents an incorrect vertical alignment. --[[User:Arjs|Arjs]] 13:58, 14 October 2007 (EDT)
:Regarding the vertical alignment, the top two options represent the correct vertical alignment and the third one represents an incorrect vertical alignment. --[[User:Arjs|Arjs]] 13:58, 14 October 2007 (EDT)

::Not sure why the image captions weren't showing up before. Is vertical alignment more important than glyph size? Is horizontal alignment important? --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 14:19, 14 October 2007 (EDT)


== Switching between two keyboard modes ==
== Switching between two keyboard modes ==

Revision as of 18:19, 14 October 2007

Notes for the next update : some of the keys on the right-hand side of the keyboard aren't centered (devanagari chars are left and a bit below optimal), and the upper-right key should have perhaps 90%-reduced chars to fit. 01:44, 14 October 2007 (EDT)

Glyph alignment

Some options re glyph alignment. Please comment.

--Walter 12:09, 14 October 2007 (EDT)


Regarding the vertical alignment, the top two options represent the correct vertical alignment and the third one represents an incorrect vertical alignment. --Arjs 13:58, 14 October 2007 (EDT)
Not sure why the image captions weren't showing up before. Is vertical alignment more important than glyph size? Is horizontal alignment important? --Walter 14:19, 14 October 2007 (EDT)

Switching between two keyboard modes

One can switch between two keyboard layouts/modes by pressing the key which is below Enter key and to the right of the up-arrow key.

Adding a new font to Sugar

To add a new font, put the font in /usr/share/fonts/ and rebuild the font cache by

fc-cache -f