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Gujarati Language is the language of Gujrat State in India. To type in Gujarati you should have some gujarati font in your computer system. Stats: Version Click on the "Download Font" Link above. Download and save the font zip file in any folder on your computer. Now to install font on your computer, you simply have to Please note: If you want to create professional printout, you should consider a commercial font.

To identify the legacy fonts, double click on the font file. In the preview if you can see Gujarati, then such font is identified as Legacy Font. We've collected the most widely used Gujarati Legacy font for you. Click on the font below to Download them. Web sites, social media, and other electronic media commonly use Unicode Gujarati Fonts.

Unicode Fonts use a standard set of characters that can be recognized by all devices. The illustrations in the following examples show the result of that particular feature being applied. Features must be written to match glyph sequences after re-ordering has occurred. Note that the input context for a feature may be the result of a previous feature having already been applied. This feature is used in association with OpenType language system tags to trigger lookups that will select alternate glyphs needed for language-specific typographic conventions.

The 'locl' should not be used in association with the default language system, but only used with other language system tags. See the Appendix of this document for language system tags associated with Gujarati script. The nukta alters the way a preceding consonant is pronounced. Many of the nukta forms have been defined as separate glyphs in Unicode with their own code points. All consonants, as well as akhand forms should have an associated nukta form.

Note - Rather than using substitution, nukta forms can also be created by positioning the nukta as a below-base mark on the base glyph using the 'blwm' positioning feature. The input context for the nukt feature always consists of the full form of the consonant. The half form of nukta consonants will be substituted using the half feature. An akhand is a required consonant ligatures that may appear anywhere in the syllable, and may or may not involve the base glyph.

There are 2 Akhand ligatures in Gujarati. The input context for the akhand feature always consists of the full form of the consonant. The half forms of Akhand ligatures will be called later in the half feature. Because the akhand feature is applied early in the sequence of features and is applied over the entire cluster, it can also be used to create certain forms that must take priority in particular contexts over forms that would be created during subsequent feature application.

Applying this feature substitutes the Reph glyph. Reph feature substitutes the mark glyph form of Ra. Positioning is adjusted in the 'abvm' GPOS feature:. Reph feature applied with multiple consonants. Note- reph is re-ordered to position on the 1st main consonant:. Applying this feature substitutes a consonant-rakaar below-base Ra ligature or an akhand-rakaar ligature.

For consonants that do not form a ligature with the rakaar, the 'rkrf' feature may also be used to substitute a pre-composed glyph for the consonant plus rakaar. Note: the rakaar forms feature is required specifically for those scripts in which a half-form of a consonant-rakaar ligature can occur. This includes Devanagari and Gujarati scripts.

It is not used for the other Indic scripts. The half forms of rakaar ligatures should be substituted using the half feature. For consonants that do not form a ligature with the rakaar like the Ddha the 'rkrf' feature may also be used to substitute a pre-composed glyph for the consonant plus rakaar combination:. This feature substitutes the below-base forms of Consonants like the Ra in Gujarati aka ' rakaar' when the rakaar does not form a ligature with the preceding consonant.

If the rakaar and preceding consonant do form a ligature, it should be created in the previous feature 'rkrf'. Halant plus Ra preceded by a consonant which does not form a 'rkrf' ligature substitutes the rakaar form:. Applying this feature substitutes half forms - forms of consonants used in the pre-base position.

Consonants that have a half form should be listed in the ' half' feature. Gujarati has distinctly shaped half forms for most of the consonants as well as nukta and Akhand glyphs. Note - the result of listing a consonant in the half feature whether it has a true half form or not will affect the re-ordering and positioning of the reph and pre-pended matras.

See illustration in the Introduction section of this document. Example 5 - Half feature applied to Cha, produces 'halant' form of Cha since it has no distinct half form shape: remember listing the Cha in the half feature will cause it to behave like a half form for purposes of re-ordering.

The ' vatu' feature can be used to substitute a ligature of a full or half form consonant plus a below-base vattu rakaar mark. This feature was needed in earlier implementations to combine rakaar with both full and half forms It is not useful, however, for newer implementations that distinguish consonants that do not have half forms from other consonants, for purposes of re-ordering the reph and pre-pended matras.

In Gujarati, this feature is not required if the 'rkrf' feature is used, however it is still supported for backward compatibility with existing fonts. Example; the 'vatu' feature used in earlier implementations of the shaping engine to substitute a ligature of consonant full or half form plus vattu rakaar , which now should be created using the 'rkrf' and 'half' features.

Apply feature 'cjct' to substitute conjunct forms where the first consonant in the consonant-cluster pair does not have a half form. After the glyphs have been reordered, the presentation lookups are applied to provide the best typographic rendering of the text. The features of the presentation forms are applied to the entire cluster simultaneously, executing lookups within each feature in the order that they are specified in the font.

The pres , abvs , blws , psts and haln features are all mandatory for software implementations: they are required for correct script behaviour and none should ever be treated as discretionary. Because of this and because they are all applied simultaneously over entire clusters, they are not functionally different: a set of lookups could be divided between these features or grouped together under one of them with no difference in effect.

These multiple features are provided, however, as an aid to the font developer for organizing lookups based on the combinations of glyphs they apply to. There are no specific requirements on how each should be used; the examples provided below illustrate typical usage, however. This feature is used to substitute pre-base consonant conjuncts made with half forms, the type most common in Gujarati.

The resulting conjunct can be in full or half form. See examples This feature is also used to select typographically correct forms of the I-Matra.

For example, a font can have several versions of the I-Matra to be used in context with different consonant bases or clusters. See example 5. In addition the 'pres' feature can contain pre-composed ligatures of the I-matra with certain bases. See example 6. Note; in this example 'glyph groups' listing consonants with similar widths, have been used for substitution context. This feature is used for glyph substitutions involving above-base marks.

Such substitutions might be used to select contextual forms of marks, to create mark-mark ligatures, or to create mark-base ligatures. Specific context-dependent forms or below-base consonants are handled by this lookup as well.

Example 1- contextual 'abvs' substitution; used to select smaller matra-Ai, when preceded by the Ka:.

This feature is used for glyph substitutions involving below-base marks or consonants. Such substitutions can be used to create conjuncts of base glyphs with below-base consonants, below mark ligatures or below mark-base ligatures.

Specific context-dependent forms are handled by this lookup as well. Example 3- Using MS Volt, alternate versions of matras are selected based on the context. Note; in this example 'glyph groups' listing various consonants are used for the substitution context. This feature is used to substitute post-base consonants or matras. Such substitutions can be used to create conjuncts of base glyphs with post-base consonants or post-base matra ligatures.

It can also be used to specify contextual alternates of post-base forms. Example 1- 'psts' substitution for post-base ligatures; Ja Matra-Ii substituted with a ligature:. Note; in this example 'glyph groups' listing consonants with similar widths are used for the substitution context.

This feature is used to substitute a pre-composed halant form of a base or conjunct base glyph in syllables ending with a halant. Rather than using substitution, halant forms can also be created by positioning the halant as a below-base mark on the base glyph using the 'blwm' positioning feature.

This feature is applied only on the base glyph if the syllable ends with a halant, or in the case of non-final consonants that do not take a half form and do not form a conjunct ligature with the following consonant. Example 2 - 'haln' feature used to substitute halant form of conjunct base glyph ChaNuktaRa :.

Unlike the previous presentation lookups, the ' calt' feature is optional and is used to substitute discretionary contextual alternates. It is important to note that an application may allow users to turn off this feature, therefore should not be used for any obligatory Gujarati typography. This feature covers positioning lookups that adjust distances between glyphs, such as kerning between pre- and post-base elements and the base glyph.

Note; the feature 'dist' can be used in the same way as the 'kern' feature. The advantage of using the 'dist' feature is that it does not rely on the application to enable kerning.

This feature positions all above-base marks on the base glyph or the post-base matra. The best method for encoding this feature in an OpenType font is to use a chaining context positioning lookup that triggers mark-to-base and mark-to-mark attachments for above-base marks. The 'abvm' lookup in MS Volt using 'Pair Adjustment' for adjusting positions of above-marks in a certain context:.

The 'abvm' lookup in MS Volt using 'Anchor Attachment' for adjusting positions of above-marks with bases:. This feature positions all below-base marks on the base glyph. The best method for encoding this feature in an OpenType font is to use a chaining context positioning lookup that triggers mark-to-base and mark-to-mark attachments for below-base marks. The 'blwm' lookup in MS Volt using 'Anchor Attachment' for adjusting positions of below-marks with bases:.

Complex Gujarati syllable formation is possible using the wide range of features available in OpenType. The following examples show how the shaping engine applies the OpenType features, one at a time to the input string. These combinations do not necessarily represent actual syllables or words, but are meant to illustrate the various OpenType features in a Gujarati font.

Features are encoded according to both a designated script and language system. Currently most shaping engine implementations only support the 'default' language system for each script. However, font developers may want to build language specific features which are supported in other applications and will be supported in future Microsoft OpenType implementations.

NOTE: It is strongly recommended to include the 'dflt' language tag in all OpenType fonts because it defines the basic script handling for a font. The 'dflt' language system is used as the default if no other language specific features are defined, or if the application does not support that particular language. If the 'dflt' tag is not present for the script being used, the font may not work in some applications.

The following table lists the registered tag names for script and language systems. Note: both the script and language tags are case sensitive script tags should be lowercase, language tags are all caps and must contain four characters ie. Introduction This document targets developers implementing Indic shaping behavior compatible with Microsoft OpenType specification for Indic scripts.

Glossary The following terms are useful for understanding the layout features and script rules discussed in this document. The Indic shaping engine processes Gujarati text in stages. The stages are: Analyze the text sequence; breaking it into syllable clusters Reorder the characters as necessary Apply OpenType GSUB font features to get the correct glyph shape Apply OpenType GPOS features to position glyphs or marks The descriptions which follow will help font developers understand the rationale for the Devanagri feature encoding model and help application developers better understand how layout clients can divide responsibilities with operating system functions.

Analyze the text Character properties The shaping engine divides the text into syllable clusters and identifies character properties. Retrieving dynamic character properties from Indic fonts Fonts define dynamic properties for consonants through implementing standard features. Indic input processing The following steps should be repeated while there are characters left in the input sequence. Indic clusters are subject to the following constraints: Only one reph is allowed per syllable.

Only one pre-base reordering Ra is allowed per syllable. A nukta can be placed on a consonant, matra or independent vowel. It cannot be placed on a pre-composed nukta character. One matra from each positioning class is permitted exception in the Kannada script.

A composite matra is treated as belonging to all the classes from which its components belong. One syllable modifier sign is allowed per cluster. Vedic signs are combining marks used for Sanskrit that should be included in all Indic scripts.

Danda and Double Danda are punctuation marks that should be included in all Indic scripts. Reorder characters Once the Indic shaping engine has analyzed the cluster as described above, it creates and manages a buffer of appropriately reordered elements glyphs representing the cluster, according to several rules described below.

Find base consonant: The shaping engine finds the base consonant of the syllable, using the following algorithm: starting from the end of the syllable, move backwards until a consonant is found that does not have a below-base or post-base form post-base forms have to follow below-base forms , or that is not a pre-base reordering Ra, or arrive at the first consonant.

The consonant stopped at will be the base. Decompose and reorder Matras: Each matra and any syllable modifier sign in the cluster aremoved to the appropriate position relative to the consonant s in the cluster. The shaping engine decomposes two- or three-part matras into their constituent parts before any repositioning. Matra characters are classified by which consonant in a conjunct they have affinity for and are reordered to the following positions: Before first half form in the syllable After subjoined consonants After post-form consonant After main consonant for above marks Reorder marks to canonical order: Adjacent nukta and halant or nukta and vedic sign are always repositioned if necessary, so that the nukta is first.