Re: Getting started

[Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl]

Instead of writing down the current situation of the
kernel keyboard/console drivers, I installed the xterm
from http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey/xterm/xterm.html
and the font from http://czyborra.com/unifont/
(I mean unifont.hex).
But there was no Tibetan in this font.

A first attempt (I made the 30 consonants) produces

0F40:000000007E2A2A4A4A02020202020000
0F41:000000007E5252525A46424040400000
0F42:000000007E4A4A4A6A1A0A0202020000
0F43:000000007E4A6A1A0A027E405C220400
0F44:000000007E4040407C02000000000000
0F45:000000007E10186422120C0000000000
0F46:000000007C1038545454280000000000
0F47:000000007E407E407C02000000000000
0F49:00000000304808182404040810000000
0F4A:000000007E02023E4240402010080000
0F4C:000000007E02023E4040404000000000
0F4E:000000007E1010385454484040400000
0F4F:000000007E40407C4202020408100000
0F50:000000007E42462A1222621A06020000
0F51:000000007E40407C0202020200000000
0F53:000000007E08081C2A2A120202020000
0F54:0000000072222222621A060202000000
0F55:00000000722222266A1A060202000000
0F56:000000007E222222621A060202000000
0F58:000000007A1212325A56220200000000
0F59:000000037E10186422120C0000000000
0F5A:000000037C1038545454280000000000
0F5B:000000037E407E407C02000000000000
0F5D:00000000225252121E121A0600000000
0F5E:000000003C44444E5555494131010000
0F5F:000000007E027E027E02000000000000
0F60:00000000384444580402000000000000
0F61:000000005A525A260202000000000000
0F62:000000007E10103C4202020000000000
0F63:00000000324A4A5A4602020000000000
0F64:000000000E12125E2212020200000000
0F66:0000000072524A4A6616020200000000
0F67:000000007E204C320204081000000000
0F68:000000005D5969555523030101000000

readable but ugly.
Are there Tibetan fonts already?

[Note: the above has no vowel signs, no digits,
no punctuation, ...]

Andries
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