grandperspective miscellaneous used space

#Grandperspective miscellaneous used space full#
#Grandperspective miscellaneous used space windows#

This is a key that allows us to enter a zero-space entity between the virama and ગ so that they are not joined together rather દ is joined to the zero-space. The preferred way of writing this would be સદ્‍ગુરુ. However, traditionally, we represent this conjunct separately with the virama. When writing સદ્ગુરુ (sadguru), notice the funny-looking દ્ગ. Sometimes, one needs to intentionally show the virama accent rather than join the characters to form a conjunct. The virama key automatically joins two characters if they are joinable. This key is actually not a character used in writing, only in typing. I'm going to interrupt a bit to introduce the 'zero width joiner'. After learning the use of the virama key, everything else is simply familiarizing yourself with the keys placement. The final મ has a virama so it is pronounced abruptly.

#Grandperspective miscellaneous used space full#

The virama is also used for full consonants when they are pronounced abruptly, especially at the end of a word in Sanskrit shlokas, as in the example: The virama allows us to make as many conjuncts as needed, allowing words like ઈર્ષ્યા (ઈ + ર + ્ + ષ + ્ + ય + ા). Hence, we would use the virama to indicate it is in conjunction with 'ક'. In the word ષટ્કોણ, 'ટ' doesn't have a half-form. The virama is used as an accent in Gujarati to form conjuncts with consonants that do not have the half form. For example, half of an 'Ma' is મ્‍, but what about ટ, ડ, and દ? In addition to forming conjuncts, this key also allows us to combine two consonants where the first doesn't have a 'half-looking' character. It takes the place of the apostrophe key in an English keyboard, making it very accessible. As you have learned this key allows us to type conjuncts without remembering any codes. The first key to familiarize is the VIRAMA accent (called halant in English), which looks like ્ on the layout. I will explain the placement of only certain special keys here. There are a certain few exceptions to the phonetic placements because there are more Gujarati consonants than English consonants, but these can be learned easily and need no discussion. I also remapped the Gujarati numerals to coincide with the English numerals.

The phonetic consonants are placed as according to Images 1 and 2 above. Below is a discussion of the special characters. I used the Harikrishna font map as a guide, but there are certainly differences as the Harikrishna font is a non-Unicode font. Hence, I created the Gujarati Phonetic and Hindi Phonetic keyboard layouts to make typing more suitable for an English keyboard. The problem with this built-in default Gujarati keyboard layout is that it doesn't work well if you have an English keyboard. This keyboard seems to have been developed or used by the Department of Engineering (or DOE) in India.

#Grandperspective miscellaneous used space windows#

Microsoft Windows comes with a default Gujarati keyboard layout (which is simply called Gujarati). Image 3: Hindi Phonetic Keyboard Layout - Ctrl+Alt State