Option 2: By not listing Da in the ‘half’ feature lookup, the halant form will display and the shaping engine will treat it as the first main consonant on which to position the reph. And the I-matra will be positioned immediately in front of the base (or half-form) preceding it, which in this case is the Ma. The following terms are useful for understanding the layout features and script rules discussed in this document.Ībove-base form of consonants – A variant form of a consonant that appears above the base glyph.Īkhand ligatures - Required consonant ligatures that may appear anywhere in the syllable, and may or may not involve the base glyph. Akhand ligatures have the highest priority and are formed first some languages include them in their alphabets.īase glyph - The only consonant or consonant conjunct in the orthographic syllable that is written in its "full" (nominal) form. In Devanagari, the last consonant of the syllable (except for syllables ending with letter "Ra") usually forms the base glyph.
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