Proposal to encode characters for Extended Tamil §1 ... - TamilNet

This choice of ET-C-style glyphs would also avoid any problems with those dislikingGrantha-style glyphs being used in Tamil. A note should however be added in the codechart to the effect that there are many other (and quite dissimilar) glyphic variants andthat the given glyphs are only indicative. It should also be noted that we do not provide anydecompositions of these characters to other similar-looking characters exactly because ofthe presence of glyphic variants. A decomposition based on (one variant of) ET-C would notwork in ET-L and even would not work in another variant of ET-C.The (mandatory) chart description now follows:Various Characters:xx00 ◌mh 3 TAMIL SIGN ANUNASIKAxx01 ◌mh 2 TAMIL SIGN SPACING ANUSVARAxx02 ◌g TAMIL SIGN GRANTHA-STYLE VISARGAFor ardhavisarga, use 1CF2 ◌ VEDIC SIGN ARDHAVISARGA or 1CF3 ◌ VEDIC SIGN ROTATEDARDHAVISARGA.Independent Vowels:For independent vowels not present here, use from the Tamil block 0B85-0B94.xx03 i 2 TAMIL LETTER VOCALIC Rxx04 i 2 TAMIL LETTER VOCALIC RRxx05 i 2 TAMIL LETTER VOCALIC LXX06 i 2 TAMIL LETTER VOCALIC LLConsonants:For consonants not present here, use from the Tamil block 0B95-0BB9.xx07 uk 2 TAMIL LETTER KHAxx08 uk 3 TAMIL LETTER GAxx09 uk 4 TAMIL LETTER GHAxx0A uc 2 TAMIL LETTER CHAxx0B uj 2 TAMIL LETTER JHAxx0C uT 2 TAMIL LETTER TTHAxx0D uT 3 TAMIL LETTER DDA16