This appendix explains the various naming conventions used in ISM V6.
ISFOC Script Mnemonic
Each script is given a two letter mnemonic in ISM V6, which are the first two characters of all the ISFOC fonts.
The ISFOC Script Mnemonics are:
| Mnemonics | Language |
|---|---|
| AS | Assamese |
| BN | Bengali |
| DV | Devanagari (for Marathi and Hindi) |
| EN | English |
| GJ | Gujarati |
| KN | Kannada |
| ML | Malayalam |
| OR | Oriya |
| PN | Punjabi |
| SD | Sanskrit |
| TM | Tamil |
| TL | Telugu |
| BRXOT | Bodo |
| DGROT | Dogri |
| KONOT | Konkani |
| MAIOT | Maithili |
| NEPOT | Nepali |
| SATOT | Santhali |
ISFOC Font Naming Convention
ISM V6 comes with two types of fonts, namely True Type and open type. An ISFOC font file name can have 8 characters. Each of this is used to convey a different attribute of the font, as explained below.
Script and Font Type Mnemonic
The first two characters in the font file name constitute the script and font type mnemonic. For example, here DV indicates Devanagari (for Marathi and Hindi), similarly KN indicates Kannada.
Please refer to ISFOC & Unicode Script Mnemonic for more information.
| Mnemonic | Script | Font Type |
|---|---|---|
| DV | Devanagari | Monolingual |
| DVB | Devanagari | Bilingual |
| DVW | Devanagari | Monolingual Web |
| DVBW | Devanagari | Bilingual Web |
| DVOT | Devanagari | Unicode |
| TM | Tamil ISFOC | Monolingual |
| TMB | Tamil ISFOC | Bilingual |
| TMW | Tamil ISFOC | Monolingual Web |
| TMBW | Tamil ISFOC | Bilingual Web |
| TMOT | Tamil UNICODE | Unicode |
| TAM | Tamil 99 Standard | Monolingual, Monolingual Web |
| TAB | Tamil 99 Standard | Bilingual, Bilingual Web |
Typeface Mnemonic
The next two letters are the ISFOC & Unicode typeface mnemonic. For example YG indicates Yogesh. Similarly SR indicates Surekh, GN indicates Ganesh and so on. Yogesh, Surekh, Ganesh etc are typeface names for Indian Language fonts, just like MS-Word has typefaces like Arial, Times New Roman etc.
Character Set
An additional character is used to indicate the character set. The basic script character set is assigned the number ‘0’, while the supplemental character sets are assigned the consecutive numbers. The matching English (ASCII) character set is assignedType Style the number ‘1’.
Type Style
The sixth character stands for the typestyle of the font. ‘N’ stands for Normal, ‘B’ stands for Bold, ‘I’ stands for Italic and ‘X’ stands for Bold Italic.
Font File Format
The seventh and eighth characters stands for the font file format. ‘PS’ stands for PostScript and ‘TT’ stands for TrueType.
Typeface Names
The typeface names which appear in the font selection menu of the applications are represented differently than described above. The font file name display will be as described above when viewed in Windows explorer. Font names displayed in application menus can have a maximum of 15 characters.
For example
Windows explorer will display the font file as DVYG0NTT.TTF, whereas the application menu will display the font as DV-TTYogesh
NOTE ▬ For information on ISCII standards, refer to the BIS site http://www.bis.org.in/