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Khmer Script for Mobile Device
The document discusses the history and challenges of using the Khmer script with new technologies. It notes that the Khmer script was originally developed in the 3rd century and was influenced by Pallava script. When introduced to printing and computers in the 20th century, the Khmer script posed challenges due to its tall height compared to Latin scripts. Recent developments include UI fonts that reduce the height to allow more information display on small screens and harmonize with English text. Examples highlighted are Microsoft's Khmer UI, Noto Sans Khmer UI, and Samsung's Hanuman UI.
Khmer Script for Mobile Device
- 1. Khmer Script For SmallDevices
- 2. Khmer Script 1. Historyof Khmer script 2. Challenging with new technology 3. UI Fonts
- 3. History of KhmerScript - found in 3rd century with Vo Canh inscription during former Champa kingdom (Central part of Vietnam).
- 4. History of KhmerScript - It drived from Pallava script with more and clear inscription found in 7th century (Srah Keo of Thailand and Angkor Borei of Cambodia).
- 5. History of KhmerScript - The script was used to combine singlesyllable (Khmer original word) and multisyllable (Pali/Sanskrit loan words)
- 6. Challenge with newtechnology - From Pali/Sanskrit loan word or multi-syllable style, it makes bodyheight of Khmer text getting much larger than Western European text.
- 7. Challenge with newtechnology - Printing industry came to Cambodia in early of 20th century, in French colonied period. Khmer script started to enter modern technology.
- 8. Challenge with newtechnology - Khmer letters were used for printing with metal type to keep long vertical space as in most of the inscription, and manuscript.
- 9. Challenge with newtechnology - Khmer computer font from Khek family, Om Mony in USA and from Cinotec in Vietnam in 1990s can make body-height of Khmer text getting much smaller than metal type, but it is still larger than Western European text.
- 10. UI Fonts UI fontis designed to reduce the overall body height of text, and allow Khmer to have descender and ascender-lines closer to other scripts. It also allows their use in UI components where vertical space is a premiun.
- 12. UI Fonts -Khmer UIof Windows Phone -Noto Sans KhmerUI of Nexus 5 -Hanuman UI of Samsung Android phone
- 13. UI Fonts Microsoft WindowsPhone Samsung Galaxy S4 LG Nexus 5
- 14. UI Fonts Microsoft KhmerUI Noto Sans Khmer UI
- 15. UI Fonts Why dowe need to create UI fonts? -Hamornize with English text. -Need more info display on small screen.
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- 19. UI Fonts How todo? -Learn from hand writing style. -Learn from banner design. -Some old inscriptions also try to make vertical space shorter.
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