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Telugu (unicode) font rendering in emacs

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Mar 15, 2026763 views
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Problem

I sometimes edit text in telugu language. However, when I open the file (UTF-8 encoded) in GNU emacs (version 23.1.50.1 on Ubuntu Jaunty) the text rendering is incorrect. The same text file opened in gedit is rendered correctly. Here's a snippet: ప్రకృతికి ఉదయం అంటే ఇష్టమేమో rendred in gedit: And, …

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Fix for: Telugu (unicode) font rendering in emacs

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gedit uses Pango, which gives it access to advanced text layout functionality for Indic languages. There is no version of emacs that supports Pango, so there is no way to fix this.

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