[sword-devel] Bible in Myanmar

[David Haslam]

Last resort would be to reverse engineer a mapping table for the legacy Myanmar font.

I once did a similar task for Times New Armenian.

David

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On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 10:10, Cyrille <lafricain79 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes I found also this site, I made some test quickly, but the font used in this bible seems to be an other. But first I need to get the text ;)
> You can found everything (if someone want to help) here:
> - Burmese_NT_Proverbs.pdf : https://framadrop.org/r/WYr7JpID2z#ZKKf1kToMWvyeDBOd3bv1aSzphfqAa+sZflyVoH50oo=
>   (dernier délai pour télécharger : mercredi 12 juin 2019 11:04)
> - NT_Proverb.pmd : https://framadrop.org/r/98zcdsVEF5#VuR7NJIdxxNZxsTnpmzMEjD675hRpKp9ZtWPFOV21U8=
>   (dernier délai pour télécharger : mercredi 12 juin 2019 11:07)
> - Fonts.tar.xz : https://framadrop.org/r/j0sHFSzhuJ#UAfzqxZmQs8U5nPHExQfRse+RJGTdldgiF0dLlgzD7E=
>   (dernier délai pour télécharger : vendredi 12 juillet 2019 11:08)
>
> Il 13/05/2019 11:04, David Haslam ha scritto:
>
>> First just the conversion of the legacy font to Unicode, I’d like to think this could be done with TECkit
>>
>> http://my.duniakitab.com/ThanLwinSoft/ThanLwinSoft/MyanmarUnicode/Conversion/TECkit.php
>>
>> Looks like the old website of the late Keith Stribley has been rescued from oblivion.
>>
>> IIRC, he died in 2011.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> David
>>
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>> On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 09:19, Cyrille <lafricain79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> I recently receive a modern translation of Myanmar of the NT, Psalms and
>>> Proverbs with permission to create a new module.
>>> But the problems are many... Firs to get the text.
>>> I tested different way, but it's done with PageMaker!
>>> I can get the text but the problem is I don't have the verses number
>>> because they are next in a parallel column and when I copy it I have
>>> only the biblical text.
>>> I have a pdf also but when I convert it to text (with pdftotext) the
>>> columns are mixed.
>>> Someone can help me whit any idea?
>>> Next problem is the Unicode... The text is not typed in unicode but use
>>> a special font.
>>> I can send everything you need or push it the git.crosswire.
>>>
>>> Thanks for help.
>>>
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