CS Indic character set

In today's world, CS Indic character set has been the subject of increasing interest and debate in various areas. Its impact and influence extend across different fields and contexts, awakening the curiosity and attention of an increasingly diverse public. Its relevance is undeniable in contemporary society, generating reflections, research and discussions in search of understanding its meaning and scope. In this sense, this article aims to address the topic of CS Indic character set in a broad and detailed manner, exploring its multiple facets, implications and challenges that it poses in various areas. The impact of CS Indic character set in different contexts will be analyzed, as well as its evolution over time, offering a comprehensive vision that contributes to enriching the understanding of this topic.

The CS Indic character set, or the Classical Sanskrit Indic Character Set, is used by LaTeX represent text used in the Romanization of Sanskrit. It is used in fonts, and is based on Code Page 437. Extended versions are the CSX Indic character set and the CSX+ Indic character set.

Code page layout

CS Indic
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
8x
9x
Ax ñ Ñ
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex ā Ā ī Ī ū Ū
Fx ś Ś

History

The CS and CSX character set was defined during an informal discussion over a beer between John Smith, Dominik Wujastyk and Ronald E. Emmerick during the World Sanskrit Conference in Vienna, 1990. A few months later they were endorsed by several other Indologists including Harry Falk, Richard Lariviere, G. Jan Meulenbeld, Hideaki Nakatani, Muneo Tokunaga, and Michio Yano.

References

  1. ^ Anshuman Pandey (December 1998). "Romanized Indix and LaTex" (PDF). TUGboat. 19 (4). TeX Users Group: 417.
  2. ^ "CTAN: /Tex-archive/Fonts/CSX/Fonts/Charter".
  3. ^ "Classical Sanskrit eXtended encoding for the representation of Indian languages in Roman script".
  4. ^ "The CSX+ encoding (Classical Sanskrit eXtended Plus) encoding used in (La)TeX".
  5. ^ a b Wujastyk, Dominik (1990). "HUMANIST listserv report". HUMANIST.