Font Converter — Sharad 76

is a handwritten Devanagari font created by Setu Advertising and designer Kimya Gandhi. It was developed as a tribute to the prolific Marathi copywriter Sharad Deshpande on his 75th birthday. Font Overview

Not all converters are created equal. A robust converter designed for Sharad 76 should offer the following features: sharad 76 font converter

def convert_sharad76_to_unicode(sharad_bytes, font_metrics): output = [] i = 0 while i < len(sharad_bytes): # 1. Handle compound characters (2-byte sequences) if sharad_bytes[i] in consonant_map: cons = consonant_map[sharad_bytes[i]] i += 1 # 2. Check for Halant (virama) if i < len(sharad_bytes) and sharad_bytes[i] == HALANT_BYTE: # Look ahead for next consonant (half-form) if i+1 < len(sharad_bytes) and sharad_bytes[i+1] in consonant_map: output.append(cons + HALANT_UNICODE) output.append(ZWNJ) # Force half-form # Skip halant, process next consonant next loop i += 1 continue else: # Standalone halant output.append(HALANT_UNICODE) i += 1 else: output.append(cons) else: # 3. Handle vowel signs, digits, punctuation output.append(vowel_map.get(sharad_bytes[i], '�')) i += 1 is a handwritten Devanagari font created by Setu

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