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Originally Posted by Jellby
What you need is an OS and reader that supports non-Latin scripts in general, and Bengali in particular.
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As far as I can tell, the present iOs supports Bengali natively; my epub displays fine without font embedding. In fact, the default Bangla font installed on iPad 3 / iPhone 4 is "Bangla Sangam MN". Beyond that, there doesn't seem to be much hope at the present.
Unfortunately, reading is a dying habit. It is fortuitous that books have received a new lease on life with the advent of the ebook. Because of its increasing popularity publishers across world are releasing digital editions of paperbacks. Many authors are also choosing to self publish their work in digital form.
Bengali literature is vast and colourful but possibly due to the technological obstacles, no one is publishing ebooks in Bangla. What I want to do is start the ball rolling; hence this thread. Maybe in 5 years time if there is sufficient demand for Bangla books, support for Bangla will become the norm. Till then, I'm afraid, I have to rely on extensive testing, workarounds and compromises. /end rant!
Anyway, I'm still experimenting and looking at workarounds... I'll keep posting my queries and keep everyone updated on my progress. I hope this thread helps others who want to work with non-Latin writing systems!
Cheers
Nabodita