typst / typst/hypher

Support for Malayalam (ml) Language - Hyphenation

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Description

This is to request the Malayalam language hyphenation support in Typst.

"Malayalam is one of the main languages spoken (by 40 million people) in South India, with a rich cultural and literary history. It is one of the oldest languages in India with classical language status."

Issue

Malayalam text output by Typst has too much spacing between some words.

Sample in Typst

nicola-tesla-ml-typst

Sample Text in Latex with Proper hyphenation and justification

nicola-tesla-ml-latex

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by inspecting the referenced hyph_ml_IN.dic rules and the repository's existing hyphenation language data. Use the Typst sample and LaTeX comparison as behavioral references; done means Malayalam text no longer exhibits the reported excessive spacing under justification.

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Assessment

Tech stack
tex
Domain
internationalization
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
52/100

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