GetTeluguCategory

Signature

function GetTeluguCategory(CP: Cardinal): Integer;

Purpose

Returns the HotPDF syllabic category used by the Telugu reorder pre-pass. The function is a codepoint lookup, needs no font state, and returns category 0 for values outside the Telugu range

Return values

CodeCategoryExample codepoints
0Otherfallback or outside range
1ConsonantTelugu consonants
2Independent vowelTelugu vowel letters
3MatraTelugu dependent vowel signs
4Viramahalant or virama
5Nuktanukta mark where the script uses one
6Binduchandrabindu or anusvara
7Visargavisarga sign
9DigitTelugu digits

Notes

The category values feed the same reorder pipeline used by ApplyTeluguReorder and by the full Indic dispatcher

See also

Version history

  • v2.119.74 - Introduced as part of the HotPDF Indic shaping batch