A few apps have surfaced that include font support for the the Hindi language (Indic characters, devanagari script). One example is Star Translate, see: http://mobile.starobject.com/startranslate/index.html . There seems to be a problem with the
Android font engine though, and glyphs are displayed in the wrong positions. The same font is
used and correctly displays the characters on a non-Android OS.

To reproduce this bug:
If one translates the word " day " (from English to Hindi) using Star Translate, he or she should
get " दिन " back, but instead, the first horizontal line with the right hook (short I-matra, which
modifies the sound of the first character, the squigly six-looking thing) appears between the
two characters, instead of in front of them. This word would be pronounced differently, if it were
actually a word. For this simple example, it is easy to figure out what it should be, but for more
complex words, having the matra in the wrong place makes a different word.

I've attached two images, one with the expected, or "correct" rendering, and one with the
current, or "wrong" rendering.

This bug is not specific to any one font, or any one application. It seems to be broken for all apps
that include Indic font support. I am running Android 1.6, and have not tested this issue with
other versions.

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