Blocked Tirhuta kṣa

[dscorbett]

Font

NotoSansTirhuta-Regular.ttf

Where the font came from, and when

Site: https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-fonts/blob/fadc9ff5dd82c9ae781d3ba40ae4c238310e06e7/phaseIII_only/unhinted/ttf/NotoSansTirhuta/NotoSansTirhuta-Regular.ttf
Date: 2019-04-23

Font version

Version 2.001

Issue

In many Indic scripts, kṣa uses a conjunct that acts like a single indivisible letter. (This is what the 'akhn' feature is for.) In Noto Sans Tirhuta, however, the kṣa can preempted by a preceding conjunct ending in ka. Is that appropriate for Tirhuta?

Character data

𑒓𑓂𑒏𑓂𑒭
U+11493 TIRHUTA LETTER NGA
U+114C2 TIRHUTA SIGN VIRAMA
U+1148F TIRHUTA LETTER KA
U+114C2 TIRHUTA SIGN VIRAMA
U+114AD TIRHUTA LETTER SSA
𑒭𑓂𑒏𑓂𑒭
U+114AD TIRHUTA LETTER SSA
U+114C2 TIRHUTA SIGN VIRAMA
U+1148F TIRHUTA LETTER KA
U+114C2 TIRHUTA SIGN VIRAMA
U+114AD TIRHUTA LETTER SSA

Screenshot

[punchcutter]

Yes, that isn't right. There could be ṅkṣa or ṣkṣa conjuncts here if those exist in Tirhuta (I don't see them yet in resources I have), but otherwise kṣa should take precedence over any other conjuncts.