<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Simple Bengali shaping</title> <style> @font-face { font-family: lohit-bn; src: url(../fonts/ttf-indic/lohit_bn.ttf); } body { font-family: lohit-bn; font-size: 36px; margin: 18px; } .w { color: white; } </style> </head> <body> <!-- subjoined Ra forms ligate with the consonant and generally modify its width, so we expect "bra" to differ from both "b" and "b-halant-ra" --> <div> !<span class="w">ব্র</span>! </div> </body> </html>