[Tex/LaTex] Writing in தமிழ் (Tamil)

Question

I see from this answer in tex.stackexchange that to write in Tamil I need to use XeLaTeX to compile the document.

But my case is a bit different. I am writing my thesis and my references
come from BibTeX. At the moment I am using TexMaker to compile my document
via

PdfLaTeX + Bib(la)tex + PdfLaTex(x2) + View Pdf

I see that there exists an option for XeLaTex, but this is without
Bib(la)tex for my reference.

I just need to write one sentence in Tamil in the entire document, is there an easy solution to this?

Answer 1

Following Ulrike's suggestion, and my code at create latex symbol from vector graphics. To get phrase1.jpg, I just cropped the title to this page. To get phrase2.jpg, I cropped phrase1, so as to demonstrate the method when the descenders are different for each phrase (only change is the \raisebox argument).

The scalerel approach adopted will scale the graphics to the height of a letter X, regardless of the current font size.

\documentclass{article}
\fboxsep=-\fboxrule
\usepackage{scalerel}
\def\phraseA{\scalerel*{%
  \setbox0=\hbox{\raisebox{-9pt}{\includegraphics{phrase1}}}\dp0=0pt\box0}{X}}
\def\phraseB{\scalerel*{%
  \setbox0=\hbox{\raisebox{-2pt}{\includegraphics{phrase2}}}\dp0=0pt\box0}{X}}
\begin{document}
Can I insert my \phraseA{} inline along with \phraseB?

\tiny Can I insert my \phraseA{} inline along with \phraseB?

The original images:\fboxsep=1pt\relax
\fbox{\includegraphics{phrase1}} and \fbox{\includegraphics{phrase2}}
\end{document}

If, instead of cropping jpgs with different top/bottom cut lines, you use Xelatex to to create a standalone PDF of \strut<Tamil word or phrase> with minimal margin, then each implementation of of \phraseX will use the identical \raisebox parameters. Furthermore, the image, deriving from a vector graphic PDF, should scale without pixelation.