Description of problem: Lohit Devanagari covers the Devanagari unicode code set and uses same glyphs for the languages which use Devanagari script. But it seems Marathi language needs changes in some of the glyphs. Attached a PDF document with the required changes. The document is written by Sushant S. Devlekar based on Maharashtra gov. order http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/GR/Marathi/2009/11/06/2009110613044700 1.pdf
Found following point after comparing draft quickly with Lohit Devanagari: ल श श्न श्च श्व These characters required localized shape for Lohit
Only localized shape for ल श are not available now. Committed in upstream, will be available with next release.
lohit-devanagari-fonts-2.5.1-2.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/lohit-devanagari-fonts-2.5.1-2.fc17
lohit-devanagari-fonts-2.5.1-2.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/lohit-devanagari-fonts-2.5.1-2.fc16
Package lohit-devanagari-fonts-2.5.1-2.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing lohit-devanagari-fonts-2.5.1-2.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-2795/lohit-devanagari-fonts-2.5.1-2.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
lohit-devanagari-fonts-2.5.1-2.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
lohit-devanagari-fonts-2.5.1-2.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
updated download link in comment#0 is https://www.maharashtra.gov.in/Site/Upload/Government%20Resolutions/English/20091106130447001.pdf