Now, let see how to make your computer Malayalam-literate, Step 1 – Assuming that you are using windows, download a decent Malayalam UNICODE font. I suggest you Anjali Old Lipi(http://varamozhi.sourceforge.net/fonts/AnjaliOldLipi.ttf). The best Malayalam UNICODE font I have ever seen is Meera, but unfortunately, the size of Meera font is much smaller in Windows users, but renders perfectly in GNU/Linux.
If you are using GNU/Linux, download this font package. Step 2 - You have downloaded the fonts, which will usually be in ZIP format. Uncompress it. For Windows users, copy it to x:/windows/fonts , if x:/ is the drive where Windows is installed . For GNU/Linux users refer this if you are using GNOME(http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/04/17/how-to-install-fonts-in-ubuntu-804/). if you are using KDE to install fonts(http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/qna/11620.html).. A restart of system or xserver is recommended in Windows and GNU/Linux respectively. Step 3 – If you are using Windows XP, goto Control Panel —> Regional Settings –> Support for complex scripts (enable it and click apply). Keep Windows XP Service Pack 2 in handy, you NEED it. Windows Vista doesn’t require this. GNU/Linux users download and apply this patch (Please report if the link is broken, they are very active in development). If you are using a Debain based distro you can download and install the deb package without going through all these steps(http://suruma.sarovar.org/deb/fonts/ttf-malayalam-sm-fonts_0.5.2_all.deb). With the support for complex scripts in Windows you can create filenames in Malayalam, really kewl, isn’t it? You can even chat (in gtalk), mail in Malayalam. We will go into those section later, right now we will fine tune your browser to read Malayalam. If you are using Internet Explorer, goto Internet Options –> Fonts, select Malayalam from drop down menu, select AnjaliOldLipi or the font you have downloaded. Malayalam rendering was poor in Firefox versions prior to version 3, hence I recommend you to use version 3 or later. In Firefox 3, goto preferences –> Select the contents tab –> Fonts (Advanced) –> Select Malayalam in “Fonts for” drop down menu –> Set “Serif” for the first option and {your favorite font} for the remaining options. Click OK and apply. If you are able to read the following without any trouble, then “YOU DID IT” “എന്റെ കമ്പ്യൂട്ടറില് കാര്ക്കോടകനോ മരമാക്രിയോ ഇല്ല” On 1/6/10, Abhilash Thadathil <abhilash...@gmail.com> wrote: > no.. which malayalam font ? can u say that? > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Ershad K <ersha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Wednesday 06 Jan 2010 12:53:59 am Abhilash Thadathil wrote: >> > Dear all, >> > >> > I have a problem, my mozilla and Explorer are not supporting to read >> > malayalam blogs , what is the remedy? >> >> Did you install malayalam font ? >> >> - Ershad >> >> -- >> "Freedom is the only law". >> "Freedom Unplugged" >> http://www.ilug-tvm.org >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "ilug-tvm" group. >> To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> >> For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: >> http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en >> >> > > > -- > Cheers > Abhilash Thadathil > Jawaharlal Nehru University > New Delhi > -- Life is NOT Free!!! Jeevachaithanyan Sivanandan CyberBeamS Technologies http://www.cyberbeams.com http://www.jeevanism.wordpress.com ph: +919846352024
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