Prof. K.C.Mahapatra wrote: << Most of the software developers today are using MS Windows 98 with a keyboard to write in English fonts ASCII characters. ...>> For a start Window's 98 does not fully support UNICODE. If you want to use UNICODE on Windows computers (without going through too many hoops) use Windows NT 4 or better yet Windows 2000 (NT 5). Windows 2000 shipped in India comes with input methods which will allow you to input Unicode characers for Devanagri and Tamil - and I suspect Oriya, & etc. will be available before too long. You can also download the NT DDK, which will allow you to create your own Oriya keyboard from http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/ddk/ddk40.htm . Another way is to use Tavultesoft's Keyboard Manager for Unicode http://www.tavultesoft.com/keyman/unicode.shtml. To properly display Unicode text for Indic scripts, Windows applications - such as Office 2000, Internet Explorer and Microsoft's rich text controls - rely on OpenType and Uniscribe. If you have questions about OpenType and Uniscribe the best place to ask is on the OpenType list see: http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/otlist.htm. It would probably also be worth your while to read the OpenType specification http://www.microsoft.com/typography/tt/tt.htm and "Microsoft's document Creating and supporting OpenType fonts for Indic scripts" http://www.microsoft.com/typography/OTSPEC/indicot/default.htm I hope this helps, Best Regards - Christopher J Fynn mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
