विकिपीडिया:Setting up your browser for Indic scripts

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The English Wikipedia seems to have a more up-to-date article on this topic.
The Kannada Wikipedia has a separate article on the same topic, which is more extensive. Useful content can also be found there
The Bengali Wikipedia also has an article on this subject, which is directed on help for viewing the Bengali script. Despite this, unicode assistance can also be found there.

अनुक्रमणिका

संरचना

  • There are 2 parts of the setup.
  1. Having a Unicode Capable Browser
  2. Having the Fonts

ओ एस संबद्ध अनुदेश

Mac OSX

  • Safari: I use Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) and the handling of indian scripts in Safari (the browser that comes with it) is amazingly flawless.
  • Firefox: Unfortunately Indic rendering of Firefox on Mac OS X is not up to the mark yet. It does display Indic script but there are many rendering bugs esp. with matras.
  • The Indic fonts are not installed by default. To install Indic fonts you have to start running setup from the installation DVD and choose custom installation mode and select Indic fonts (I only vaguely remember how I did this so use your brain more actively on this one).
  1. TODO: Write more precise font installation instructions.

In Finder, browse to /Volumes/<Install/Restore Disk>/System/Installation/Packages/ (use the terminal.app to verify the paths on your system since they don't show up in Finder. Install the AdditionalFonts.pkg and AdditionalAsianFonts.pkg and they should work just fine.


This is where we install Complex Scripts in Windows XP & 2003
This is where we install Complex Scripts in Windows XP & 2003
This is where we setup for Indic options for Windows 2000
This is where we setup for Indic options for Windows 2000

MS Windows

  • यदि आप हिन्दी पढ़ने का प्रयास कर रहे हैं, इंटरनेट एक्सप्लोरर सबसे सही सेवाएं प्रदान करता है ।
  • If you are attemping to read Hindi, Internet Explorer offers the most accurate rendering.
  • Mozilla Firefox supports most Indic languages. Hindi (Devanagari) rendering on Firefox is currently quite satisfactory, although there are a few placement quirks. If rendering in Firefox appears to be incorrect, please ensure that complex script support has been installed (see below).
  • यदि आप हिन्दी पढने का प्रयास कर रहे है, तो ओपेरा 9 or Higher का उपयोग करे| ओपेरा युनिकोड हिन्दी को पूरी तरह सपोर्ट ( Full Support )करता है और बहुत ही तीब्र काम करता है.If you want write in hindi you can write by this typewriteer in hindi.Itis very easy as hindi Manual  ;http://raviratlami.googlepages.com/Remington-krutidev-online-Hindi-Easy-Editor.htm Type wtriter,this typewriter give you best hindi writting as like Manual typewritter.
  • Opera 9 or higher is also recommended for Hindi scripts, as it fully support Unicode Hindi and works extremly fast.
  • बराहा इनपूट मेथड एडीटर यह् भी आपको अनेक भारतीय भाषाओं में लिखने के लिये आपकी मदत करता है |
  • Indic fonts are not installed by default on Windows. If you have a version of Windows that supports Indic languages, you can install the Unicode fonts / complex script support needed as follows:










Windows XP:

  • Go to Start > Control Panel > Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options
  • Select "Add other languages"
  • Check "Install files for complex script..."
  • Click OK, and insert your Windows CD if prompted

Windows 2000:

  • Go to Start > Control Panel > Regional Options
  • Select "Add other languages"
  • Check "Indic"
  • Click OK, and insert your Windows CD if prompted (restart might be required)

<br />असंरूपित मूल यहाँ निवेश करें<br /><br /> प

GNU/Linux and *BSD*s

  • pango enabled firefox does provide good indic fonts support.In Debian GNU/Linux Iceweasel provides the best indic rendition.You can enable Gnome browser epiphany for pango support via gconf2 tool as epiphany also is based on gecko.
  • Konqueror (KDE web browser) provides good devnagiri (hindi) support. However, hindi pages that do not use unicode may not be rendered well.
  • If your distribution does not come with any hindi font, you will need to install one.

Installing Font in Gnome,Kde and X in general:

In Gnome: GNOME is a versatile Desktop Environment with native pango support which means better rendering in-built.

  • In Gnome,drag n drop your font to nautilus window.before,nautilus should be in Fonts:/// directory(press CTRL+L,enter fonts:/// ).

Now press CTRL+ALT+BKSPACE to restart X and gdm.next time the font is available for local user and installed in ~/.fonts/ directory.

Installing truetype fonts in X in general and also for Gnome:

  • there are other ways to make font available to all users of the system in Gnome or X itself.I am taking Debian/Ubuntu as example,but works for any distro too.for redhat/fedora and Suse or most distros this works.rpm based distros got a tool called chkfontpath which is very useful.

Now,you need to use CLI or terminal for implementing this.firstly:

"apt-get install ttmkfdir" using apt.

then go to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/hindi/ -where font is installed. You need to be root user for installing fonts globally.for that in a terminal, su [press enter] <give your root password> or sudo [press enter] <give your local password> sudo is used in Ubuntu Linux by default.


then as root(:~# stands for root prompt,dont copy that),

~# ttmkfdir> fonts.scale
~#mkfontscale
~# ttmkfdir >fonts.dir
~#mkfontdir
~#xset fp+ /usr/share/fonts/truetype/hindi/
~#xset fp rehash

now do a,

~#fc-cache -fv

restart Display(X) or reboot.As /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ directory is already mapped in Xorg for fonts.(see /etc/X11/fs/config). Now the font can be used by every users. Kde is the most used Desktop Environment in GNU/Linux and *NIX's too:

  • In KDE Control Center (kcontrol), select System Administration -> Font Installer, and add the downloaded font
  • You may need to logout and login back

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More Info

To get more information on how to install fonts, go to this page on the Unicode organization's website. *[1]

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