Malayalam unicode font installation and setup

This website uses unicode fonts to display content in all the sections including malayalam. If you are not able to see the malayalam characters properly, it means that you dont have the required unicode fonts installed in the system.

Malayalam Support in GNU/Linux

All major GNU/Linux distributions supports malayalam perfectly. Please
check http://malayalam.web4all.in for a detailed description on how to
enable malayalam support in GNU/Linux.

Please see http://smc.org.in for more Swathantra malayalam softwares.

Installing and configuring unicode malayalam fonts in windows xp and xp-sp2

Click here to run the font installation program.

Please note that this is an automatic font installation program. If you are using Internet Explorer, please click on "Run Button" of the download dialog box. This will install the fonts in your system.

Please click on "Run" for font installation in the following dialog box.

The download progress dialog will shoup next. Wait for this to complete.

Ignore this security warning and click on "Run" for font installation.

Click "Yes" for rachana unicode font installation.

Click on "Install"

Click "OK". Now the font is installed in your system. happy reading!!

Enabling Malayalam unicode font support in windows xp

In the control panel, Double click on Regional and language options
Click on Languages Tab
Put a tick mark on "Install files for complex script and right to left languages"
Put a tick mark on "Install files for East Asian Languages"

Want to make your font look beautiful

Double click on Display icon in control panel
Click on Appearance tab
Click on Effects button
Put a tick mark on "Use the following method to smooth the edges of screen fonts"
Select "ClearType" from the pull down menu

This tutorial is taken from chintha.com