Re: Devnagari Unicode in Linux

[G Karunakar <karunakar freedomink org>]

Paras pradhan wrote:

> hi all,
>
>
> i am working on running indic unicode in linux ( not in popular linux
> distrubtion).
>
> what i did is:
>
> installed using localedef, installed our keymapping etc etc.
>
> now when i open terminal from Gnome. i can see and type devnagari
> characters with no problem.
>
> NOw my problem is:
>
> When i type in Gedit. i guess pango is not rendering. Rectangle boxes
> comes when i type.
>
>
> So.. do i need X font server for this ?
>
> Do i need True type font??
>  
yeah, to be precise Opentype font.
if you are using Redhat or Mandrake you can install the indic font rpm
http://www.indlinux.org/downloads/indic-otf-0.1-1.noarch.rpm
or install the devanagari otf available from
http://rohini.ncst.ernet.in/indix/download/font/
(above rpm includes this font)

Regards,
Karunakar