Re: Devnagari Unicode in Linux

["Paras pradhan" <paras bajranet com np>]

Hi:

Do i neeed X font server or not?.

Paras.


> 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
>
>
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Paras pradhan
Systems Dept.
Bajranet PVT LTD
Kathmandu
Nepal.