1. Which font should I
use while contributing my articles to
Nilacharal?
2. How can I type
Tamil in Unicode format?
3. I am unable to
read Tamil Unicode characters properly. They
appear as squares in MS Word.
4.
I have the content typed in TSC / TAB / TAM / Bamini
font. How do I convert it into Unicode?
5.
How do I send my contributions to nilacharal?
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1. Which font should I
use while contributing my articles to
Nilacharal?
We are using TheneeUni Unicode font. It is
preferable, if you could send your articles
in any of the Unicode fonts.
‘Latha’ and ‘Arial Unicode MS’ are the two
Unicode fonts already installed in your
system if you are using Windows 2000/2003/XP.
2. How can I type
Tamil in Unicode format?
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Notepad, WordPad, MS Office XP and its later versions
support Unicode Tamil typing.
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To type in
tamil in these applications, you need to
install a tamil typewriting interface
utility. E-kalappai is such a utility and it
can be downloaded for free from here.
http://thamizha.com/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=3
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After
installing e-kalappai, an icon will be placed
on the task bar.
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Click on the
icon and select UNICODE TAMIL
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Then start
typing in tamil in any of the applications
mentioned above.
3. I am unable to
read Tamil Unicode characters properly. They
appear as squares in MS Word.
To overcome this problem, the following
steps have to be performed in your operating
system (applies only to Windows XP / 2000) :
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Click on
"Start ->Control Panel->Date, Time, Language
and Regional Options->Regional and Language
Options"
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Click on
'Languages' tab at the top
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In
'Supplemental language support', click the
checkbox "Install files for Complex Script
and right to left languages (including
Thai)" and then click OK
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Now, it will
start installing some required files and
Windows XP CD will be required to complete
the process.
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You might have
to restart the machine for the new setting
to take effect.
4.
I have the content typed in TSC / TAB / TAM / Bamini
font. How do I convert it into Unicode?
A lot of font converter tools are available in internet
for free.
A handy Unicode converter tool powered by Umar can
be downloaded from the following link : http://mathy.kandasamy.net/unicode/A2Usetup.zip
This tool is of 1.1 MB size. You can easily download
and install in your system. This tool is very simple
to use.
The online font converters powered by Suratha Yarlvanan
are available in the following link
www.suratha.com.
5.
How do I send my contributions to nilacharal?
Please note that as per our
terms and conditions,
we only accept web-exclusive articles - i.e articles
that are not published anywhere in the web. Please
do not send articles that are already published in
the web including your blog.
We only accept contributions from our members. You
can become our member by completing a simple
registration here. It is a 30 sec process.
If you are already a member please login
here
In the member's area, you'll find a link to Submit
the article. Please click that and follow the
instructions.
Click here for detailed instructions.
Feel free to get in touch with us if you have any
further questions: team@nilacharal.com
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