![]() ![]() ![]() #Vanavil tamil font keyboard for free#Standardise a set of Tamil fonts for free use by Government, press, publishers and citizens alike.The following are the objectives of ELCOT's initiative: ELCOT procured a set of beautiful standardised Tamil fonts which can work under Linux and windows environments and hosted them for free download.ĮLCOT also made available a bilingual font interface for database usage free. In the above circumstances, ELCOT decided to free the Tamil fonts from a single vendor so that the Government, Press, home users, Tamil Scholars and international users could get free access to high quality standardised Tamil fonts for desktop use as well as database use (bilingual). So, the common citizen has been using a variety of non standardised Tamil fonts which are available free on the Net.įor the database users, there was no standardised bilingual font (Tamil/English) either in the proprietary domain or free ware domain. This had put Tamil language interface out of the reach of the common man. Thus, the Tamil people, including the Government departments were facing a double jeopardy viz., buy the Tamil fonts for Windows OS at an exorbitant cost and buy the Windows operating system to run it! This had enabled them to convert the entire desktop to speak their native language, whether it is windows or linux operating system.Īnother issue that had caused concern is that the proprietary Vanavil fonts do not work under linux environment. This is in contrast to the situation prevailing in other countries where they have standardised one storage format for their language. This had hampered the spread of Tamil language use on the net and also in the day to day use of computers. Similarly, the online edition of Tamil Newspapers and magazines have been using their own fonts and keyboard layout. #Vanavil tamil font keyboard software#Vanavil Software is a proprietary software produced and marketed by one individual company. TamilNet99 keyboard layout also came into being at this time.įrom 1999 onwards, no standardised freeware fonts have been made available from any source, including Tamil Virtual University, Kanithamzh Sangam or Government.Īs a result, the Government Departments have been procuring Vanavil Tamil Font software at an exorbitant cost. Standardised (TAM/TAB) bilingual Tamil fonts for free download! Government of Tamil Nadu standardised the Tamil font storage format by inaugurating the TAM/TAB standard on the 13th June 1999. ![]()
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