सहायता:Setting for Indic scripts का स्रोत देखें

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[[Unicode]] is the encoding used on Wikipedia and it contains support for a number of Indic scripts.  However, before Indic scripts can be viewed or edited, support for ''[[complex text layout]]'' must be enabled on your operating system.  Some older operating systems do not support complex text rendering and you should not use such systems to edit Indic scripts.

This page lists the methods for enabling complex text rendering based on the operating environment or browser you are using.  Many of the methods highlighted can also be used for non-Indic complex scripts such as [[Arabic alphabet|Arabic]].

==Check for existing support==

The following table compares how a correctly enabled computer would render the following scripts with how '''your''' computer renders them:

{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em 0;border:1px solid #AAAAAA;border-collapse:collapse;background:#FFFFFF;line-height:1.3"
|-style="background:#EEEEEE"
!rowspan="2"| Script
!colspan="2"| Example of<br />rendering
!colspan="4"| [[Mac OS X]]<br />inbuilt support
!colspan="2"| [[Linux]] or [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]]<br />inbuilt support
!colspan="5"| [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]<br />inbuilt support
|-style="background:#EEEEEE;font-size:87%"
! Correct rendering
! Your computer
! OS<br />10.3 !! OS<br />10.4 !! OS<br />10.5 !! OS<br />10.6
! KDE<br />with<br />Qt !! GNOME<br />with<br />Pango
! 9x/ME<br />or<br />NT !! 2000 !! XP<br />or<br />2003 !! XP<br />SP2 !! Vista/7
|-
!style="background:#EEEEEE;text-align:left"| [[Devanagari]]
| [[Image:Examples.of.complex.text.rendering.Devanagari.png]]
| {{lang|hi|क + ि}} → {{lang|hi|कि}}
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|- 
!style="background:#EEEEEE;text-align:left"| [[Tamil script|Tamil]]
| [[Image:Examples.of.complex.text.rendering.Tamil.png]]
| {{lang|ta|க + ே}} → {{lang|ta|கே}}
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|- 
!style="background:#EEEEEE;text-align:left"| [[Gujarati script|Gujarati]]
| [[Image:Examples.of.complex.text.rendering.Gujarati.png]]
| {{lang|gu|ક + િ}} → {{lang|gu|કિ}}
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small--[[सदस्य:Akshay yati pipliya|Akshay yati pipliya]] ([[सदस्य वार्ता:Akshay yati pipliya|वार्ता]]) 11:23, 11 अगस्त 2017 (UTC)==बाहरी कड़ियाँ==>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|- 
!style="background:#EEEEEE;text-align:left"| [[Gurmukhī script|Gurmukhi]]
| [[Image:Examples.of.complex.text.rendering.Gurmukhi.png]]
| {{lang|pa|ਕ + ਿ}} → {{lang|pa|ਕਿ}}
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|- 
!style="background:#EEEEEE;text-align:left"| [[Kannada script|Kannada]]
| [[Image:Examples.of.complex.text.rendering.Kannada.png]]
| {{lang|kn|ಕ + ಿ}} → {{lang|kn|ಕಿ}}
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|- 
!style="background:#EEEEEE;text-align:left"| [[Telugu script|Telugu]]
| [[Image:Examples.of.complex.text.rendering.Telugu.png]]
| {{lang|te|య + ీ}} → {{lang|te|యీ}}
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|-
!style="background:#EEEEEE;text-align:left"| [[Bengali script|Bengali]],<br />[[Assamese script|Assamese]]
| [[Image:Examples.of.complex.text.rendering.Bengali.png]]
| {{lang|bn|ক + ি}} → {{lang|bn|কি}}
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|- 
!style="background:#EEEEEE;text-align:left"| [[Malayalam script|Malayalam]]
| [[Image:Complex Text Rendering - Malayalam.svg]]
| {{lang|ml|ക + െ}} → {{lang|ml|കെ}}
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|- 
!style="background:#EEEEEE;text-align:left"| [[Tibetan script|Tibetan]]
| [[Image:Examples of complex text rendering Tibetan.png]]
| {{lang|bo|ར + ྐ + ྱ}} → {{lang|bo|རྐྱ}}
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br/>patch</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|-
!style="background:#EEEEEE;text-align:left"| [[Sinhala script|Sinhala]]
| [[Image:Complex Text Rendering - Sinhala.svg|110px]]
| {{lang|si|ඵ + ේ}} → {{lang|si|ඵේ}}
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|- 
!style="background:#EEEEEE;text-align:left"| [[Oriya script|Oriya]]
| [[Image:Examples.of.complex.text.rendering.Oriya.png]]
| {{lang|or|କ + େ}} → {{lang|or|କେ}}
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br/>font</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|-
!style="background:#EEEEEE;text-align:left"| [[Thai alphabet|Thai]]
| [[Image:Complex Text Rendering - Thai.png|110px]]
| {{lang|th|ฐ + ู}} → {{lang|th|ฐู}}
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|-
!style="background:#EEEEEE;text-align:left"| [[Lao script|Lao]]
| [[Image:Laocomputerview.JPG|150px]]
| {{lang|lo|ລ + າ + ວ}} → {{lang|lo|ລາວ}}
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|-
!style="background:#EEEEEE;text-align:left"| [[Khmer script|Khmer]]
| [[Image:Examples.of.complex.text.rendering.Khmer.svg|150px]]
| {{lang|km|ម + ្ + ស + ៅ → ម្សៅ}}
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font </small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| '''YES'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| '''Yes'''
|-
!style="background:#EEEEEE;text-align:left"| [[Burmese script|Burmese]]
| [[Image:Examples.of.complex.text.rendering.Burmese.png|110px]]
| {{lang-my-Mymr|ဃ}} + {{lang-my-Mymr|ြ}} → {{lang-my-Mymr|ဃြ}}
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| <small>no</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|style="background:#FFFFFF"| <small>needs<br />font</small>
|}

If the rendering on your computer matches the rendering in the images for the scripts, then you have already enabled complex text support.  You should be able to view text correctly in that script. However, this does not mean you will be able to '''edit''' text in that script.  To edit such text you need to have the appropriate text entry software on your operating system.

== Devanagari bilingual Keyboard INSCRIPT layout ==
To type in Devenagari script, use of [[INSCRIPT]] [[:hi:%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F|इंस्क्रिप्ट]] keyboard is a permanent and easy solution. Inscript is standard developed by CDAC and approved by Government of India.
[[Image:Devanagari_INSCRIPT_Keyboard.JPG||center|500px||thumb|टीवीएस कंपनी के इंस्क्रिप्ट द्विभाषीय कीबोर्ड]]
[http://anektameekta.blogspot.com/2009/03/devnagri-hindi-typing-complete-solution.html Devanagari Bilingual keyboard INSCRIPT]. This keyboard can be configured to work with - Windows 2000, Windows XP, Ubuntu Linux and fedora Linux etc. See below sections for detailed instructions.

==Windows 95, 98, ME and NT==

These operating systems contain no inbuilt support for Indic scripts. Indic Scripts can only be seen properly in Internet Explorer. You also need to have an appropriate [[#Unicode OpenType fonts|Unicode font]] installed in your system for that script. It is suggested to install [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/ie6sp1/default.mspx Internet Explorer 6.0] because it has better support for Indic scripts.

[[Mozilla Firefox]] does not support Indic scripts properly on these operating systems unless a modified version of the program is used, such as the one found [http://blacksapphire.com/firefox-rtl/ here]. This is due to a bug in Firefox [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=270012], [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240914]. This bug is now removed in [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/3.0a7/releasenotes/ Firefox 3 Alpha]. But Firefox 3 does not support Windows 98/ME. Firefox 3.6 still does not render Tibetan correctly, but Firefox 3.7 probably will.<ref name=mozilla-bug-441110>[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441110 Bug 441110 - Add Tibetan to: Options-> Content -> Fonts & Colors -> Advanced] is resolved. It already works in the nightly builds.</ref>

No Unicode Keyboard Driver Engines (Like [http://www.bhashaindia.com/Patrons/Tutorials/HindiIME.aspx Indic IME], [http://baraha.com/BarahaIME.htm BarahaIME] etc) are available for these older systems. One can either use online typing tools or offline text editors specially made for this purpose. A list of such tools is given [http://www.akshargram.com/sarvagya/index.php/Hindi_Typing_Tools here].

[[User:Keymanweb/Keymanweb]] provides a web-based keyboard that is integrated into Wikipedia with support for 300 languages, including most of the complex scripts listed on this page.

==[[Windows 2000]]==

Supports: [[Devanagari]], [[Kannada script|Kannada]], [[Tamil script|Tamil]]

Complex text support needs to be manually enabled.


===Viewing Indic text===

*Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Regional Options > General [Tab].
*In the "Language settings for this system" frame, check the box next to "Indic".
*Copy the appropriate files from the Windows 2000 CD when prompted.
*If prompted, reboot your computer once the files have been installed.

If you don't have the Windows CD or don't want to juggle with CD right now, you can simply download [http://vicky.codemaster.googlepages.com/Drive_D.zip this zip file] and extract its contents to a folder. When prompted for Windows CD, simply point to this folder using 'Browse' option of the prompt window.

===Inputting Indic text===

You must follow the steps above before you perform the remaining steps.

*Select "Input Locale" [Tab].
*Click the "Add" button in the "Installed input locales" frame.
*Select the desired language in the "Input Locale" drop-down box on the "Add Input Locale" dialogue box.
*Now select the appropriate keyboard you wish to use.
*If you select Inscript Keyboard here, you can use Devenagari bilingual keyboard available in market. See above.
* For the people who are not able to use the above InScript Keyboard,  can use the Phonetic keyboards from [http://www.baraha.com Baraha]. Baraha Direct included in [http://baraha.com/baraha.htm Baraha Package] supports both ''ANSI & Unicode'' while [http://baraha.com/BarahaIME.htm BarahaIME] supports only ''Unicode''.
* For people who cannot download the above software, or for people on the move, [http://girish.co.in/projects/dev/dev_sandbox.html dboard] is an Indian language sandbox which provides an online virtual (visual) keyboard, you can use the following application, copy the text on the clipboard and then copy it back to the Wikipedia editing box.
* Another alternative is [[User:Keymanweb/Keymanweb]] which provides a web-based keyboard that is integrated into Wikipedia with support for 300 languages, including most of the complex scripts listed on this page.

==[[Windows XP]] and Server 2003==

Supports: [[Bengali script|Bengali (XP SP2)]], [[Devanagari]], [[Gujarati script|Gujarati]], [[Gurmukhi]], [[Kannada script|Kannada]], [[Malayalam script|Malayalam (XP SP2)]], [[Tamil script|Tamil]], [[Telugu script|Telugu]]. The default Bengali font, Vrinda, appears too small, so it might be desirable to install another font. Oriya works with SP2 and later if you install unicode fonts.

Complex text support needs to be manually enabled.

===Viewing Indic text===
# Install at least one [[Unicode fonts|Unicode font]] in your system, associated with the language that you want to view correctly, or install a Unicode font which contains large character set for many different languages.
# Go to Start > Control Panel.
# If you are in "Category View" select the icon that says "Date, Time, Language and Regional Options" and then select "Regional and Language Options".
# If you are in Classic View select the icon that says "Regional and Language Options".
# Select the "Languages" tab and make sure you select the option saying "Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages (including Thai)". A confirmation message should now appear - press "OK" on this confirmation message.
# Allow the OS to install necessary files from the Windows XP CD and then reboot if prompted.
# Install or Enable your Language(Script) support on your web-browser software:
#* On Internet Explorer 6: Go to Tools -> Internet Options -> General -> Languages, and add your particular language(s) that you want to view correctly.
#* On Firefox 1.5: Go to Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> General -> Edit Languages..., and add your particular languages(s) that you want to view correctly.
#* On Firefox 3.0: Go to Tools -> Contents -> Languages -> Choose..., and add your particular languages(s) that you want to view correctly. Doesn't work for Firefox 3.6.13 though!
# Go to your web-browser's "view" menu and set the "character encoding" or "encoding" feature to: Unicode (UTF-8).

In Firefox, if Indic Scripts are still appearing incorrectly, you may then use the latest version of [[Uniscribe|usp10.dll]] on your system and it may also be necessary to install a [[#Unicode OpenType fonts|Unicode OpenType font]].

This is an optional step, only when you want to use a specific Unicode font for your chosen particular language(s) for viewing webpages. 
# To use a specific font for webpages:
#* For Internet Explorer 6: Go to Tools-->Internet options-->Fonts, choose your particular language from the Language Script pulldown menu and select a font from one of the available fonts for that particular language in your system.
#* For Firefox 1.5: Go to Tools -> Options -> Content tab -> Advanced... in the Fonts and colors section. In the pop up window titled "Fonts", select your particular language from the "Fonts for:" pulldown Menu and set a font that is associated with your particular language of your choice, for various kinds of fields like Serif, Sans Serif, Monospace, etc. to be used for showing webpages.
#* For Opera 9: Go to Tools -> Preferences -> Advanced tab -> Fonts -> International fonts -> choose your particular language from the drop down list. Select a font for your language of your choice. In most of the cases, Opera automatically detects if you have enabled Unicode support and installed fonts, so you may not require this step.

===Inputting Indic text===
Windows XP has inbuilt InScript Keyboards for nearly all Indian languages. You can add them via Control Panel. You must follow the steps above before you perform the remaining steps.

* In the "Regional and Language Options", click the "Languages" tab.
* Click on the "Details" button.
* Click the "Add" button to add a keyboard for your particular language.
* In the drop-down box, select your required Indian language.
* Make sure the check box labelled "Keyboard layout/IME" is selected and ensure you select an appropriate keyboard.
* Now select "OK" to save changes.

You can use the combination ALT + SHIFT to switch between different keyboard layouts (e.g. from a UK Keyboard to Gurmukhi and vice-versa). If you want a language bar, you can select it by pressing the "Language Bar..." button on the "Text Services and Input Languages" dialog and then selecting "Show the language bar on my desktop". The language bar enables you to visually select the keyboard layout you are using.
* For the people who are not able to use the above InScript Keyboard, there are some other Keyboard Drivers available. For Phonetic typing [http://baraha.com/BarahaIME.htm BarahaIME] or [http://www.vishalon.net/Download.aspx PramukhIME] is suggested and for Remington typing [http://www.bhashaindia.com/downloadsV2/Category.aspx?ID=1 IndicIME] is suggested.

[http://www.baraha.com Baraha] and [http://www.vishalon.net/Download.aspx PramukhIME] are Phonetic based software and includes nearly all of Indic languages. Baraha Direct included in [http://baraha.com/baraha.htm Baraha Package] supports both ''ANSI & Unicode'' while [http://baraha.com/BarahaIME.htm BarahaIME] supports only ''Unicode''.
* [http://www.bhashaindia.com/downloadsV2/Category.aspx?ID=1 Indic IME 1 (v5.0)] is available from Microsoft [http://www.bhashaindia.com Bhasha India]. This supports Hindi Scripts, Gujarati, Kannada and Tamil.  Indic IME 1 gives the user a choice between a number of keyboards including Phonetic, InScript and Remington.

If you do not have Windows CD, there is a modified version of the installer for Hindi named [http://www.kushinara.com/hindi-toolkit/ Hindi Toolkit] which automatically installs Indic Support as well as [http://www.bhashaindia.com/Patrons/Tutorials/HindiIME.aspx Hindi Indic IME].

* For people who cannot download the above software, or for people on the move, [http://girish.co.in/projects/dev/dev_sandbox.html dboard] is an Indian language sandbox which provides an online virtual (visual) keyboard, you can use the following application, copy the text on the clipboard and then copy it back to the Wikipedia editing box.
* MyMyanmar Projects provide MyMyanmar Unicode System to input Myanmar(Burmese) text.<ref>[http://www.mymyanmar.net My Myanmar Unicode System. The Second Generation<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* Another alternative is [[User:Keymanweb/Keymanweb]] which provides a web-based keyboard that is integrated into Wikipedia with support for 300 languages, including most of the complex scripts listed on this page.

==Windows Vista and Windows 7==

Supports: [[Bengali script|Bengali]], [[Devanagari]], [[Gujarati script|Gujarati]], [[Gurmukhi]], [[Kannada script|Kannada]], [[Malayalam script|Malayalam]], [[Oriya script|Oriya]], [[Sinhala script|Sinhala]], [[Tamil script|Tamil]], [[Telugu script|Telugu]], [[Tibetan script|Tibetan]]. The default Bengali font, Vrinda, appears too small, so it might be desirable to install another font.

Complex text support is automatically enabled.

===Viewing Indic text===
{{Burmese characters}}
You do not need to do anything to enable viewing of Indic text, except [[Burmese script]] (examples: {{lang-my-Mymr|ဃ}} + {{lang-my-Mymr|ြ}} → {{lang-my-Mymr|ဃြ}} and {{lang-my-Mymr|မြန်မာအက္ခရာ}}) which needs a font not pre-installed on Vista. Follow the help provided in [[:Template:Burmese characters]] at the right.

===Inputting Indic text===

[[Windows Vista]], like Windows XP, has inbuilt [[InScript Typing|InScript keyboards]] for nearly all Indian languages. You can add them via the [[Control Panel (Windows)|Control Panel]]. 

# Go to <i>Start > Control Panel</i>
# If you are in normal view, select <i>Change keyboards or other input methods</i> from under <i>Clock, Language and Region</i>.
# If you are in Classic view, select <i>Regional and Language Options</i>.
# Select the <i>Keyboards and Languages</i> tab if it is not already selected.
# Select the <i>Change keyboards...</i> button.
# Choose you desired language(s) from the list and expand them using the '+' sign. Then, expand the item which says <i>Keyboard</i> and tick your preferred keyboard layout(s).
# Select <i>OK</i>, and <i>OK</i> again to save the changes.

The hot key combination for switching between languages is Left Alt+Shift.

For Phonetic typing [http://baraha.co/BarahaIME.htm BarahaIME] and [http://www.vishalon.net/Download.aspx PramukhIME] or the  [http://tavultesoft.com/keyman/downloads/keyboards/search.php?Search=india&Submit=Search&amp;tsxa=tuporu&amp;tsxq=6 ISIS keyboards] by [http://geocities.com/gsghyd/ Prof Gautam Sengupta]{{dead link|date=November 2009}}  are suggested and for Remington typing [http://www.bhashaindia.com/downloadsV2/Category.aspx?ID=1 IndicIME] is suggested.

* Another alternative is [[User:Keymanweb/Keymanweb]] which provides a web-based keyboard that is integrated into Wikipedia with support for 300 languages, including most of the complex scripts listed on this page.  The ISIS keyboards are available through Keymanweb

== Mac OS 9 and earlier ==

The ''Indian Language Kit,'' available from Apple at additional cost,<sup>[http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Manuals/software/U96600025AILKUM.PDF]</sup> provides support for [[Devanagari]], [[Gujarati script|Gujarati]] and [[Gurmukhi]]. No third-party Unicode solutions are known, though numerous custom-encoded fonts exist.

== Mac OS X ==

* Mac OS 10.3 and earlier support [[Devanagari]], [[Gujarati script|Gujarati]], [[Gurmukhi]]
* Mac OS 10.4 adds support for [[Tamil script|Tamil]]
* Mac OS 10.5 adds support for [[Tibetan script| Tibetan]]

* Free [[Bengali script|Bangla]] fonts and keyboard available from [http://ekushey.org/?page/osx ekushey.org]
* Free [[Kannada script|Kannada]] fonts and keyboard available from [http://web.nickshanks.com/typography/kannada nickshanks.com]
* Free [[Telugu script|Telugu]] font available from [http://web.nickshanks.com/typography/telugu nickshanks.com], keyboard from [http://www.doe.carleton.ca/~pavan/Telugu.keylayout doe.carleton.ca]
* Free [[Malayalam script|Malayalam]] fonts and keyboards available from [http://sites.google.com/site/macmalayalam/ macmalayalam] and [http://www.prokerala.com/malayalam/ prokerala.com]
* Free [[Sinhala script|Sinhala]] font available from [http://web.nickshanks.com/typography/sinhala/ nickshanks.com]
* Free [[Khmer script|Khmer]] font available from [http://nimol.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/khmer-unicode-font-keyboard-layout-for-mac-os/ Nimol's blog]
* Free [[Khmer script|Khmer]] font available from [http://www.khmertype.blogspot.com/ Danh Hong's blog]
* Non-free fonts and keyboards for '''all Indic scripts''' are available from [http://xenotypetech.com/ xenotypetech.com]

'''Note:''' Additional fonts for these scripts have to be in /Library/Fonts in order for text to be displayed. 

===Viewing Indic text===

You do not need to do anything to enable viewing of Indic text as long as you use [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] or most other [[Cocoa API|Cocoa]] applications, which fully support rearrangement and substitution for [[Apple Advanced Typography|AAT]]-based fonts. [[Firefox (web browser)|Firefox]] after 2.0 renders Indic text (except Oriya, Sinhala and Tibetan), although older versions do not replace प+ि with ि+प. (From version 3.0 on, text is rendered in the correct order) (You will need a unicode script selected that supports Indic script, like [[Code 2000]]). [[Opera (Internet suite)|Opera]] also provides some support, although considerable bugs remain as of version 9.2 (though Opera at least renders the glyphs).<!-- Has anyone done an objective comparison? I haven't found any self-disclosed information from the developers about support for indic scripts. -->

[[Carbon (API)|Carbon]] applications such as [[Microsoft Word]] and [[Adobe Photoshop]] do not generally support Indic script.

===Inputting Indic text===

Specific keyboard layouts can be enabled in System Preferences, in the International pane. Switching among enabled keyboard layouts is done through the input menu in the upper right corner of the screen. The input menu appears as an icon indicating the current input method or keyboard layout — often a flag identified with the country, language, or script. Specific instructions are available from the "Help" menu (search for "Writing text in other languages").

Mac OS 10.4 system software comes with two installable Keyboard input options for Tamil: Murasu Anjal and Tamilnet 99. One needs to do the following steps to activate them:

i) Open "international" located within System Preferences and select "language". Select the "edit list", select "Tamil" from the list of languages shown and click OK.

ii) Select "input menu" to see a list of keyboard options available. Select "Anjal" and "Tamilnet99" keyboards under Murasu Anjal Tamil and Click OK.

iii) Anjal and Tamilnet99 keyboard icons appear immediately in the list of keyboards to select under the country flag in the top menu bar.

An alternate way to activate the keyboard(s) for Devanagari (Hindi etc.):

i) Open "International" located within System Preferences and select the "Input Menu" tab.
(ii) Check the option for "Devanagari" and/or "Devanagari - QWERTY".
(iii) Check the "Show input menu in menu bar" option at the bottom of the "International" panel. Close the panel, and the new keyboard(s) should be available for selection when you click on the menu bar icon (upper right corner).

SIL distributes a freeware [http://scripts.sil.org/ukelele Ukelele] that allows anyone to design their own input keyboard for Mac OS X.

* Another alternative is [[User:Keymanweb/Keymanweb]] which provides a web-based keyboard that is integrated into Wikipedia with support for 300 languages, including most of the complex scripts listed on this page.

== Linux ==

=== GNOME ===

Supports: [[Bengali script|Bengali]], [[Devanagari]], [[Gujarati script|Gujarati]], [[Gurmukhi]], [[Kannada script|Kannada]], [[Malayalam script|Malayalam]], [[Oriya script|Oriya]], [[Tamil script|Tamil]], [[Telugu script|Telugu]], [[Tibetan script|Tibetan]]

==== Viewing Indic text ====

You do not need to do anything to enable viewing of Indic text in [[GNOME]] 2.8 or later.  Older versions may have support for some, but not all Indic scripts.  Ensure you have appropriate Unicode fonts for each script you wish to view or edit.

Some web browsers may require you to enable [[Pango]] rendering to view Indic text properly.
* For [[Epiphany (web browser)|Epiphany]], Pango rendering can be enabled in [[GConf]]. Press Alt+F2 to bring up the ''Run Application'' dialog, then enter <code>gconf-editor</code> and click ''Run''. The ''Configuration Editor'' window will appear. In the left pane, unfold <code>apps</code> → <code>epiphany</code> and click the <code>web</code> section. In the right pane, check the box next to the <code>enable_pango</code> option, then restart Epiphany.
* [[Mozilla Firefox 3|Firefox 3]] can render Indic text out-of-the-box. When using older versions of [[Mozilla]] or [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]], you can enable [[Pango]] rendering by opening [[xterm]] and typing <code>MOZ_ENABLE_PANGO=1 mozilla</code> or <code>MOZ_ENABLE_PANGO=1 firefox</code>. After this, all future sessions of Mozilla or Firefox will have Indic language support.
** This will work only on [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]] compiled with ''--enable-pango''.
** The easiest way to check whether ''--enable-pango'' was used in your copy of Firefox is to type ''about:buildconfig'' in the address bar and to look for the string (''--enable-pango'').
** For Ubuntu 6.06, this support has been turned off due to speed issues.  To enable support, you must type <code>MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=0 firefox</code>.  Future sessions do not remember this setting, so it must be repeated.
** For Ubuntu 7.10 and above, this support can be enabled just by installing the relevant language support packs. 
For instance, to support Kannada display, the following is sufficient:
<code> sudo apt-get install language-pack-kn language-support-kn language-pack-gnome-kn ttf-kannada-fonts</code>
similarly, to support Tamizh display, the following is sufficient:
<code> sudo apt-get install language-pack-ta language-support-ta language-pack-gnome-ta ttf-tamil-fonts</code>
and to support Telugu display, the following is sufficient:
<code> sudo apt-get install language-pack-te language-support-te language-pack-gnome-te ttf-telugu-fonts</code>

and to support Malayalam display, the following can be executed:
<code> sudo apt install language-pack-ml language-pack-gnome-ml fonts-smc-gayathri</code>

** For SUSE 10.1 you have to add the "MOZ_ENABLE_PANGO=1″ to your .profile to make the effect permanent.
**# Go to your home directory, then edit the .profile file -it is a hidden file.
**# Scroll down to the last line of the file and add: export MOZ_ENABLE_PANGO=1
**# Save the .profile file. Restart for the effect to take place

==== Inputting Indic text ====

* Go to System > Preferences > Keyboard.
* Select the "Layouts" tab.
* Press "Add", then select the keyboard for the language or script you wish to use from the "Available Layouts" frame and then press "Add".
* Press "Close" to discard the dialogue box.

* Right click on the main menu on your desktop and select "Add to Panel...".
* Select "Keyboard Indicator" and click "Add".
* Position the keyboard indicator on your menu bar and click it to switch between keyboard layouts.

'''Using SCIM'''

Another option is to use SCIM. To enable it,
* Install Hindi font support, <code>groupinstall hindi-support</code>
* Then enable SCIM, using System -> Personal -> Input Method from the menu, and use Hindi phonetic support.

For more check (on Fedora) http://www.ruturaj.net/fedora-6-hindi-support-scim on Fedora, or (on Debian/Ubuntu) http://dev.sampada.net/Baraha_like_Input_on_Linux

* Another alternative is [[User:Keymanweb/Keymanweb]] which provides a web-based keyboard that is integrated into Wikipedia with support for 300 languages, including most of the complex scripts listed on this page.

=== KDE ===

Supports: [[Bengali script|Bengali]], [[Devanagari]], [[Gujarati script|Gujarati]], [[Gurmukhi]], [[Kannada script|Kannada]], [[Malayalam script|Malayalam]], [[Oriya script|Oriya]], [[Tamil script|Tamil]], [[Telugu script|Telugu]].

==== Viewing Indic text ====

You do not need to do anything to enable viewing of Indic text.  Ensure you have appropriate Unicode fonts for each script you wish to view or edit.

==== Inputting Indic text ====

* In the ''System Settings'', go to ''Input Devices'', ''Keyboard''
* In the tab ''Layout'', enable ''Configure layouts''
* Click on ''Add Layout''
* Choose 'India' in ''Layout'' and the language you want in ''Variant''
* Click on ''OK''
* Now, you will have an icon for the ''Keyboard Layout'' in your system tray, in which you can choose the layout you want

* Another alternative is [[User:Keymanweb/Keymanweb]] which provides a web-based keyboard that is integrated into Wikipedia with support for 300 languages, including most of the complex scripts listed on this page.

=== Distribution-specific advice ===

==== Debian (and derivatives like Ubuntu) ====

Supports: [[Bengali script|Bengali]], [[Devanagari]], [[Gujarati script|Gujarati]], [[Gurmukhi]] (including the variants for [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]), [[Kannada script|Kannada]], [[Malayalam script|Malayalam]], [[Oriya script|Oriya]], [[Tamil script|Tamil]], [[Telugu script|Telugu]], [[Tibetan script|Tibetan]].

===== Viewing Indic text =====

Enter as root:
 apt-get install ttf-indic-fonts
and when the installation is complete restart the [[X server]].  

The package name for the TrueType font of Thai is '''ttf-thai-tlwg'''

'''For viewing Tibetan script''' <br>
Enter as root:
 apt-get install ttf-tmuni ttf-dzongkha

For [[Mozilla]] and [[Mozilla_Firefox|Firefox]], see the comments above under "gnome". Rendering should work correctly "out of the box" as of Debian-4.0 (etch).

===== Inputting Indic text =====

[[SCIM]] supports text input in Indic languages including  phonetic layout. SCIM should be working by default in  recent distributions. More instructions on using and configuring SCIM can be found on help.ubuntu.com [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SCIM]

* Another alternative is [[User:Keymanweb/Keymanweb]] which provides a web-based keyboard that is integrated into Wikipedia with support for 300 languages, including most of the complex scripts listed on this page.

==== Fedora ====

Supports: [[Bengali script|Bengali]], [[Devanagari]], [[Gujarati script|Gujarati]], [[Gurmukhi]] (including the variants for [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]), [[Kannada script|Kannada]], [[Malayalam script|Malayalam]], [[Oriya script|Oriya]], [[Tamil script|Tamil]], [[Telugu script|Telugu]] among others.

===== Installing Indic fonts =====

For example, to install Kannada fonts,
Simply enter as root on the console and type in the command:

 yum install fonts-kannada

This will download the Kannada fonts from the repositories and install it.

Similarly, for Hindi, say,
enter as root on the console and type in the command:
 yum install fonts-hindi

===== Keyboard support =====

Start the Add/Remove software applet. For example in KDE, say, navigate to System and then Add/Remove software.
In the applet window, select Languages on the list box to your left hand side. In the right hand side list box, select the Indian languages of interest to you.

For example, to have Kannada key board support, check the box for Kannada Support. 
Similarly, for Hindi support, say, check the box for Hindi Support. 

It has been observed that for Kannada, Fedora not only puts in Kannada keyboard support, but also provides transliteration support and also the keyboard support for KGP (Kannada Ganaka Parishad) keyboards. With this feature, users can directly type in Kannada words in Roman script to be transliterated to Kannada text in the application of your choice. For example into your browser, text editor, document editor, email client etc. Users can also use native Kannada keyboards, KGP based or otherwise to type in Kannada texts directly.

* An alternative is [[User:Keymanweb/Keymanweb]] which provides a web-based keyboard that is integrated into Wikipedia with support for 300 languages, including most of the complex scripts listed on this page.

==== Arch Linux ====

Supports: [[Bengali]] (including the variants for [[Assamese script|Assamese]]), [[Gujarati]], [[Gurmukhi]] (including variants for [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]), [[Devanagari]] (for [[Hindi]] and [[Sanskrit]]), [[Kannada]], [[Malayalam]], [[Marathi]], [[Oriya]], [[Tamil]], [[Telugu]].

To install Indic fonts:
 pacman -S ttf-indic-otf

To enter Indic text in GNOME/KDE, follow the instructions in the respective sections above.

==== Gentoo ====

Supports: Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu,

===== Installing Indic fonts =====

 emerge lohit-fonts

 Note: The lohit-fonts package was earlier named media-fonts/fonts-indic.

The mozilla-*-bin products shipped by gentoo are directly taken from mozilla's ftp servers and aren't built with [[pango]] support.
Unless you notice a problem with this you need to build your own copy with the "moznopango" [[Portage (software)#USE flags|USE flag]] disabled: USE="-moznopango" (notice the minus sign, which in this case results in a double negation).
Firefox 3 will be shipping with pango enabled by default.

===== Inputting Indic text =====

 emerge -av scim-tables scim-m17n

Study the USE flags and the LINGUAS flags and set them accordingly depending on your desktop environment and language support needed.
The following needs to be set whenever you login (append it to your .xinitrc or .xsession).

 export XMODIFIERS=@im=SCIM    #case matters for this variable!
 export GTK_IM_MODULE=scim
 export QT_IM_MODULE=scim

Mozilla apps and precompiled software such as acroread might not play well with scim (C++). In such cases, make use of scim-bridge (C - avoiding C++ ABI issues) [http://www.scim-im.org/projects/scim_bridge].
 emerge scim-bridge
and startup firefox as:
 % GTK_IM_MODULE=scim-bridge firefox

You might have to start the scim daemon manually. (Add it your session's startup)

 scim -d

[[SCIM]] is a unified frontend for currently available input method libraries.

* A simple alternative is [[User:Keymanweb/Keymanweb]] which provides a web-based keyboard that is integrated into Wikipedia with support for 300 languages, including most of the complex scripts listed on this page.

==FreeBSD==

Supports: Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu.

===Installing Indic fonts===

 cd /usr/ports/x11-fonts/fonts-indic && make install clean

The binary package of firefox (when you do pkg_add -r firefox) might give the same problems as in Gentoo's bin package (needs confirmation)

 cd /usr/ports/x11-fonts/fonts-te && make install clean

The above port is for Telugu Pothana2000 Fonts.

===Inputting Indic text===

See Gentoo's section above.

==NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD, pkgsrc==

Similar to FreeBSD

 cd /usr/pkgsrc/fonts/lohit-fonts && make install clean

==Unicode OpenType fonts==

:''This section lists [[OpenType]] fonts, supported by Microsoft Windows and most Linux distributions. For AAT fonts (required for the Apple Macintosh), see the Mac OS X section above.''

If you have followed the instructions for your computer system as mentioned above and you still cannot view Indic text properly, you may need to install a [[Unicode typefaces|Unicode font]]:
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* Bengali : [http://www.ekushey.org/?page/otf_bangla_fonts SolaimanLipi]
* Burmese : [http://scripts.sil.org/Padauk Padauk 2.6], [http://www.myanmarnlp.net.mm/ Myanmar3], [http://www.parabaik.info/ Parabaik]
* Devanagari : [http://nisd.gov.in/hindi/fontproblem.html National Institute Of Social Defence]<br>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi/fontinstall/popupwin.shtml BBC Hindi]  
* Gujarati : [http://www.indictrans.org/Fonts_files/Gujarati/f2_gu.php#freefont Padma]
* Gurmukhi : [http://guca.sourceforge.net/typography/fonts/anmoluni/ AnmolUni], [http://guca.sourceforge.net/typography/fonts/saab/ Saab]
* Kannada : Mallige, Kedage
* Khmer : [http://www.khmeros.info/drupal/?q=en/download/fonts KhmerOS]
* Lao : [http://laoscript.net/downloads/ Lao Script's free Saysettha OT]
* Malayalam : [http://varamozhi.sourceforge.net Anjali or Rachana]
* Oriya : [http://oriya.sarovar.org/user_download.html Utkal], [http://sarovar.org/frs/?group_id=461 Samyak] or [http://www.cdacmumbai.in/projects/indix/n_download.shtml RaghuOriya]
* Sinhala : [http://sinhala.sourceforge.net/files/lklug.ttf LKLUG], [http://www.fonts.lk/download/Malithi%20Web.html Malathi], [http://www.info.lk/slword/kaputaunicode.zip KaputaUnicode], [http://www.info.lk/slword/kandyunicode.zip KandyUnicode]
* Tamil : [http://www.kamban.com.au/fonts/Akshar.ttf Akshar Unicode]
* Telugu : [http://www.kamban.com.au/fonts/Akshar.ttf  Akshar Unicode]
* Thai : ???
* Tibetan : [https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=61934 Tibetan Machine Uni] or [http://www.tibetanportal.com/downloads/TibetanMachineUnicodeFont.zip  Tibetan Machine Uni font (direct download)],   [http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/free-tibetan/jomolhari/ Jomolhari]
* Urdu : [http://www.crulp.org/software/localization.htm Nafees Nastaleeq]

The governmental [http://tdil.mit.gov.in Department of Information Technology (India)] has provided [http://tdil.mit.gov.in/download/openfonts.htm Unicode Indic fonts] for four of the Indic scripts used in India (several versions for Devanagari, one version for each of Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil).

WAZU JAPAN's  [http://www.wazu.jp/ Gallery of Unicode Fonts] is an excellent resource for all Indic scripts.

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==External links==
=== Other information ===
* [http://drupal.org/project/indic_script/ Indic Script Drupal Module]: Indic Script Drupal Module
* [[:kn:Wikipedia:Kannada Support|Enabling Kannada]] at the [[Kannada language|Kannada]] Wikipedia
* [http://guca.sourceforge.net/resources/ Punjabi Computing Resource Centre - Resources]
* [http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc3/x86/ Fedora Core 3 release notes], with instructions for enabling [[Pango]] rendering in Mozilla.
* [http://www.bhashaindia.com/Developers/IndianLang/IndicScript/oslevel.htm?lang=en Microsoft BhashaIndia Article - How to enable Indic Language Support at OS level?]
* [http://www.Indlinux.org Homepage of] [[Indlinux]]
* [[:mr:%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%95 %E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95|Information provided on Marathi Wikipedia about Enabling Devanagari Fonts]]
* [http://www.paahijen.com paahijen - Applications in Indian Languages]
* [http://malayalam.kerala.gov.in/ Malayalam Computing Portal] - Howtos and other information on using malayalam in computers
* [http://typepad.datavw.com Free Online Indic Transliteration in all Indian Languages and to image conversion] Bengali - Hindi - Kannada - Malayalam - Oriya - Punjabi - Tamil - Gujarati - Punjabi/Gurumukhi & Telugu

=== Fonts ===
* [http://www.indeaparis.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1587 Nombreux liens vers polices de caractères indiens]
* [http://www.ekushey.org Bangla Unicode fonts and typing system project]
* [http://www.thdl.org/tools/fonts/tibfonts.php Information at THDL about Tibetan Fonts & Unicode]
* [http://www.library.gov.bt/IT/dzongkha.html National Library of Bhutan - Information about Dzongkha Fonts, Unicode & Keyboard]

=== Other input methods ===
====Online transliteration/input====
* [http://www.eodissa.com/extra/soft/398-type-odia-in-ilit] Guide to type in Odia (Oriya) language using Microsoft ILIT
* [http://www.cdacmumbai.in/xlit/editor/] is good and very easy to use transliteration system to use for writing in Indian language 
* [http://www.google.com/transliterate/ Google Indic Transliteration] can be used to type in Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu etc. It even has scriptlets to make it easy.
* [http://quillpad.in/tamil QuillPad], a tool for transliterating into native scripts 
* [http://girgit.chitthajagat.in/ Girgit Online Indic to Indic Transliteration of Webpages] Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, English
* [http://uninagari.com/ Uninagari]: Multi-script Indic typewriter
*[http://www.swecha.org/input/ Online Indic Keyboard Input]: Uses indic_web_input package from entrans
*[http://varamozhi.sourceforge.net/ Varamozhi]: Standalone editor, online keyboard and IME for Malayalam using [[Mozhi]] scheme. Free and copylefted under GPL.
* [http://wk.w3tamil.com w3Tamil Web keyboard] helps to type Tamil Unicode  characters on computers which do not have a keyboard for typing the Tamil alphabet. It based on Tamil99 Keyboard Layout.
* [http://tamil2friends.com/tamil Tamil Typing]: Tamil Typing
*[http://gopi.united.net.kg/ucedit/Hindi.html Online writing of Devanagari using English keyboard]. Website also supports Tamil, Telegu, Malayalam, Kannada, Gujarati, Oriya, Bengali and Punjabi. See [[Devanagari transliteration]] for help as to which letters correspond with which Devanagari characters.

====Browser plugins====
* [http://www.ekya.com Ekya]: Indic Transliteration Bookmarklets let you type anywhere on the web.
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2573/ IndicIME firefox extension] Firefox extension to type in Indian Languages on the web.

====Software to be installed====
* [[Avro Keyboard]] Unicode Compliant FREE Bangla Typing Software for [[Windows]], [[Linux]] and [[Ubuntu]] developed in Bangladesh. Supports a variety of typing methods including phonetic.
* [http://www.dmjoshi.org/unicodewriter/ To write Devanagari or Gujarati Script] Devised by Dayashankar Joshi
* [http://oopslite.appspot.com/software/nepali_keyboard.html Romanized Nepali Unicode Keyboard] developed by OOPSLite Technologies
* [http://www.lipikaar.com Lipikaar]: If you can write it, you can type it. Simple, intuitive SMS-style method for typing 16 Indian languages on a regular keyboard.
* [http://tavultesoft.com/keyman/downloads/keyboards/search.php?Search=tamil&Submit=Search&amp;tsxa=tuporu&amp;tsxq=3 Tamil keyboard] Type in Tamil in any Windows application
* [http://thamizha.com/project/ekalappai  e-Kalappai 3.0] Opensource GPL Tamil Keyboard Manager
* [http://indinator.com/ Indinator Indic language transliterator] Free online tool (does not work), a download version is available as well.
* [http://specials.msn.co.in/ilit/ Microsoft Indic Language Input Tool] Free desktop IME and web bookmarklets to type in বাংলা (Bengali), ગુજરાતી (Gujarati), हिन्दी (Hindi), ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada), മലയാളം (Malayalam), मराठी (Marathi), ଓଡ଼ିଆ (Oriya), ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Punjabi), தமிழ் (Tamil) and తెలుగు (Telugu) using free-form transliteration. Also includes a visual keyboard.
* [http://www.lodyaashi.com Pada] multilingual software supports Indian languages
* [http://www.google.com/ime/transliteration/ Google Indic Language Input Tool] Free desktop IME to type in বাংলা (Bengali), ગુજરાતી (Gujarati), हिन्दी (Hindi), ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada), മലയാളം (Malayalam), मराठी (Marathi), ଓଡ଼ିଆ (Oriya), ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Punjabi), संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit), தமிழ் (Tamil), తెలుగు (Telugu) and اردو(Urdu). Favoured method is learning predictive transliteration from English, but a visual keyboard is also supported. It also supports user defined macros and and user defined schemes.
[[de:Wikipedia:Gotische Unicode-Schriftarten]]
[[my:Wikipedia:Font]]