How to install / add new fonts for tamil/ english fonts in ubuntu /windows

Download fonts from free websites for tamil fonts for windows( 8/ 7/ xp/ 2000)/ linux (debian/ ubuntu/ fedora)

Ubuntu version 12.10 and lower version of ubuntu fonts download websites

http://tamil.ge6.org/static/fonts/akshar.ttf

http://auw.sarma.co.in/DownloadFonts.html

 http://www.ildc.in/Tamil/GIST/htm/otfonts.htm

http://periyar.org/html/dl_tfw_Pathipu.asp

http://www.tn.nic.in/tamilsw/otf.zip

http://www.tn.nic.in/tamilsw/otfkbd.zip

http://www.ildc.in/Tamil/GIST/htm/otfonts.htm

http://www.azhagi.com/pics/azp-freefonts-c.gif

http://www.azhagi.com/freefonts.html

http://www.elcot.in/tamilfonts_download_list.php

http://ubuntup.blogspot.in/2010/08/tamil-fonts-for-ubuntu.html

http://www.ildc.in/Tamil/GIST/Version2.0/html/linux01.html

http://www.ildc.in/Tamil/GIST/htm/otfonts.htm

http://www.ildc.in/Tamil/GIST/htm/modular-otfonts.htm

http://www.ildc.in/Tamil/GIST/Version2.0/html/linux02.html

exclusive for additional packages in built in Ubuntu

http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package/core/quantal/main/base/ttf-tamil-fonts

http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package/core/quantal/main/base/ttf-tamil-fonts

Installation Instructions :
	Click on the Download Button  Unzip the file Double click Setup.exe to start installation After installing, please follow the process for enabling Indian languages on Windows 2000 and above as given below in the Settings section. Note : These fonts will work best with Windows XP and Office 2003
Usage Instructions (Keyboard Driver) :
	Set the Locale to Tamil (small icon with "TA" should appear in the right hand side of the Taskbar) Start the Keyboard driver by clicking on  Start->Program files->Tamil Unicode Keyboard Driver ->ShreeKbd.exe. A small blue-yellow icon will appear near the TA icon in the task bar. Right click this icon to choose the keyboard layout.
System Requirement
	Processor: Intel Celeron onwards Windows (NT/2000 Onwards):
Settings
	Win2000: Go to "Control Panel" and click on "Regional Options"  Click "General" tab and from Language Settings for System window check on "Indic"  It will ask for Win2000 CD. Installation will happen. Reboot the system  Now again go to Regional Option and click on "Input Locales" tab  Add the languages in which you want to type.  A small "EN" will appear in the system tray. Left click on "EN" and choose the language to type.  Win XP: Go to "Control Panel" and then click "Regional and Language Options"  Click on "Languages" tab and check on the box which says "Install Files for complex scripts".  This method will ask for Win XP CD. Put the CD in the CD drive and let the installation begin.  Once the installation is complete boot the system if required and again goto 2nd step.  Now click "Details" tab. Click on "Add" to add the languages of your choice.  A small "EN" will appear in the system tray. Left click on "EN" and choose the language to type.

windows 7

How to install the downloaded fonts?

In case you are new to computers and do not know how to install the Tamil fonts you download, then follow instructions below, which are for Windows XP operating system. The instructions for other operating systems are not given, as they are almost similar.

After saving or extracting (if the font is inside an archived file - .zip, .deb, .tgz, etc. - to extract files from '.tgz' archives, you can use Winzip; to extract files from '.deb' archives, you can use 7zip) the font to a folder of your choice in your system, you can opt to do one of the following.

• Option-1: Copy/Paste or Drag/Drop the font file (say Tscu_Comic.ttf) into the 'Fonts' folder (usually 'C:\Windows\Fonts')
• Option-2: Navigate* to the 'Fonts' folder (usually 'C:\Windows\Fonts'). Click 'File->Install New Font', select the folder where you have saved/extracted the font to be installed and click OK.(*) In Windows XP, you can reach the 'Fonts' folder by clicking 'Start->Control Panel->Appearances and Themes' and then clicking the 'Fonts' icon.

Linux ubuntu installations

to locate and make directory in font directory in windows///ubuntu 10.04 LTS and greater version of ubuntu

vinsun@vinsun-laptop:~$ cd /usr/share/fonts/truetype

vinsun@vinsun-laptop:/usr/share/fonts/truetype$ cd

vinsun@vinsun-laptop:~$ cd /usr/local/share/fonts/

vinsun@vinsun-laptop:/usr/local/share/fonts$ sudo mkdir truetype

vinsun@vinsun-laptop:/usr/local/share/fonts$ sudo mkdir myfonts

vinsun@vinsun-laptop:/usr/local/share/fonts$ cd truetype/

vinsun@vinsun-laptop:/usr/local/share/fonts/truetype$ sudo mkdir myfonts

vinsun@vinsun-laptop:/usr/local/share/fonts/truetype$ sudo cp ~/fontname.tff

vinsun@vinsun-laptop:/usr/local/share/fonts/truetype/myfonts$ sudo chown root *.ttf

vinsun@vinsun-laptop:/usr/local/share/fonts/truetype/myfonts$ cd ..

vinsun@vinsun-laptop:/usr/local/share/fonts/truetype$ fc-cache

for applications like firefox

vinsun@vinsun-laptop:/usr/local/share/fonts/truetype$ cd ..

vinsun@vinsun-laptop:/usr/local/share/fonts$ cd

vinsun@vinsun-laptop:~$ export LANG=ta

vinsun@vinsun-laptop:~$ firefox

Debian installation
Tamil Font Installation on Debian

Download and copy Tamil fonts to /usr/local/share/fonts/truetype, open a console and do the following

sudo apt-get install x-ttcidfont-conf libft-perl

sudo defoma-hints -c --no-question truetype /usr/local/share/fonts/truetype/* > /etc/defoma/hints/localfonts.hints

sudo defoma-font register-all /etc/defoma/hints/localfonts.hints

sudo defoma-reconfigure

Logout and restart X (ctrl+alt+backspace)

Tamil in Ubuntu

if you are using a Debian or Ubuntu system, you can install our fonts easily by issuing this command from your console --

$ sudo apt-get install language-pack-ta language-pack-ta-base

This will automatically install all our fonts in addition to a few more Bangla fonts.

Tamil in Fedora

 you can install the tamil language pack rpm from the repository or you can download the smc tamil rpm pack and install it.

$ su -c " yum install lohit-tamil-fonts.noarch "

$ su -c " yum install samyak-tamil-fonts.noarch "