To Download a Tamil Font
 Click Here

 For More Fonts
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Vista TTF Font Installation

In vista, copy the ttf font(whether they are .ttf or opentype files!) and paste it on the your Desktop. You will be able to open and install them without any issues at all. If problem persists try pasting in C: drive (OS Installed Drive) it should work.
 
Tamil Font Settings Help (Only required if there is a problem even after font installation)
Windows XP and Windows Vista users

If you face any problem then do the following

Go to Tools -> Internet options -> Fonts -> select Tamil
 
Windows 98 and Windows 2000 With IE 6.0+ users

If you see boxes, circles or junk characters instead of Tamil fonts follow Step 1.

Step 1:
- Go to 'View' -> 'Encoding' and choose 'Unicode (UTF-8)'
 
Even after this if you are not able to see Tamil letters, please download the fonts

You can install any font listed on the page.
 
How to install the font?

Step 1:
Click on the above 'Tamil fonts' link and right click on one of the Tamil fonts and select 'Save target as' and save the fonts in 'C:/WINDOWS/Fonts' directory

Once you install the fonts, close the browser window and reopen it

Even now if you can't view Tamil fonts do the following step:

Go to 'Tools->Internet Options' and select 'Fonts' and choose a Tamil Font

If the problem still persists go for setp two

Step 2:
Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Regional Options f> 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.
 

Windows XP and Server 2003 Users

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 "Click on OK" on this confirmation message.



Allow the OS to install necessary files from the Windows XP CD and then reboot if prompted.

Unicode support in IE browser before version 6.0 is not good. We recommend you upgrade to at least IE 6.0+
 
Firefox Users:

If you face trouble viewing in Firefox do the following:

Go to Tools ->Options ->Content-> Advanced and Enable the Check the box saying '
'Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above'' and select OK
 

For Linux Operating System:

Copy one of the Tamil fonts file from Tamil Fonts to fonts directory in the user's home directory. If .fonts directory does not exist in the home directory, please create it. Finally run the command 'fc-cache' from the command prompt.

It is very important to restart the browser, only then you will be able to read the content in Tamil.
 
Mac Users:

We recommend Users to use Mac OS X 10.4/Tiger/Leopard and Safari 2.0/Safari 3.0.

Users have to remove the fonts that are copied over from Windows. Safari on Mac OS substitutes the default fonts when the specified font is not available.