You might want to use this in certain instances like ഓഫ്ലൈൻ (offline) where we want an explicit chandrakkala as opposed to ഓഫ്ലൈൻ.Ĭaveat: The keyboard is in Inscript format with modifications proposed by an experts committee. Special instruction: If you want an explicit chandrakkala, hit the chandrakkala button twice. Note that you need to use the shift key for some of the characters (press the shift key and observe the keyboard viewer), alt-key and alt+shift give you Roman characters. Also check the Show Keyboard Viewer if you want to see the key layout. Usage instructions: To engage the Malayalam keyboard, pull down the input method menu (typically located at the top right-hand side look for a US flag if you are using a US keyboard) and check Malayalam. Navigate to System Preference -> International ( Language & Text in Snow Leopard) -> Input Sources and put a check mark against Malayalam. Installation: Copy the file(s) to ~/Library/Keyboard Layouts (more details). Keyboard and input methods Downloads: Malayalam.keylayout and Malayalam.icns (optional icon file) Do make sure that you have the necessary permission to modify a font before working on it.
We also found FontForge (a free font editor) useful. More information and tools for developing fonts for Macs are available from Apple. MacVim has multiple issues (ഠൊ (o), ഠോ (O) and ഠൌ (non-standard au) signs, character width, old style chillaksharam etc.).įor developers: If you are interested in adding an AAT table to your Malayalam OpenType font, you may want to look at the morph input file (mif) we used. NeoOffice renders the text around ഠൊ (o), ഠോ (O) and ഠൌ (non-standard au) signs wrongly. (When the correct font is not chosen, they both have the same issue as Safari, with rendering old style chillaksharangal.) TextEdit seems to have stability issues when rendering Malayalam. Make sure you select Rachana font and not the default font thanks to Tom Gewecke for the tip. You can test your installation by visiting this test page.Īlpha version: Please email us if you notice any issues (other than the ones mentioned below).Įditors: (Aqua) and Pages (iWork09) work perfectly. If you have previously installed a version of Rachana (or another Malayalam font), be sure to delete it and do a reboot before installing this version. See this article for a detailed discussion.
Installation: The easiest way to install this font is to copy it into ~/Library/Fonts. The Mac version contains no extra glyphs, but makes use of every Malayalam glyph in the original version.)
A local copy of the license file is available here.
3 as are all the other software on this page. RachanaMac is released under GNU General Public License, ver. You are looking for a font to use in Windows/Linux, while theĪbove should work, you can download the original non-Mac versionįrom here. (This is a Mac version of the Rachana OpenType font released by Rachana Akshara Vedi for Windows/Linux.