People using Indian Language Software have always faced a few problems such as non-standardisation of keyboards and font encoding. The non-compatibility of text amongst different Indian Language fonts has posed an acute problem for those using Indian Languages for Computing. Fonts for English text can be very easily changed in packages like MS Word etc, just by selecting a particular text block. However such facility is not available for Indian Languages. Taking the example of Devnagari alone, at this moment there are more than 25 popular Devnagari font formats and 7different keyboard layouts. A document composed with any of these fonts can not be read in MS Word or even in any other application, if the specific font is not available, leave alone editing that document. This is true with all such available fonts and formats. There always was a strong need to overcome this practical problem.
Comments