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විකිපීඩියා:Sinhala Font Guide
වෙතින් යළි-යොමු කරන ලදි)
Can you see Sinhala fonts on this page?
If not
click here
to get Sinhala
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Reading Sinhala
This site uses
Sinhala Unicode
fonts. To see them displayed correctly, follow the steps below. We recommend that you use
Mozilla Firefox 13.0
or
Internet Explorer 9.0
instead of
Opera 11.0
, which seems to have some rendering issues.
Get Sinhala
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If not
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to get Sinhala
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Windows
This information may not be useful since the fonts.lk is no longer operational; we recommend that you install Sinhala Unicode Support on your computer if your running Windows XP SP2 or SP3 English Version, Step by Step Information can be found at the bottom of the page ***
If you have
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
or a later version running on
Windows
, simply install the
Sinhala Pack
and restart your computer.
Right click on your
Desktop
, choose
Properties
, go to
Advanced/Appearance
tab, click on
Effects
and choose
ClearType
as the
method to smooth edges of screen fonts
. (As stated in the linked wikipedia article on ClearType, you might prefer to keep the
method to smooth edges of screen fonts
at the default
Standard
setting if you are using a CRT monitor instead of a flat-panel).
Change
Character Encoding
to
UTF-8
Unicode in your browser (
VIEW-->ENCODING
in most browsers).
Go to
Tools
-->
Options
, click on
Fonts
, choose
Malithi Web
as the default font.
or
If you use
Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Netscape
or an older version of
Internet Explorer
, please download the
Malithi Web
Sinhala Unicode font. Use your browser options to "Download Linked File". Look in your download area for FM-MalithiUW46.ttf. If the file name ends in .txt, delete it so that it ends ".ttf".
Install it on your computer. For Windows, simply copy the font to your
Windows\Fonts
folder.
In Windows, right click on your
Desktop
, choose
Properties
, go to
Advanced/Appearance
tab, click on
Effects
and choose
ClearType
as the
method to smooth edges of screen fonts
. (As stated in the linked wikipedia article on ClearType, you might prefer to keep the
method to smooth edges of screen fonts
at the default
Standard
setting if you are using a CRT monitor instead of a flat-panel).
Change
Character Encoding
to
UTF-8
Unicode in your browser (
VIEW-->ENCODING
in most browsers).
Go to
Tools
-->
Options
, (-->
Content
in Firefox 1.5) click on
Fonts
, choose
Malithi Web
as the default font.
Linux
Most modern GNU/Linux distributions support Unicode Sinhala. However, in some cases the required software packages may need to be installed explicitly. For Debian, Fedora and Ubuntu distributions, refer to
Enabling Unicode Sinhala in GNU/Linux
Mac OS X
Mac OS Lion (10.7) comes with Sinhala Unicode support with phonetic and standard Wijesekara keyboard layouts, how ever there are some rendering issues.
For older version of Mac OS can run a version of Malithi Web is now available from
Nicholas Shanks
This font is not fully functional, but is a big improvement over the unmodified OpenType fonts. Also resontly ICTA has developed a version of there font
[1]
Bashitha that works on MAC OS with less issues then then Nicholas's Malithi version.
Alternatively, for 50 USD (about 5,400 rupees) a professional quality Sinhala font and keyboard layout can be purchased from
Xenotype Technologies
iPhone
Sinhala Unicode is officially provided for the iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch by Apple with iOS4 or higher. How ever if your using an older version of the iOS. Jailbroken iOS devices can now get Sinhala Support on all application by Installing a
Modified Version of Apples Unicode Font
on the iPhone.
Sinhala unicode is officially supported by Apple on iOS4 or later on all the iOS running devices.
However, to support typing you have to extend keyboards list with a full Sinhala supported unicode keyboard, you may install an app like
Sanhinda
, or Helakuru via Apple Appstore for this.
Android
A web browser app, SETT Browser
is available for free with full Sinhala Unicode support for Android 2.2 & above. Read more about this app from
this Sinhala blog post
or from
this English webpage
Sinhala Unicode can be partially installed on Google Nexus One & on other android based phones by following the
guide on this blog
. However there are rendering issues to be addressed.
Writing Sinhala
After following the above steps, you can use the
Windows character map
program to type in Sinhala.
On Android & iOS Mobile devices, you can use
Helakuru Mobile Sinhala Keyboard
to type in Sinhala. Helakuru is available as a free app on
Google Play
Apple Appstore
to download.
or
if you have Windows Vista or Windows 7/2008, you already have the Sinahla Unicode Support on your PC, you can install Windows 7/2008
IME to input Sinhala
on Windows 7/2008.
If you have
Windows XP English Service Pack 2 or 3
, install the Sinhala Enabling Pack for XP by clicking
here
and
Service Pack 3 - Beta
This has been developed by Microsoft and endorsed by the Sri Lankan government.
Read the instructions before you install it, Step by Step Guide can be found at the bottom of the page.
It lets you toggle seamlessly between typing English and Sinhala using the language button on the task bar. This is, by far, the best solution. It uses the standard
Wijesekera
layout.
You can type in Unicode just as easily as you do with any other Sinhala or English font.
or
If you don't have Windows XP SP2 but have an older version of Windows and Microsoft
Office XP
, you can download the Sinhala Pack for Office XP
here
This lets you type Sinhala documents in MS Word. You can copy and paste what you write in Wikipedia. You will need to have your XP CD handy.
or
If you are using a version of Windows other than XP SP2, you can use the
keyboard driver
to type in Sinhala unicode.
It's a small background program that intercepts what you type and converts it to the Sinhala unicode format.
You can type in phonetics, Wijeysekara layout or Singlish (ea kiyanne mehema type karana eka) and the program will type it in Sinhala on any open window (MS Word etc).
or
You can use the online version of the
Real Time Unicode Converter/යුනිකෝඩ් එසැණින් පරිවර්තකය
by the
UCSC language group (Language Technology Research Laboratory / භාෂා තාක්ෂණ පර්යේෂණාගාරය)
Simply type Sinhala using English letters (singlish).
or
You can use the online version of the
Kaputa~UniGenie/Kaputa Uniwriter
by Kaputa Dot Com (කපුටා.com)
or
You can use the
Subasa Online Keyboard
by the
University Of Moratuwa)
or
You can use the
Online Unicode Keyboard
by the
UCSC language group (Language Technology Research Laboratory / භාෂා තාක්ෂණ පර්යේෂණාගාරය)
This is a great tool if you have a
Touch Screen Monitor
or
If you cannot type using a Sinhala keyboard, you can use a fonotic transcoder software like
Singlish_Typewriter
at
Singlish - Sinhala Word Processor (New).msi
to get Sinhala Unicode text for corresponding English letter combinations. See
...
or
There is a version of software called Google IME that has a phonetic keyboard and works well on the
Web
and on the
Windows PC's
running windows XP, Vista or 7 witch comes with a natural phonetic input support.
more information on installing it on this video
Still having problems?
Inform the other users
about the problems you're having. Sinhala Unicode is relatively new and it may take a while to have universal support.
We have found
Mozilla Firefox 3
Sinhala Mozilla Firefox 3
on Windows XP Service Pack 2 to deliver the best results.
If you cannot read any Sinhala letters in the main page, correct the character encoding in your browser as we have explained.
If the letters appear rough, change to Cleartype as described above.
Why Unicode?
And not Kaputa or Kandy or eKottu? Unicode is the international standard for non-Latin scripts. It is Wikipedia's policy to use Unicode fonts in international sister sites. This is to ensure universal usability. You cannot use non Unicode fonts to search in Wikipedia. See other sister sites such as
Tamil Wikipedia
and
Hindi Wikipedia
to understand its capabilities.
Currently, Sinhala does not come built in with
Windows XP
unlike Tamil and Hindi. However, all versions of
Windows Vista
come with Sinhala support by default, and do not require external fonts to be installed to read Sinhala script.
There are also some complaints about the lack of
pili
s in Sinhala Unicode. This is a misunderstanding due to the fact that some modifiers such as
yansaya
and
repaya
are not explicitly included in the Unicode code chart. However, these modifiers are included in the glyph tables and can be typed into documents using the appropriate combination of characters. The Sinhala keyboard layout recommended by ICTA include keys for both these modifiers.
Current Sinhala enabling patch does not support touching letters and some composite characters.
Feel free to discuss these issues
here
External links
Official Local Languages Site
Sinhala GNU/Linux HOWTO
Windows XP SP2 Step by Step Guide to installing Sinhala Unicode Support
Windows XP SP3 Sinhala Unicode Support - Beta
Windows Vista Step by Step Guide to installing Sinhala Unicode Input Support
Installing Sinhala Unicode in Kubuntu/Ubuntu (Video Help)
Sinhala Unicode support to your Windows computer
SETT Browser for Android - An open-source Android app with full Sinhala Unicode support
ඔබේ ඇන්ඩ්‍රොයිඩ් ජංගම දුරකථනයෙන් සිංහල/දෙමළ වෙබ්පිටු පැහැදිලිව බලන්න
Read Sinhala/Tamil webpages conveniently with your Android mobile phone.
java implementation of SLS 1134
Unikeeta Sarala Upades.pdf
සිංහල යුනිකොඩ් සමූහය - Sinhala Unicode
google group
සිංහල බ්ලොග් කියවනය - RSS Feed of Sinhala Blogs
Kaputa Sinhahala Unicode Fonts for Windows, Linux and Mac
(non-unicode)
Microimage Helawadana Nawayugya
(unicode)
Malithi Web
unicode font
Thambaru_Uni
unicode font
Unicode organisation
සිංහල යුනිකේත - පසුබිම හා තාක්ෂණික පැතිකඩ.
" වෙතින් සම්ප්‍රවේශනය කෙරිණි
ප්‍රවර්ගය
සිංහල යුනිකෝඩ්
සැඟවුණු ප්‍රවර්ග:
විකිපීඩියා අර්ධ-ආරක්ෂිත ව්‍යාපෘති පිටු
විකිපීඩියාවෙහි වැරදි ආරක්‍ෂිත සැකිලි අඩංගු පිටු
භින්න වූ ගොනු සබැඳි සහිත පිටු
විකිපීඩියා
සිංහල අකුරු මාර්ගෝපදේශකය
මාතෘකාවක් එක්කරන්න