Read Malayalam

If you are using GNU/Linux

1. Download Meera font. (Any UNICODE Malayalam font will suffice, but this blog is optimized for Meera)
2. Make a folder .fonts in your /home/<username> (If it is not there already)
3. Copy the downloaded font to /home/<username>/.fonts
4. Open Firefox, goto Edit–>Preferences–>Content (tab) –> Advanced (button).
5. Click on the drop down menu “Fonts for:” and select Malayalam in the list
6. Enter the following.
   • Proportional : Serif    Size: 18
   • Serif: Meera
   • Sans-serif: Meera
   • Mono-space: Meera  Size: 18
   • Minimum font size: 16
   • [√] Allow pages to select their own fonts, instead of my selections above.
   • Default Character Encoding: Unicode (UTF-8)
7. OK & Close

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If you are using a Windows system (Assuming that you are using Windows XP SP2 or later) follow these,

1. Download Meera font. (Any UNICODE Malayalam font will suffice, but this blog is optimized for Meera)
2. Copy the font file to x:/windows/fonts , where x:/ is the partition where you have installed Windows.

Assuming that you are using Firefox 3.0 or later,

1. Goto Tools–>Preferences–>Content (tab) –> Advanced (button).
2. Click on the drop down menu “Fonts for:” and select Malayalam in the list
3. Enter the following.
   • Proportional : Serif    Size: 18
   • Serif: Meera
   • Sans-serif: Meera
   • Mono-space: Meera  Size: 18
   • Minimum font size: 16
   • [√] Allow pages to select their own fonts, instead of my selections above.
   • Default Character Encoding: Unicode (UTF-8)
4. OK & Close