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web browser doesnt render the font

Asked by achapp

I am using kubuntu feisty fawn . My browser is konquerer and iceweasel 32 bit . The problem I am having is with websites rendering malayalam fonts . I had added a true type malayalam font in /usr/share/fonts directory . still its not working . How can I make the browser to rend the fonts i needed

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Tiago Silva (tiagosilva) said : 		#1

Wasn't there a package called 'ttf-malayalam-fonts'?

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achapp (achapp) said : 		#2

yes the package is installed . but the font is not malayalam . the language is english . I am having windows xp installed in my PC where I experienced the same problem . But after installing the font" mlkr0ntt_TTF.ttf" the website was displayed correctly . You can get malayalam fonts in the given web address http://salrc.uchicago.edu/resources/fonts/available/malayalam/

also you can observe the difference in the malayalam font provided with ubuntu and these fonts

the website I was trying to open was www.manoramaonline.com

kindly let me know How I could make my browser to rend these fonts

With regards
achapp

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tv (tom-tomvergote) said : 		#3

did you restart the font server (xfs if i remember it right) or reboot?

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achapp (achapp) said : 		#4

yes the system was restarted . but still the problem persists

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tv (tom-tomvergote) said : 		#5

try
sudo fc-cache -f -v

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Ralminov (ralminov) said : 		#6

manorama online is not using a "malayalam" font. They use an ascii proprietery font. Download the font from their site.
Or use firefox + padma combination and any malayalam unicode font.
Hope this helps. padma.mozdev.org will give you the firefox add-on Padma.

Regards

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Manaf (manafaloor) said : 		#7

Hi,
Its working, fine. firefox+padma is the simple solution.
Thankx Ralminov!

Rgrds,
Manaf.

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