[Y-Indology] Best Phonetic Devanagari Sanskrit Fonts

[Guest guest]

Am Mittwoch 24 November 2004 09:55 schrieb Chetan Pandey:

 

> I am looking for stable and time-tested phonetic Sanskrit fonts which

> will not require me to learn a new key-board( like Kruti-Deva etc do

> ) and fit with my Roman-typing skills.

>

> Fonts should preferably be widely in use and MS Word compatible. [...]

 

My favourite for Windows is Baraha, freely downloadable at

www.baraha.com (clear and beautiful Nagari, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam,

Telugu fonts included). By means of a keyboard driver, the fonts can be

used in practically any Windows program. (Be careful and download the

correct version for your system! Baraha 6 is for the latest Windows

systems, supporting Unicode; Baraha 2000 is for Windows 95/98 etc.;

Baraha 1.1 is for Windows 3.1.)

 

(If anybody has similar advice for Mac OSX or Linux, please let me

know.)

 

--

Prof. Dr. Robert J. Zydenbos

Department für Asienstudien - Indologie

Universität München

Deutschland

[Guest guest]

Dear Mr. Zydenbos:

 

The Baraha Software is really cool and fulfills all my expectations. However,

the problem of being able to use it in MS Word still remains cos when I try to

use BRH Devanagari etc they are not phonetic.

 

Since I have to type in Devanagari in MS Word, it is imperative that the fonts

are phonetic for MS Word and nowhere else.

 

I will appreciate any more suggestions.

 

Thanks.

 

Chetan Pandey

 

Robert Zydenbos <indologist wrote:

 

Am Mittwoch 24 November 2004 09:55 schrieb Chetan Pandey:

 

> I am looking for stable and time-tested phonetic Sanskrit fonts which

> will not require me to learn a new key-board( like Kruti-Deva etc do

> ) and fit with my Roman-typing skills.

>

> Fonts should preferably be widely in use and MS Word compatible. [...]

 

My favourite for Windows is Baraha, freely downloadable at

www.baraha.com (clear and beautiful Nagari, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam,

Telugu fonts included). By means of a keyboard driver, the fonts can be

used in practically any Windows program. (Be careful and download the

correct version for your system! Baraha 6 is for the latest Windows

systems, supporting Unicode; Baraha 2000 is for Windows 95/98 etc.;

Baraha 1.1 is for Windows 3.1.)

 

(If anybody has similar advice for Mac OSX or Linux, please let me

know.)

 

--

Prof. Dr. Robert J. Zydenbos

Department für Asienstudien - Indologie

Universität München

Deutschland

 

 

 

 

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