devanagari font on Mac

[Andrea L. Berez]

Hi Murray,
Timely question! I have also been trying to figure that out recently.  
I'll tell you what I know, and I hope someone else will chime in with  
a better answer.

The short answer is that it doesn't seem to work in Word, but it will  
work in TextEdit. First, though, you have to activate the devanagari  
keyboard. So go to System Preference>International, then click the  
Input Menu tab. At this point you'll see a long list of international  
scripts, so check the box for devanagari (and devanagari QWERTY).  
Also, check the box marked "Show input menu in menu bar."

Next, open TextEdit, then click on the input menu (shaped like a flag)  
and select your devanagari input. You can also open the keyboard  
viewer there to see what they layout is.

But as I said, if anyone has better tips for this, I would also like  
to hear them.

Good luck!
Andrea Berez

M Garde <murraygarde at ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> Does anyone know how to make a devanagari (Hindi script) font work on a
> Macintosh? I have installed two different types and they appear in the
> font list in a word processing program (Word) but don't actually work
> when I type.
>
> Murray Garde



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University of California, Santa Barbara
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