devanagari font on Mac

[Andrea L. Berez]

Murray,
I've done a little more research since I sent the last message. In  
order to get the conjuncts to show up correctly, you must have the  
Devanagari MT font activated. Arial (and others) won't combine  
characters correctly...but Devanagari MT works beautifully in  
TextEdit. You can see the keyboard layout here:
http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Manuals/software/U96502012AILKQRC.PDF

Andrea

"Andrea L. Berez" <aberez at umail.ucsb.edu> wrote:

> 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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> Andrea Berez
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> University of California, Santa Barbara
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>
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Andrea Berez
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University of California, Santa Barbara
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