User Guide – How to View Bangla Unicode Fonts

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Windows

Read our Unicode Bangla setup guide to enable reading Bangla on CricketTomorrow.com
If you encounter any problem or have any question regarding Unicode Bangla, then please write about it in our Cricket Tomorrow team.

 
 Bangla Unicode Setup Guide
Please follow the steps outlined in this guide to properly setup your computer for Bangla/Bengali Unicode support. It will show you how to:
  • Add support for Unicode Bangla in Windows
  • Install Bangla Unicode fonts
  • Setup your internet browser for proper Unicode support

Steps are very easy to follow and at the end of the process you will be able to read/write Bangla in any application that supports Unicode input.


Start your Bangla Unicode setup process

Bangla (Bengali) Unicode Support in Windows Vista

If you are using Windows Vista, then you don't have to complete below guide because Vista comes with Bangla Unicode support.

  • Add Bangla (Bengali) Unicode Support in Windows XP

 

1.1 Go to Windows Control Panel. If you do not know where/what is control panel, just open My Computer then type control panel and hit enter.
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1.2 In Control Panel, depending on your view setting of the control panel, you may see Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options OR Regional and Language Options. Follow directions below depending on what you see.

If you see Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options then select it. On the next window you will see Regional and Language Options; select this.
(skip the other description in this part)

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1.3 If you see the Regional and Language Options then select it.

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Click on Languages tab from the displayed window.


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1.5 Select the option Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages (including Thai)

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1.6 Click Ok on the pop up window.

1.7 Click Ok on the bottom of displayed window.

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1.8 Windows may ask you to insert Windows XP CD. Click Ok.

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1.9 Insert your Windows XP CD or Browse to your Windows XP installation source location. Once you identified the location, click on Ok.

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1.1o Wait for Windows to finish installing all files.

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1.11 Windows will ask you to restart your computer. Click Yes.

 

 

You have completed installing Bangla support for Windows. At this point your browser should display Bangla text properly.

 

  • Add Bangla Unicode in Windows 2000

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2.1 Go to Control Panel and select Regional Options

2.2 On General tab, select Indic from Language settings for the system box.

2.3 Click OK and restart your system.

Configuring System for Bangla:
Configuring your Windows:
Configuring Windows 2000 for Bangla
 Configuring Windows Xp for Bangla
3rd Party Tools : Configure your Windows Xp in one click
3rd Party Tools : Changing your Default Bangla font (Vrinda) in Windows
Configuring Windows 2003 Server for Bangla
 
Note: Windows Vista doesn't need any manual configuration for using Bangla!
 
Configuring your Browser:
Internet Explorer configuration for Bangla
Opera configuration for Bangla
Mozilla Firefox configuration for Bangla

Source: OmicronLab.com

 


Llinux


For Linux you simply need to install Bangla Language Pack. Select Bangla during installation or change it from administration.


MAC OS


Download the font from the followign location:
http://ekushey.org/?page/mac_download

It will redirect you to the sourceforge site.


Once the file is downloaded open it from the downloaded location

and run Unicode Bangla Font Installer

This will prompt a series of windows

Click Continue and follow the prompts. Click Agree when the following window is prompted

Select Destination folder for the installation

Finally click Install

If prompted provide the admin authenticaton

After you provided that the application will be installed and finally you should be prompted with the following successful message.

Now reload the page and you should be able to see the content in Bangla

Enjoy