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Friday, October 16, 2020

Best Fonts for writing in Tamil in Debian Linux

 
Today there are many fonts for Tamil language, some fonts supports the sri [ஶ்ரீligature and some don't, also most fonts renders the word ர், ரி, ரீ as ர், ரி, ரீ. There is no balance between these renderings. The Tamil Nadu govt in order to avoid the confusion specified that  ர், ரி, ரீ should be rendered as  ர், ரி, ரீ and most of the people become accustomed to this usage and moved on. As for the Word ஶ்ரீ it is a ligature of ஶ் + ரீ so some fonts renders ஶ்ரீ  as  ஶ்ரீ. In my opinion these are some of the best Tamil fonts. 

1. Lohit Tamil Classical


This font by Red Hat renders the words properly and also looks more professional and antique. As the word classical implies the word னை will be rendered as னை. This was how the word was written before the 70's. Here is a look of how this font looks.

ஶ்ரீ கிருஷ்னர் வந்தார். அனைவரும் வணக்கம் செலுத்தினர்.



2. Noto Serif Tamil


This Font by  Google is the next best font. it renders  the  word  ர், ரி, ரீ  as  ர், ரி, ரீ


 ஶ்ரீ கிருஷ்னர் வந்தார். அனைவரும் வணக்கம் செலுத்தினர்.



3. TAU Series Fonts


The TAU series of fonts are released by Tamil Virtual Academy[TVA]. There  

is  also  TAU- Elango series also released by TVA don't get confused with

that series  of  Fonts.  Of all the fonts TAU-Barathi  has good font 

shape and renderings. Its also  like  Noto  serif Tamil.

ஶ்ரீ கிருஷ்னர் வந்தார். அனைவரும் வணக்கம் செலுத்தினர்.

There you have it. I believe these three fonts  are enough for professional looking documents written in Tamil language.


References:


1. http://www.tamilvu.org/tkbd/Tamil_Unicode_G.O.zip

2. https://logic10.tumblr.com/post/25302495177

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