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Nirmala UI ("User Interface") is an Indic scripts typeface created by Tiro Typeworks and commissioned by Microsoft.It was first released with Windows 8 in 2012 as a UI font and currently supports languages using Bengali–Assamese, Devanagari, Kannada, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Malayalam, Meitei, Odia, Ol Chiki, Sinhala, Sora Sompeng, Tamil and Telugu.
Typeface Family Spacing Weights/Styles Target script Included from Can be installed on Example image Aharoni [6]: Sans Serif: Proportional: Bold: Hebrew: XP, Vista
Leelawadee UI, note that Leelawadee does not support the Lontara script, only the UI version does. Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 8 and later; MPH 2B Damase (direct download link) Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts) Noto Sans Buginese, a font made by Google
Writing systems are used to record human language, and may be classified according to certain common features.. The usual name of the script is given first; the name of the languages in which the script is written follows (in brackets), particularly in the case where the language name differs from the script name.
The Sinhala script is a Brahmi derivate and was thought to have been imported from Northern India around the 3rd century BCE. [5] It developed in a complex manner, partly independently but also strongly influenced by South Indian scripts at various stages, [ 6 ] manifestly influenced by the early Grantha script . [ 3 ]
This Pali keyboard installer [5] made by Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator (MSKLC) supports IAST (works on Microsoft Windows up to at least version 10, can use Alt button on the right side of the keyboard instead of Ctrl+Alt combination).
Conversion to Devanagari [ edit ] Sanskrit text encoded in the Harvard-Kyoto convention can be unambiguously converted to Devanāgarī, with two exceptions: Harvard-Kyoto does not distinguish अइ ( a followed by i , in separate syllables, i.e. in hiatus) from ऐ (the diphthong ai ) or अउ ( a followed by u ) from औ (the diphthong au ).
The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST) is a subset of the ISO 15919 standard, used for the transliteration of Sanskrit, Prakrit and Pāḷi into Roman script with diacritics. IAST is a widely used standard. It uses diacritics to disambiguate phonetically similar but not identical Sanskrit glyphs. For example, dental and ...