sarabhanga
08 June 2006, 06:21 AM
Namaste,
There are various new fonts added to the list of specified fonts for messages.
If you don't have a particular font installed, then text will be displayed in the default font-face. And for Windows systems the default for Devanagari will probably be Mangal ~ and if you don't have Mangal (or some equivalent) then the Devanagari text may not be displayed at all.
For Mac systems I have no idea how any of these fonts appear, and perhaps there are more appropriate fonts for Mac users ~ any comments?
Latin Fonts:
Arial ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Arial Black ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Arial Narrow ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Book Antiqua ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Century Gothic ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Comic Sans MS ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Courier New ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Garamond ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Georgia ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Lucida Console ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Lucida Sans Unicode ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Lucida Calligraphy ~ hari om | satyam shivam sundaram | om namah shivaya ||
Palatino Linotype ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Tahoma ~ hari om | satyaṁ śivaṁ sundaram | oṁ namaḥ śivāya ||
Times New Roman ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Trebuchet MS ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
URW Palladio ITU ~ hari om | satyaṁ śivaṁ sundaram | oṁ namaḥ śivāya ||
Verdana ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Devanagari Fonts:
Chandas ~ हरि ॐ । सत्यं शिवं सुन्दरम् । ओं नमः शिवाय ॥
hari om | satyaṁ śivaṁ sundaram | oṁ namaḥ śivāya ||
Sanskrit 2003 ~ हरि ॐ । सत्यं शिवं सुन्दरम् । ओं नमः शिवाय ॥
hari om | satyaṁ śivaṁ sundaram | oṁ namaḥ śivāya ||
Uttara ~ हरि ॐ । सत्यं शिवं सुन्दरम् । ओं नमः शिवाय ॥
Mangal ~ हरि ओं सत्यं शिवं सुन्दरम् । ओं नमः शिवाय ॥
There are various new fonts added to the list of specified fonts for messages.
If you don't have a particular font installed, then text will be displayed in the default font-face. And for Windows systems the default for Devanagari will probably be Mangal ~ and if you don't have Mangal (or some equivalent) then the Devanagari text may not be displayed at all.
For Mac systems I have no idea how any of these fonts appear, and perhaps there are more appropriate fonts for Mac users ~ any comments?
Latin Fonts:
Arial ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Arial Black ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Arial Narrow ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Book Antiqua ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Century Gothic ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Comic Sans MS ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Courier New ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Garamond ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Georgia ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Lucida Console ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Lucida Sans Unicode ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Lucida Calligraphy ~ hari om | satyam shivam sundaram | om namah shivaya ||
Palatino Linotype ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Tahoma ~ hari om | satyaṁ śivaṁ sundaram | oṁ namaḥ śivāya ||
Times New Roman ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Trebuchet MS ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
URW Palladio ITU ~ hari om | satyaṁ śivaṁ sundaram | oṁ namaḥ śivāya ||
Verdana ~ hari om | satyam śivam sundaram | om namah śivāya ||
Devanagari Fonts:
Chandas ~ हरि ॐ । सत्यं शिवं सुन्दरम् । ओं नमः शिवाय ॥
hari om | satyaṁ śivaṁ sundaram | oṁ namaḥ śivāya ||
Sanskrit 2003 ~ हरि ॐ । सत्यं शिवं सुन्दरम् । ओं नमः शिवाय ॥
hari om | satyaṁ śivaṁ sundaram | oṁ namaḥ śivāya ||
Uttara ~ हरि ॐ । सत्यं शिवं सुन्दरम् । ओं नमः शिवाय ॥
Mangal ~ हरि ओं सत्यं शिवं सुन्दरम् । ओं नमः शिवाय ॥