Tibetan Computing Resources
My opponent says there are no easy answers;
I say, "He's not looking hard enough!"
-- Bart
Simpson
Macintosh
- Fonts. Although the latest version of the Macintosh operating system (OS X.5) includes Unicode Tibetan fonts. Commercially available fonts from Xenotype Technologies offer a wide range of font choices and are highly recommended.
Unicode Keylayouts. An XML keylayout file ("Columbia-UNI")
that provides keymappings analogous to Pierre Robillard's "D"
series Sanskrit diacritical keyboard (originally associated with the
fonts: DTimes, DPalatino, DGaramond, DCaslon, etc.), except mapping
to their equivalent Unicode characters; the keylayout also allows the input of Tibetan Unicode (documentation included).
The keyboardfile is packaged along with its .icns file, a character keyboard guide, and installation
instructions: Columbia-UNI.*
Windows / PC
- Fonts. A variety of Tibetan Unicode fonts are available from different organizations, including:
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Unicode Tibetan fonts for Windows are also available from Xenotype Technologies including their dbu-med font-face, and are highly recommended.
- * Made available under the GNU
General Public License.
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