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Tamil: Unicode Tamil
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The recent introduction of Unicode Tamil in Windows 2000 will require familiarity with its keyboard configuration. It may be pointed out that it does not matter which keyboard configuration is used as long as the associated keyboard driver is available. It is a matter of individual's choice and convenience.
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A: The encoding of the Tamil script in the Unicode Standard was originally based on ISCII (1988). That encoding was the culmination of extensive work by many experts, including linguists, programmers, typographers, and experts in standards, although constrained by 8-bit character encodings prevalent in India at that time. Like the rest of Unicode, the encoding of Tamil is identical to that used in the International Standard ISO/IEC 10646. [MD, KW]
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Microsoft’s Windows 2000 and Windows XP and Apple’s Mac OS X 10.4 include support for Unicode Tamil. A product called Helawadana 2000 with Arichchuwadu claims to include Unicode-compatible fonts and to allow Tamil to be used in Windows applications. More information is available on the Microimage Web site.
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You can create a Unicode Tamil document with the use of Thenee, aVarangal or TSCArparnar fonts. This program doesn’t use any dll or Windows hook ups. However the exe file is about 3.4 megs.
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The Government of India is a member of the Unicode Consortium, and the Consortium looks especially to them to help further improve the ability of Unicode to address the worldwide Tamil community. [MD, KW]
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