Preparing a Computer running Linux / Gnome for Tibetan Editing
From Digital Tibetan
Linux fully support Unicode Tibetan. Tibetan is rendered correctly by almost all Linux applications. In order to make Linux support fully functional, one needs to:
- Install Tibetan fonts
- Enable a Tibetan Input Method by following: Tibetan Input Method for Linux (Gnome).
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Installing fonts
Basic font installation
Sources for fonts
- many Debian based systems contain a package
ttf-tmuniwhich contains Tibetan Machine Uni. (However this is a rather old version of this fonts) - Get the latest Jomolhari font by Chris Fynn.
- Get the latest version of Tibetan Machine Uni at THDL Virginia University
- See Tibetan Fonts for a list of Unicode Tibetan fonts.
Simply double click a .ttf font file and select "Install font" in Font Viewer (see Img. 1)
Using the command line to install fonts
Linux users can use all fonts that work on Windows PCs. For installation simply create a new folder 'Tibetan' at /usr/share/fonts.
Copy all Tibetan fonts into the folder /usr/share/fonts/Tibetan.
Open a console and make sure that read permissions are given for all users for the Tibetan folder and it's content, e.g.:
chmod -R a+rx /usr/share/fonts/Tibetan
Refresh the font cache with
fc-cache -f
Restart applications that use fonts (e.g. OpenOffice).
Tibetan Input Method
- Enable a Tibetan Input Method by following: Tibetan Input Method for Linux (Gnome).
