HOW TO READ THE PAGES IN MALAYALAM

You have to download the following font to read some of the pages. Please click here to download the font.
DOWNLOAD THE MALAYALAM FONT
 

• Check your browser version. Browsers that can view  without downloading fonts are: Netscape 4.03 or above(on any operating system except Linux), Internet Explorer 4.0 or above for Windows, AOL 4.0 or above for Windows and iCab for Macintosh.

• Move to another, then delete the browser cache(s).
  In Netscape, goto Preferences in Edit menu and choose Cache in Advanced. Click on Clear Memory Cache and then Clear Disk Cache on the right hand side of screen to clear the cache.
  
  In IE, goto Internet Options in Tool menu and click on the Clear History button to clear the cache.
  
• Now, force the  page to reload by holding down the Shift key while clicking the Reload or Refresh button.

If you have browser versions earlier to the above specified, please either download the latest version of your browser or download the font from niyamasabha site to read the news in Malayalam.

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If you cannot view Malayalam characters when using Netscape

• Check your browser version. You need Netscape 4.03 or higher to view dynamic fonts.
  
• Check the dynamic fonts option in Netscape. Open the Edit menu, and choose Preferences. If Appearance has a plus sign (+) next to it, click the + Under Appearance, choose Fonts Make sure this box is checked: Use document specified fonts, including dynamic fonts.
  
• Force the page to reload by holding down the Shift key while clicking the Reload or Refresh button.
  
• Move to any other  page, then delete the Netscape caches ( as specified in Problem 1). Re-load the  page.

If you have earlier versions of Netscape (below 4.03) , please either download the latest version of Netscape or download the font from Niyamasabha site to read the news in Malayalam.

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If you cannot view Malayalam characters when using Internet Explorer

• Check your browser version. You need Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows or higher to view dynamic fonts. Dynamic fonts in Internet Explorer are supported only under Windows, Dynamic fonts are not supported in Internet Explorer for other operating systems.
  
• Force the page to reload by holding down the Shift key while clicking the Reload or Refresh button.
  
• Check the Security setting in Internet Explorer. In IE, goto Internet Options in Tool menu and click on the Security tab in the new screen. Set security to Medium to allow the WebFont player to download for the first time.    
  
• If you have earlier versions of Internet Explorer (below 4.0), please either download the latest version of Internet Explorer or download the font from Niyamasabha site to read the news in Malayalam.
  
• Also goto Tools -> Internet options -> General -> Accessibility -> Formatting and remove check mark in Ignore font styles specified on web pages and refresh the page.
  

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If you cannot see Malayalam Fonts properly in Internet Explorer/Netscape?

Internet Explorer

• On the IE5 or above right click the mouse button, choose Encoding in the menu displayed. Then choose: User Defined on the Encoding list. If this option is not seen, choose More. In More list, Choose User Defined.

• On the IE4 View menu, choose Fonts then select User Defined.

Netscape

• On the Netscape View menu, choose Character Set/Encoding. Then Choose User Defined.

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If you cannot view Malayalam properly in Mozilla Firebird/Firefox. 

• Please follow the following steps to install the fonts
• Download the font from niyamasabha.org
• In the Mozilla browser, please goto View menu, point Character Coding and then select Western (ISO-8859-1) to get proper fonts.

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