Tamizh font downloading and Installation instructions for Linux/Windows

Pages created before July 2007 in this site use Mylai tamizh font.
Pages created after July 2007 use dejini tamir font

To install the font for WINDOWS, follow instructions below...

1. Download the Mylai font here
2. Download the Dejini font here
3. Save the ttf file in a location which you can remember.
4. To Install the font , goto Control panel and click on fonts icon.
5. In the dialog which pops up , change the directory to the place where you have the font stored
6. MylaiPlain will appear in the list above the directory tree.Select it and click 'Install font'
7. Go back to the templepage which you want to see and refresh the page..you should be fine.

English to Tamizh converter instructions

This program was basically written to convert the temple information available in this site in english to tamizh.

Step 1 :-
This program converts an english string ( actually a tamizh string represented in english ) to an
actual tamizh string. The tamizh string will be represented in MYLAI tamizh font. It is a set
of symbols which when viewed using tamizh fonts ( MYLAI / AMUDHAM ) , will be shown in tamizh.
If u dont have mylai font installed on your system , install it. It is a freeware available on the net.


Step 2 :-
Download the converter program into a local directory . Create an input file with lines which you want to be converted into tamizh.
eg lines
Thanjavur
Sivaperumaan
Madhurai
Annai-Maeri
Saelam
NabigaL-Naayagam


Step 3 :-
Run the program with the input file as the first argument and an output file name as the 2nd argument.
eg - ezconv <MAPFILE_NAME> <input_file> <output_file>.
Important : You must have the files "mylai.map or amudham.map" before you run this program.


Step 4 ;-
Open the output file and you will see the converted text in a cryptic manner.just cut/copy this text
and paste it in an editor which supports tamizh font mylai. eg Word/WordPad/Notepad/Navigator etc....


Step 5 :-
This output may not be upto your expectation as there are some inherent problems with the way how tamizh strings are represented in english.so Fine tuning should be done to correct the errors.
You need to know mylai font key map. For best results I expect
Salem to represented as saelam
madurai to be madhurai
chitambaram to be chithambaram
arumugam to be aaRumugam
makkal to be makkaL. ( L as in muL (thorn) )
namakkal to naamakkal ( small l as in a town in tamil naadu)
erode to be eeroedu. to give as some examples.

Note : The input strings are case insensitive except to the characters L , N , R as there are two L's , N's and R's in tamizh.The 3 n's are taken care of to the known possible extent.

Unix/Linux download

Windows download

If you have any doubts , contact me at Sriram@TemplePages.com