Wikipedia:Bangla script display help
In order to help to view texts in Bangla (Bengali) properly, you need to have your computer set up to see web pages encoded in Unicode Bangla scripts. To do this, you need to have a Unicode capable browser and Unicode Bangla fonts. Both Internet Explorer and Firefox's latest versions support viewing Bangla scripts once you install the fonts.
Check for existing support
[edit]| Mac OS X inbuilt support |
Linux or BSD inbuilt support |
Windows inbuilt support | ||||||||||||||
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| OS 10.3 |
OS 10.4 |
OS 10.5 / 6 |
OS 10.7 / 8 |
OS 10.9 |
OS 10.10 |
KDE with Qt |
GNOME with Pango |
9x/ME or NT |
2000 | XP or 2003 |
XP SP2 |
Vista | 7 | 8 | 8.1 | 10 |
| needs font |
needs font |
needs font |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | no | no | no | needs font |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Examples of rendering | |
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| Correct rendering | Your computer |
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ক + ি → কি |
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অ + ্ + য + া → অ্যা |
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ক + ্ + ক → ক্ক |
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স + ্ + ব → স্ব |
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ঙ + ্ + গ → ঙ্গ |
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জ + ্ + জ + ্ + ব → জ্জ্ব |
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ন + ্ + ধ → ন্ধ |
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ব + ্ + র + ু → ব্রু |
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শ + ু → শু |
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ন + ্ + ত + ু → ন্তু |
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র + ্ + ক্ষ + ্ + ম + ্ + য → র্ক্ষ্ম্য |
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ত + ্ + ত → ত্ত |
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ব + ৈ + ং → বৈং |
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ন + ্ + দ + ্ + র → ন্দ্র |
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প + ্ + স + ্ → প্স্ |
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স + ্ + থ + ্ + য → স্থ্য |
If the rendering on your computer matches the rendering on the image, then you computer has automatically already enabled complex text support for Bangla and should be able to view text correctly in Bangla script.
However, this may not mean you will be able to edit text in Bangla. To edit (typing support) such text you need to have install the appropriate keyboard layout or software on your operating system for typing support in Bangla.
Windows 3.1x, 95, 98, ME and NT
[edit]These operating systems contain no support for Bangla script. Downloading Internet Explorer 6.0 should enable you to view Bangla script on these operating systems but you will not be able to edit any Bangla text. If after downloading Internet Explorer, you still cannot view Bangla script please install an appropriate Unicode Bangla font. Mozilla Firefox does not support Bangla script on these operating systems.
Windows 7
[edit]Bangla script support is automatically default enabled.
macOS
[edit]Bangla script support is automatically enabled. You may need to download and install an appropriate Unicode Bangla font for text to display. Bangla input manager and fonts for macOS is available from Ekushey Note that this doesn't work very well in applications such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Specifically, conjunctions do not work in these applications (and possibly some other apps) when using the Ekushey Bangla keyboard.
Gnome
[edit]Viewing
[edit]You do not need to do anything to enable viewing of Bangla text in Gnome 2.8 or later. Ensure you have Bangla Unicode fonts.
When using Mozilla or Firefox, you must enable Pango rendering by opening xterm and typing MOZ_ENABLE_PANGO=1 mozilla or MOZ_ENABLE_PANGO=1 firefox. After this, all future sessions of Mozilla or Firefox will have Bangla language support. This will work only on Firefox compiled with ctl support. Only the firefox binaries supplied by Fedora Core 4 and Ubuntu Linux are compiled with this ctl and set this option, by default.
Inputting
[edit]- Go to Applications > Preferences > Keyboard.
- Select the "Layouts" tab.
- Select the keyboard for the language or script you wish to use from the "Available Layouts" frame and then press "Add".
- Press "Close" to discard the dialogue box.
- Right click on the main menu on your desktop and select "Add to Panel...".
- Select "Keyboard Indicator" and click "Add".
- Position the keyboard indicator on your menu bar and click it to switch between keyboard layouts.
KDE
[edit]Viewing
[edit]You do not need to do anything to enable viewing of Bangla text. Ensure you have appropriate Unicode fonts for each script you wish to view or edit.
Inputting
[edit]- In the Control Center, go to Regional & Accessibility, Keyboard Layout
- In the tab Layout, click on Enable keyboard layouts
- Choose the layout you want in Available layouts
- Click on Apply
- Now, you will have an icon for the KDE Keyboard Tool in your panel, in which you can choose the layout you want
Locations of free Unicode Bangla fonts
[edit]List of software/resources that enable writing in unicode Bangla
[edit]- Free Avro Keyboard from OmicronLab
- Ekushey Shadhinota from Ekushey
- Ekushey - Download and Install keyboard layouts
- Bengali Input Method Editor from Microsoft's BhashaIndia
- Enabling Bengali Keyboard Layout for Linux from Ankur
- Google Transliteration for Bengali
- Sadakhata
See Also
[edit]- Bengali input methods
- Enabling complex text support for other Indic scripts - A broader treatment of this topic in the English wikipedia.
- Help:Multilingual support (Indic)