Note on OS X: These fonts can be installed on a Mac, but vowel marks may not display correctly.
Read pages for instructions on whether it is Windows compliant or Linux compliant. When selecting a font, you must look for a Unicode encoded font in the Open Type (OTF) format. This is partly due to the need for some Apple fonts to be backwards compatible with older documents. However, if you switch to a Mac Devanagari keyboard, many applications will also switch to one of these fonts. The Devenagari MT and Devanagari MTS function well on the Mac, but do not appear in the font menu in all applications. In later versions of OS X, installing an Note on Mac Devanagari MT font Note: For various reasons, the Apple font does not always appear in an applications font menu. Mac OS X – Devanagari MT, Devanagari MTS.Windows and Mac do come with their own Devanagari fonts
For more information on the script, see the following Unlike Middle Eastern scripts like Arabic or Hebrew, vowels are always marked.ĭevanagari is used for the several major Indian languages including Hindi, Sanskrit, Konkani, Marathi, Nepali, Sindhi, Sherpa and others,īut it is only one of many scripts used in India. Devanagari ( Devanāgarī/देवनागरी) is a syllabic alphabet or abugida which consists primarily of consonantal symbols
