I created a Khmer font. Because Khmer ist quite a descendant of the Brahmi script, adding OpenType and/or AAT (Apple Advanced Typography) features is necessary for realizing the letter rearrangement and reshaping. Because of the complexity of the Khmer script this task is quite challenging, and I still have problems in making the AAT features.

Fonts Khmer Fonts Cambodian Fonts Khmer Unicode As computer and internet industry gain influence and market in Cambodia, several types of have been developed as well, such as Khek font, Limon font, Zero-Space font, and many others just to name a few. Most of them were not developed by using or meet the guideline of the. However, all of these fonts have been widely utilized with word processing, such as Word in Microsoft Office. Because many of these fonts were neither developed using Unicode Standards nor adopted by makers of (WWW) browsers, many Khmer fonts were not readable without special library drivers. Khmer Unicode Khmer Unicode For Mac (OS X): All Mac with OS X is built with Khmer Unicode ready; meaning that, you can write and read in Khmer without install Khmer font in your system. Follow the below steps 1 - Go to Top Left Corner and click on APPLE and select System Preferences 2 - Click on 'Language & Region' 3 - Click on 'Keyboard Preferences' 4 - Click Plus symbol '+' 5 - Scroll down to and select 'Khmer', then click 'Add' 6 - You should see this on Top Right Corner Then, you can install fonts styles.

Khmer Unicode For Window Vista: Microsoft Window Vista (32bit and 64 bit) comes with Khmer Unicode built-in, but required you to set it up in order to read Web page using Khmer Unicode or to write in Khmer Unicode properly. The keyboard layout is a little bit different from keyboard layout developed by NIDA. Example, to type, kra-bey (in khmer), firstly type 'K', then press 'Space' to reserve space for Jerng (or Chherng) and press 'R'.

To space between character, hold 'Shift' and press 'Space'. Now, you should have kra. Download Khmer OS fonts from the right side and you will enjoy and have fun with all the fonts style and types. • • Download Instruction PDF file: ( by Han So). (KhmerOS), (NIDA), and Open Institute joined to create a project for developing OpenSource software that can accommodate Khmer Unicode-based fonts. Khmer Unicode is a part of their project, but it has not yet widely utilized or built-in as part internet browsers or software applications. It is, however, gradually becoming popular among users/developers in Cambodia.

Khmer Unicode has been developed to use in platforms such as: • OpenOffice (Word Processing), • OpenSUSE (Linux based Operation System), • Khmer Email Application (Thunderbird-based email application), • Mekhala (FireFox-based Internet Browser) Khmer Unicode For Window XP: For MS Window XP, Khmer Unicode Keyboard (NIDA 1.0) driver is required. Winpcsign software. KhmerUnicode2.0.0.exe (developed by KhmerOS and NIDA) has both Khmer Unicode software and Khmer Unicode Keyboard (NIDA 1.0).

Please follow the below instruction to download and install it. If you install the Khmer Unicode in your computer system correctly, you should be able at least to view the web site in Khmer via Mozilla FireFox, MS IE, Opera, and Safari. After installing it and you would like to see if you can read/view the page in Khmer Unicode, open your FireFox browser, and go to all these website, (), (only in FireFox),. To type in khmer, you are recommended to read the Instruction, ' and follow the. If your MS Window XP has Service Pack 2 installed, you can view the pages of () in Khmer via Internet Exploer 6.0 or higher. In this case, RFA utilizes to have the pages viewed in Khmer even without Khmer Unicode installed. How to install Khmer Unicode ( KhmerUnicode2.0.0.exe) on Your Window XP and Vista 32-bit () • Download (version 2.0.0) • Use a Zip softwares to Extract the KhmerUnicode2.0.0.zip • Installation: • Double click on this KhmerUnicode2.0.0.exe icon • Click ' Next' as indicating by the arrow • Click 'Next' as indecating by the arrow • It may take minutes to wait.

• Click 'Finish' • At the bottom-corner of your computer screen, you should see this image that allow you to select either CA: Catalan or EN:English (United States) for Writing (Typing). For writing in Khmer, you need to select CA:Catalan. Khmer Fonts Using If a computer system and/or software uses TrueType fonts, then Khek font as described below works perfectly. • Khek font is developed by, one of the earliest groups designing high quality Khmer fonts. Khek font was primarily made for use with Microsoft products running on Windows platform such as the various Windows versions from 3.x all the way to the current Vista. It also runs on Apple computers including Macintosh and the current family of iMacs. Khek font is the most popular among users in the United States and other oversea countries.