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How to install (Meera) font
The font used in Marconimalayalam.com site is Meera Unicode. If you are using Internet Explorer, you will be able to see the site properly, even if this font is not installed in your computer. But, for other browsers such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, installation of Meera font is a compulsion for a proper visibility of the site.
Meera font installation and setup in Windows
Download Meera font and copy it. Then, goto Controlpanel open fonts folder and paste Meera font.
Meera font installation and setup in linux
Create a directory for meera font, say, /usr/local/share/fonts/ttfmeera
mkdir /usr/local/share/fonts/ttfmeera
cp meera_04-2.ttf/usr/local/share/fonts/ttfmeera
ttmkfdir -o fonts.scale
cd /usr/local/share/fonts/ttfmeera
head -1 fonts.scale > fonts.dir
tail +2 fonts.scale | tac >> fonts.dir
cp fonts.dir fonts.scale
xset +fp /usr/local/share/fonts/ttfmeera
To verify that the font is installed properly,
xset q
xfontsel
If you are using a KDE desktop, start the 'KDE Control Centre'. Under 'System Administration', there is a 'Font Installer' utility. Switch to the Admin mode to install the new font from the font installer.
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