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Hindi unicode font help

Windows XP and Windows Vista Users

If you are not able to read the Hindi content properly please follow the following steps,

Go to Tools > Internet options > Fonts > select Devanagari under Language script > select web page font as Akshar Unicode,



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Click on OK.

If you still have the problem, follow these steps,

Go to Control Panel > Select Regional and Language Options > Click on the Languages tab > Select the check box 'Install files for complex scripts and right-to-left languages (Including Thai)'



Click on OK

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This will prompt you to insert XP CD. Insert the CD and repeat the process. Allow the system to copy necessary files. Restart the system. Now you will be able to read the hindi content on IE, FireFox and Opera.

Windows 98 and Windows 2000 With IE 6.0+ Users

Step 1 :

  1. Download Akshar.ttf and paste in FONTS folder.
    [Right click on the link and click on 'Save Link As' or 'Save Target As'].
  2. If you have Microsoft Office 2000 and newer versions, you can get the Arial Unicode MS font, which is the most complete. To get it, insert the Office CD, and do a custom install. Choose Add or Remove Features. Click the �+� next to Office Tools, then International Support, then the Universal Font icon, and choose the installation option you want.Once you install the fonts, restart the browser. Even now if you can't read Hindi content properly then you can enable indic support, follow step 2:

Once you install the fonts, restart the system.Even now if you can't read Hindi content properly then you can enable indic support, follow step 2:

step 2

Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Regional Options > General [Tab] In the "Language settings for this system" frame, check the box next to "Indic".

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Click on OK.

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Copy the appropriate files from the Windows 2000 CD when prompted. If prompted, reboot your computer once the files have been installed.

The above steps should fix the problem. If it still doesn't, please write to us at info@click.in with the browser version, OS version and the problem you are facing.

It would help us if you can send a snapshot of the characters which are not correct. Please follow the instructions below to take a snapshot,

  1. a.Open the page which has the problem.
  2. Select Print Screen key to take a snapshot.
  3. Open a Word processing software like Word and paste (Control-V) the snapshot"
  4. Save the image and send it to us.

Unicode support in IE browser before version 6.0 is not good. We recommend you to upgrade to at least IE 6.0+



For Linux Operating System

Copy one of the Hindi fonts file from Hindi Fonts (we recommend Akshar.ttf font) to .fonts directory in the user's home directory. If .fonts directory does not exist in the home directory, please create it. Finally run the command 'fc-cache' from the command prompt. It is very important to restart the browser, then only you will be able to read the content in Hindi.



Mac and iPhone

In Mac OS X 10.4, if you are using 'Safari' web browser, no need to do anything.

Unfortunately iPhone doesn't support any Indian Unicode fonts. We are as eager as you to make our language channels iPhone compatible.

This will fix almost all the problems. If you still have any problems contact us with the browser version, OS version and the problem you are facing.


If you still have any questions please contact us