How to install Myanmar Fonts in Linux

by **akhtet** » August 11th, 2007, 12:18 pm

For those who managed to install Myanmar Fonts and input methods in Linux, could you please share your information here?

by **victor_lin21** » August 13th, 2007, 1:34 am

One" fine day, I would like to make deb and rpm for font installation as well as keyboard input. Please kindly test and follow the topic to report for your GNU/Linux distro.

Font Installation (Copy and Paste Method)
For now, what I can tell is that please open console/terminal..

Code: Select all: #sudo yourname #updatedb #locate fonts

It will show you where those "fonts" related file and folder.. And expect the possible structure..
At most cases:
(Red Hat, Fedora)

Code: Select all: /usr/share/fonts/ {Paste the *.ttf}

(Ubuntu, Debian)

Code: Select all: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ {Paste the *.ttf}

For ASCII fonts, there is no additional for keyboard input or keyboard installation.
Keyboard Input Method (Only for Unicode Font user)
UniBurma XKB mapping is now completed. Base on I've written tutorial here before, now I updated the latest packages with respective instructions and shell script installer at the following permenant link. I'll update this link for future. So, please kindly refer to this link.
http://www.unimm.org/xkbinstall/
http://uniburma.blogspot.com

by **simple** » August 24th, 2007, 4:56 pm

How to install Mitex
To use latex in Windows, U need the followings software.
1. Ghost Script
Download here :http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/gnu/gnu707.htm

2. Ghost Gum
Download here :http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/get48.htm

The above two softwares can be downloaded at http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
They are necessary to see *.ps file.

U have to declare location of these two softwares in Environment variable.
In Window, Environment variable can be declared this way.
1. Select my computer on the desktop,
2. Righ click and chose properties
3. Go to "Advanced" tab, you will see "Environment variables" button ,
and click it.
4. U can declare as system variables.
Choose Path from system variables, add the location of the software,
5. Press ok

3. Mitex
Download here : http://sourceforge.net/projects/miktex/
After downloaded, install *.exe , it will automatically install through net.

4. Editior for Latex
after installing above threes, u install WinEdit.
[I use WinEdit editor.]

How to install *.ttf (True Type Font) to use in Latex
the reference page is here http://www.radamir.com/tex/ttf-tex.htm

Example tex file

Code: Select all: \documentclass[a4,12pt,oneside]{book} %Normal Winresearcher font , %Important \newcommand\winresearcher{\usefont{T1}{tnr}{m}{n}} \DeclareTextFontCommand{\textrsh}{\winresearcher} \begin{document}

Let me show you how u can use.

Code: Select all: \Large{\textrsh{aeaumif;vm;}}

Code: Select all: How are you? \Large{\textrsh{aumif;ygw,fuGm/ rif;a\&m}} I'm fine. How about you?

One thing let me warn you is sometimes, it needs the fonts 3 files in the same place where your \textbf{*.tex} is.

Code: Select all: \textbf{T1-WGL4.enc, t1tnr.fd, ttfonts.map.} Good Luck! \\ \Large{\textrsh{uHaumif;ygapaemf/}} \end{document}

Download this example latex here. [ http://www.sendspace.com/file/6f809k]