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• MicrosoftWindows 95
• MicrosoftWindows 98
• Murasu-Anjal users
• Windows3.x users
• Sun Solaris - Unix users
• Frequently Asked Questions

 
 
 
 

To download our font for Windows 95 , follow these instructions:

• For users of Netscape Navigator 4.0 or Communicator 4.0 or higher: Without clicking, place the mouse cursor on the link webtamil.ttf located in this sentence.  Keeping the cursor on that link, click the Right Mouse Button.  A menu will appear (as seen in the figure below) in that part of the screen.  From that menu, select the option 'Save Link As'.  Save the font as "webtamil.ttf".  Make a note of the directory in which you are saving this file. 
• For users of other browsers, click here to download webtamil.ttf (70k).  Save the font as "webtamil.ttf" and make a note of the directory in which you are saving this file. 

For Installation instructions, check the Installation Guide.

To download our font for Windows 98, follow these instructions:

The WebTamil font does not work with Netscape Navigator or Netscape Communicator in Windows 98.

• Microsoft Internet Explorer users, click here to download webtamil.ttf (70k).  Save the font as "webtamil.ttf" and make a note of the directory in which you are saving this file. 

For Installation instructions, check the Installation Guide.

Users of Murasu Anjal 1.8 or higher can view KOODAL webpages without downloading the WebTamil font.  Refer to the following instructions for viewing KOODAL webpages using Murasu Anjal 1.8 or higher.

• Open the Murasu Anjal software and leave it running. 
• Start your internet browser. 
• In Internet Explorer, select Internet Options from the View menu.  Click on the Fonts button and set the Inaimathi or Inaikathir font as the default viewing font. 
• In Netscape Navigator, select Preferences from the Edit menu. Select the Fonts option under the heading Appearances and set the Inaimathi or Inaikathir font as the Variable Width Font. 
• Then browse through our webpages. 
• If any problems occur, please e-mail us with the details. 

Installation Procedure:

1.  Click the Start button located in the lower left hand corner of the screen.

2.  As illustrated in the picture below, select Control Panel from the Settings menu.

3. Double click on the Fonts icon found in the Control Panel.

4. Select the 'Install New Font' option from the 'File Menu'.

5.  Under the 'Drives' dropdown box, select the drive in which the 'webtamil.ttf' file has been saved. 

6.  Under the 'Folders' list box, switch to the directory in which you have saved 'webtamil.ttf'.

7.  'webtamil.ttf' will be among the fonts displayed in the 'List of Fonts' list box.  Click to choose 'webtamil.ttf' from the 'List of fonts'.

8.   Click 'OK'.

9.   Restart your browser.

10.  After completing the above process, your web browser will automatically display Tamil characters whenever you access www.koodal.com.

• After downloading "webtamil.ttf", go to "Main" in Windows.  Double click the "Control Panel" icon. 

• Double click the "Fonts" icon inside "Control Panel". 

• Click the "Add" button. 

• Select the directory or folder in which "webtamil.ttf" has been saved. 

• If you are in the right directory or folder, "Available Fonts" box will contain the font "Web Tamil Normal". 

• Select "Web Tamil Normal" and click "OK". 

• Close all programs and restart the browser. 

• After completing the above process, your web browser will automatically display Tamil characters whenever you access www.koodal.com. 

If you face any difficulties, please contact us immediately with the details.

www.koodal.com is 100% percent compatible with the Sun Microsystems's version of Unix - Solaris.  You have to download the Unix version of fonts from www.murasu.com.  For more details please send a e-mail.

(Thanks Mr. Kandiah Jeyapalasingham (kanjey@nortelnetworks.com) for testing our site in Sun's Solaris!)