Apramana

Yesterday while I was at work Anandawardhana buzzed me on Gtalk.

This is the the conversation we had;

12:04 PM Anandawardhana: http://web.nickshanks.com/typography/
මේක වැඩ කරනවද නැද්ද බලල තියෙනවද?
12:05 PM me: ah
try karanna one
Anandawardhana: if this works
it indeed is a BIG step forward
12:06 PM me: yehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Anandawardhana: pls test it if you have a mac
i dont
me: yeh yeh i have a macbook now
Anandawardhana: great

12:07 PM me:

So today I got a chance to try this & this works fine. But as they have mentioned it’s still under development & still some characters not rendering properly. But end of the they we have a reasonable Sinhala Unicode support on Mac OS X.

This has developed by a Programmer & Web Developer, Nicholas Shanks who lives in United Kingdom.

This font is a Mac version of Malithi Web, a typeface by Pushpananda Ekanayaka.

Here is the link to get Sinhala Unicode for Mac OS X.

This this the screen shot of the Sinhala Bloggers Union website in Safari;

Click on the image to view the full screen version

This is the screen shot of Firefox 3 Sinhala;

Click on the image to view the full screen version

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• Full Zoom - See any part of a Web page, up close and readable, in seconds.
• Platform-Native Look & Feel - Browse with a Firefox that’s integrated into your computer’s operating
  system.
• Add-ons Manager - You can now find and install add-ons directly in your browser. You no longer need to visit the add-ons Web site, simply fire up the new Add-ons Manager.
• Browser Look & Feel - Dress up your browser as you like it. With themes, choose a darkened control panel reminiscent of a space ship, faux wood paneling, or hundreds of other unique looks to surround your surfing.
• Download Manager - An all new manager lets you download seamlessly, with even greater security. A pause and resume feature means there’s no need to wait for a download to finish before you disconnect.
• The Language of Firefox - Firefox speaks your language like no other browser on earth. Because the Web is a worldwide resource and we believe that resource belongs to the people, we’ve made our browser available in as many local languages as possible. IT HAS THE SINHALA VERSION TOO.
• Graphics Engine Improvements - Improved text rendering is just the beginning of the benefits of an all new graphic engine for Firefox 3.
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