First thing you require is a
unicode editor. There are many editors available on
the net but yudit is an open-source unicode editor available at http://www.yudit.org/
Get
the the latest version of yudit.rpm and type
$rpm -i yudit.rpm
This will install the
package. Watch out for errors as you may need some additional software packages.
After installing yudit, execute it by
typing
$yudit
Download the Raghu Devanagari font (raghu.ttf) from http://rohini.ncst.ernet.in/indix/download/font/raghu.ttf
Make a font directory say
raghu in your home and copy the font file into
it.
mkdir ~/raghu
The
font file should have the extension ".bdf". For this use ttf to bdf converter - ttf2bdf.
ttf2bdf raghu.ttf
Run
the mkfontdir command to create an index of the font
file.
mkfontdir ~/raghu
This will create a fonts.dir file in the font directory. This file contains an
entry for each font in the directory. Add the directory to the current fontpath.
xset fp+ ~/raghu
If
xset returns an error, check the permissions so that
the font directory, ~/raghu, can be accessed by other
users. Set the permissions to rwxr_xr_x. In case
problem persists, see that the fonts.dir file is
created correctly. Force the server to re-scan for available
fonts.
xset fp rehash
To
verify that the font has been correctly installed, you can run the following
command
xlsfonts | grep <fontname>
Choose the language in
which you want to edit. Switch the editor mode to language X and type in the
proper key sequence to get the alphabet in that language. The key sequence
produces appropriate UNICODE characters.e.g. I made the page in Hindi with Devanagari script using yudit.
For
more information on UNICODE try the following link: