1. Which allbrowsers support Malayalam dynamic fonts?
The Manorama Onlinesite is using dynamic fonts and hence, it is not necessary to download thefonts for specific browsers.
Browsers thatsupport Manorama Online site with dynamic fonts are Internet Explorer 5.5 orabove for Windows and Netscape 4.x (Windows, Macintosh, Unix).
Note that InternetExplorer for Macintosh and Netscape 6 and 7 for any operating system do notcurrently support dynamic fonts.
Download font for PC - http://www.manoramaonline.com/mmfont/Manorama.ttf
Download font for Mac - http://www.manoramaonline.com/mmfont/manorama
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2. I am not ableto print the Manorama Online site. Why?
Microsoft InternetExplorer 5.5 for Windows does not fully support dynamic fonts for printing.When you try to print or print preview pages using Web fonts from InternetExplorer 5.5 for Windows, you do not get the dynamic font in the print previewor on printout. It appears that Internet Explorer dynamically rebuilds the pageon the fly, stripping out the Web font tags. This prevents the dynamic fontsfrom printing.
To print dynamicfonts in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Windows, click the print icon on thetoolbar. Do not choose File > Print.
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3. Why is the site appearing with junk characters?
a) Check your browser version. Make sure youare using Internet Explorer 5.5 and above (Windows) or Netscape 4.x (Windows,Macintosh, Unix) to view dynamic fonts. For all other browser and operatingsystem, please download the font by clicking on the below links and copy toyour fonts directory (For Windows, got to Start -> Control Panel ->Fonts)
b) Change the document encoding settings to'User Defined' and reload the site.
OnInternet Explorer 5.5 or above, right click the mouse button, choose Encodingand then choose User Defined from the list.
Onthe Netscape View menu, choose Character Set/Encoding and choose “User Defined”
c) However, some users may have problems withthe font due to some configuration issues or due to poor connectivity.Sometimes just pressing 'refresh' works.
If the problempersists, follow the below steps.
Step 1. Remove anyfonts ('Mano.ttf') that you may have previously downloaded. Go To Start -Control Panel - Fonts - Remove fonts.
Step 2. DownloadFont (by clicking on the above links) and save in your Fonts directory. (ForWindows, got to Start -> Control Panel -> Fonts)
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4.Is the font problem related to my browser?
If you are using an older version of browser, please either download the latest version of your browser or manually download the font to read the news in Malayalam. Also, check the supported browser versions in the above section.
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5.What should be my minimum system requirement for using Manorama Online?
Manorama Online currently supports Internet Explorer 5.5 and above, Netscape 6.0 and above, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Safari (Macintosh). We are working towards extending this support
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6. I am not able to read Malayalam in Mozilla Firefox/Opera browser. Why?
Please download the font manually by clicking on the below link and copy to your Fonts directory
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7. How do I install fonts on Linux machines?
Manually download the Manorama.ttf font by clicking on the below link. Copy the font to your Fonts directory (usually /usr/share/fonts). You need to login as the root user to perform this operation.
Reboot the system.
If you do not have the root permission, please do the following steps.
Copy the Manorama.ttf font to a directory.
Change to that direcroty and run the following commands.
Run ttmkfdir > fonts.dir
Run ttmkfdir > fonts.scale
/usr/X11R6/bin/xset fp+
/usr/X11R6/bin/xset fp rehash
Open the browser and change the character encoding to “User Defined”
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8. I get a JavaScript error: "Object does not support this property or method" when the Mail Compose page opens. What should I do?
Please click your Browser's "Reload" or "Refresh" toolbar button