3/14/2007

使用firefox访问本blog的一些考虑

Installing and Viewing Hindi Fonts

Blogger uses Unicode to encode the Hindi characters in your post. Unicode is a system of representing text and symbols and is supported by all modern browsers and operating systems.

If you use Internet Explorer 6+ in Windows Vista/XP/2000, you should have no problems in viewing and editing Hindi text correctly. Mozilla Firefox requires support for complex text layout, otherwise it might display the Hindi text incorrectly. The support for complex text layout is usually turned off by default, but this Wikipedia article gives a detailed explanation on how to turn it on in various operating systems.

Notes:

  • The transliteration feature is only supported in Internet Explorer versions 6.0 and higher on Windows, and Firefox 1.5 and higher on Windows and Linux. It is not supported on Macs.
  • The transliteration button is only available in Compose Mode. All the other editing features of Compose Mode will continue to work normally with transliterated text, and you can also copy and paste text to work with into the editor.
  • For a complete mapping of which Roman characters will be converted into which Devanāgarī characters, please see this article. Note that this is a static mapping that only applies in Edit mode. When you are simply typing as usual, a more complex algorithm is used to determine the correct characters to display based on the sound of each overall word.
  • If you see a message saying that the transliteration service is unavailable, check your internet connection. This feature requires a live internet connection, as all the transliteration is done on Google's servers and sent back to your browser while you work on your post.
  • For further help with transliteration, please see the Blogger Help Group.