MYLAI TAMIL FONT

MYLAI is a Tamil font created by Dr. K.Kalyanasundaram (of the Swiss Federal Inst. of Technology at Lausanne, Switzerland) primarily as a medium for archiving and distributing tamil electronic texts on the Internet.

The font is available in two identical formats - truetype form for use on MS-Windows (Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and Windows NT) and Postscript type 1 form for use on Macintosh PCs.

Once installed in the system, the tamil font can be used on almost all applications supported by Windows/Macintosh OSs. (word processing such as Word/Word Perfect, graphics such as Coral Draw, database such as Excel and so on).

The keymapping used in Mylai font is based on two principles: Phonetic link of the Tamil character being typed with the corresponding Roman character and Frequency of occurrence of characters. Thus you type k to get letter ka, ka for kaa, ki for ki, kI for kii, mi for mi, pa for paa etc. The keymapping in the form of a compact table can be consulted any time. Mylai font is distributed to interested individuals, FREE, as a service in the cause of developing and preserving the Tamil Language and Culture, but under certain conditions. If you are interested to get a copy of the font, please consult the web page Mylai Distribution

In the last two years, several thousand internet users have obtained a free copy of the Mylai Tamil font and have been using it successfully on Macintosh and Windows-based PCs. The mylai tamil font users spread across the entire globe (Continental US, Hawaii, Alaska, most of the European countries, Gulf states, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Australasia, Japan, .....).

This forum has been set up to promote such exchange of tamil based materials whenever people use the Mylai tamil font to create these materials. In the initial stage, this Web page will provide all available info. on Tamil Materials that have been prepared using the Mylai Tamil font - materials that their authors are willing to share with the internet audience! Please visit the Mylai Web Forum page for more details.

A Webpage giving detailed guidelines for setting up tamil web pages using Mylai and other tamil fonts is also available.

Mylai-Sri is a tamil font with identical keymap to Mylai, freely distributed on internet by Dr. K. Srinivasan of Canada. You can download a copy directly from his web page and use it to view the "tamil Literature Online" tamil webpages.