Help on Sinhala and Tamil fonts

Help on reading Sinhala and Tamil content

To read articles in Sinhala and Tamil, click here to download a Sinhala Unicode font or click here to download a Tamil Unicode font.

An alternative Sinhala UNICODE font, Sarasavi, can be downloaded from the University of Colombo website here.

Installing the fonts

  • On any recent GNU/Linux distribution make a folder called .fonts under your home folder. Copy the font file there and just type fc-cache on a terminal.
  • The easiest way on Windows XP is to copy the font file from the location you downloaded it to the Fonts directory residing under the Windows directory. Alternatively, you can go to Control Panel -> Fonts -> File menu -> Install Font -> select the location where you downloaded the font(s) -> Install.

If you have any problems, please get in touch with folks at Fonts.lk. You may also find the University of Colombo Sinhala UNICODE resources useful.

About Groundviews

Located at the Centre for Policy Alternatives in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Groundviews is a citizen journalism website that uses a range of genres and media to highlight critical perspectives on governance, reconciliation, human rights, the arts and literature, democracy and other issues. The site has won two international awards, including the prestigious Manthan Award South Asia in 2009. The grand jury's evaluation of the site noted, "What no media dares to report, Groundviews publicly exposes. It's a new age media for a new Sri Lanka... Free media at it's very best!"

cezarneaga.eu