New unicode.org seasia list

Unicode SEAsia List (including Myanmar). Read the following quoted message about "how to" subscribe,

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Web and Software Translation Tips


Every core translations must go through with UniMM latest packages which support the actual Unicode Standard 4.1 Rendering Algorithm. If you are not sure what it is about then please try only those web-base softwares' translation and print base purposes. UniBurma packages are not recommanded to use in any core translation purposes.

Update uniscribe


About uniscribe

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/developers/uniscribe/

How to update latest uniscribe engine?

This article is maintaining to date and the static link -- http://www.unimm.org/cms/updating-uniscribe --. Read the disclaimer footnote for guideline of this article. This article is written on Tue, 2005-11-22 21:11 and latest updated on 07.12.2007.

unicode.org Burmese related thread

http://www.unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/y2005-m11/0246.html

This is part of the thread of Hebrew script.

Current Myanmar Unicode Fonts and Compatibility


This article now left as archived purpose, written on 2005-10-24 03:40:25 +0800. The latest and the more appropriate version referred to http://www.mmlt.org/portal/myanmar-unicode-public-awareness

There are fonts called PonNya_Web(mamboforge), MyaZedi(earlier version from myazedi.com/etrademyanmar.com), UniBurma(from this project), bit(burmait.net), Mandalay(mahamunipagoda.org.mm) spread through on net as Myanmar unicode font. Perhaps, there can be more which i didn't notice. Please take note that all of above fonts are not actual unicode font. I assumed all these as "partial unicode fonts". So, if you are seeking Myanmar unicode font for translation, be aware about this.

Currently, the fonts which support Myanmar Unicode(both rendering algorithm and glyph map) are

Font Installation


This example assumed that we are going to install UniBurma Fonts on system.

For Window users, recommanded to install both open type and true type version of UniBurma font.
For Linux/Unix and Mac users, just True Type font will do.

Window installation
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Start > Control Panel > Fonts > paste both UniBurma_Regular.otf and UniBurma_Regular.ttf

Window Font Substitution Registry


All to UniBurma (Window Registry Tweak)
Try with caution. Tested on Win XP and 2000.
...not recommanded thou and try only if you know what you are doing

Start > Run

at the dialog box's "Open:" field, type
regedit

at the registry editor, go to