Wikipedia heavily uses diverse scripts from numerous languages. It has adopted Unicode (UTF-8) as the "encoding" scheme for its websites. In order to view this Bangla version of Wikipedia, you need to have your computer set up to see web pages encoded in Unicode Bangla scripts. To do this, you need to have a Unicode capable browser and Unicode Bangla fonts. Modern browsers following open web standards like Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari, Chrome and current versions of Internet Explorer support viewing Bangla scripts (and indic scripts in general) once you have enabled unicode support in your operating system and installed the fonts.  Check for existing support   Mac OS Xinbuilt support Linux or BSDinbuilt support Windowsinbuilt support OS10.3  OS10.4  OS10.5 / 6  OS10.7 / 8  OS10.9  OS10.10 KDEwithQt  GNOMEwithPango 9x/MEorNT  2000  XPor2003  XPSP2  Vista  7  8  8.1  10 needsfont needsfont needsfont Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes no no no needsfont Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes   Examples ofrendering Correct rendering Your computer 120px  →  200px  →  150px  →  150px  →  150px  →  230px  →  150px  →  150px  →  120px  →  150px  →  280px  →  150px  →  160px  →  200px  →  180px  →  200px  →   If the rendering on your computer matches the rendering on the image, then you computer has automatically already enabled complex text support for Bangla and should be able to view text correctly in Bangla script.  However, this may not mean you will be able to edit text in Bangla. To edit (typing support) such text you need to have install the appropriate keyboard layout or software on your operating system for typing support in Bangla.  Windows XP (Service Pack 2) Viewing Go through the following steps:  Download the latest version of Internet Explorer (IE7 or later), Opera (Opera 9)  or Firefox browser (Firefox 2.0 or later) or Google Chrome(Google Chrome)  Download Unicode Bangla fonts from the web and install them on your operating system; quite a few of these fonts are freely available. Here is a list of web locations that host such fonts.  Go to control panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Language, and check the "Install files for complex scripts and right-to-left languages" option. You will need your Windows XP SP2 installer CD to install these new files.  Install Bangla support on your browsers:  On Firefox 1.5: Go to Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> General -> Edit Languages..., and add Bengali as a language.  Go to your browser's "view" menu and set the "character encoding" or "encoding" feature to: Unicode (UTF-8).  If you want to change to a favorite Bangla Unicode font for your webpages:  For Firefox 1.5: Go to Tools -> Options -> Content tab -> Advanced... in the Fonts and colors section. In the pop up window titled "Fonts", select Bengali from the "Fonts for:" pulldown Menu and set a Bengali font of your choice for various kinds of fields  like Serif, Sans Serif, Monospace, etc. to be shown on webpages.  For Opera 9: Go to Tools -> Preferences -> Advanced tab -> Fonts>International fonts>choose bangla from drop down list. Select the Bangla font of your choice. In most cases,opera automatically detects unicode support if you have it in your operating system and have installed the correct fonts, so you may not require the steps above.  Inputting  Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Language, and check the option “Install files for complex scripts and right-to-left languages" and insert Win XP CD in your CD-ROM drive to install the files.  Download and install any Bangla input interface software from the list provided near the  end of this article.  Follow the help guide/manual that comes with the applications for instructions on how to input Bangla. You should be able to input anywhere you need to type bangla provided the application is unicode compliant. Ideally, you should also be able to input Bengali directly into the edit window of this wiki in your browser.  Windows 95, 98, ME and NT These operating systems contain no support for indic scripts (combined letters) and thus no support for Bangla script.  However, downloading Internet Explorer 6.0, Opera (9 or later) or Mozilla Firefox (you need version 2.0 or later!) should enable you to view Bangla scripts on these operating systems. If after downloading the appropriate browser you still cannot view Indic scripts please install an appropriate Unicode Bangla font. To input Bangla scripts, you can use web/browser based tools noted below in this article.  Windows Vista and Windows 7 Bangla script support is automatically enabled.  Viewing You do not need to do anything to enable viewing of Bangla text.  Inputting You can use any unicode compliant standard input methods.  Mac OS X Unicode support is built into Mac OS X (Cocoa based applications).   Viewing You need to download and install Bangla Unicode fonts for Mac. You can download some of them from Ekushey.Org. You can use Safari, Firefox 3.0 or later browser.    Inputting To input Bangla you have to download Bangla keyboard layouts. You can download some of the layouts from  Ekushey.Org.  Linux There is a specific font in Linux that may interfere with showing Bangla script. You have to remove the 'Mitra Mono' font to get proper rendering. The font support has been dropped, but many operating system may still provide this font and break the rendering.  Linux with Gnome Desktop Viewing You do not need to do anything to enable viewing of Indic text in Gnome 2.8 or later. Ensure you have Bangla Unicode fonts.  Inputting  Go to Applications > Preferences > Keyboard.  Select the "Layouts" tab.  Select the keyboard for the language or script you wish to use from the "Available Layouts" frame and then press "Add".  Press "Close" to discard the dialog box.  Right click on the main menu on your desktop and select "Add to Panel...".  Select "Keyboard Indicator" and click "Add".  Position the keyboard indicator on your menu bar and click it to switch between keyboard layouts.  Linux with KDE Desktop Viewing You do not need to do anything to enable viewing of Indic text.  Ensure you have Unicode Bangla fonts.  Inputting  In the Control Center, go to Regional & Accessibility, Keyboard Layout  In the tab Layout, click on Enable keyboard layouts  Choose the layouts you want to use in Available layouts  Click on Apply  Now, you will have an icon for the KDE Keyboard Tool in your panel, in which you can change between the various keyboard layouts you have selected before  Locations of free unicode bangla fonts (alphabetically)   Bharat Lipi's Bangla font  Bangla Font Library  Bengal Fonts  Ekushey Unicode based Free Bangla Fonts  Okkhor52  Omicronlab's Bangla fonts  Free Bangla Font Project  Lohit fonts project - Lohit fonts are a set of 11 fonts for indic scripts, including Bangla/Bengali. They are available on most current Linux distributions. However, package names may differ, e.g. ttf-fonts-indic for Debian and Ubuntu/Kubuntu, fonts-indic for Gentoo and Fedora.  Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi font  - especially prepared in accordance with the rules of Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  Lipighor Font Foundry  Free Bangla Unicode Font  List of software/resources that enable writing in unicode Bangla (sorted alphabetically) Linux  Avro Phonetic from OmicronLab  Inputting Bangla in SUSE Linux : Unijoy Keyboard from Darklord  Typing Bangla on Ubuntu Linux With UniJoy layout and use the layout on all Ubuntu Applications from Omi Azad  Use any keyboard layout in Ubuntu/Linux from OmicronLab forum.  Bengali fonts installation package for Linux from OmicronLab.  Web/Browser Based  Bengali keyboard,by Lexilogos   Phonetic Bangla tool,by Supriyo Sen  Bangla Typing Scripts for Web Pages from Ekushey  Bangla Typing Scripts for Wordpress from Ekushey  Bangla Web Tools from SM Mahbub Murshed and Arup Kamal   Google Bengali transliteration  Microsoft Bengali transliteration  Shabdik Browser version for Firefox from  iecb  TRIVUz Pad  from TRIVUz  Unicode Help Center   Uninagari Bangla Keyboard  Web-E-Bangla andWeb-E-BanglaExact from Bdjobs.com  Bangla Web Tools  Windows   Avro Keyboard from OmicronLab  Microsoft Indic Language Input Tool from MSN, which allows transliteration to Unicode Bangla.  Bornosoft  Ekusheyr Shadhinota from Ekushey  Shabdik  from iecb  Viewing Tips Solution for the small fonts problem Using the zoom feature in your browser If you think the font size is too small, you can use the "text size"/"zoom" feature of your browser to enlarge it. The methods for increasing "text-size" in different browsers are as follows:  Firefox 1.5: Go to View->Text size->Increase; OR, hold down Control, and press "+"  Internet Explorer 6: Go to View->Text size->Larger(or, Largest)  Opera 9: Go to View->Zoom-> (select %); OR, press "+" for a 10% increase. Modified Vrinda font Download the modified Vrinda font from here:  (Right click->Save link As...) Replace this file with the original Vrinda font in your fonts folder.  Font Fixer Software Font fixer is a free tool developed by VistaArc and hosted by OmicronLab. This software can modify the default bengali font settings in Windows XP/Vista/7. It is accompanied with the Avro Keyboard software package.  ওয়েব ফন্ট সংযোজন উইকিপিডিয়াতে কিছু দিন আগে ওয়েব ফন্ট সংযোজন করা হয়েছে। যার ফলে এখন কোনো কম্পিউটারে বাংলা ইউনিকোড ফন্ট ইন্টল করা না থাকলেও উইকিপিডিয়াতে বাংলা লেখা ঠিকভাবে দেখা যাবে। বাংলা ছাড়াও আরও অনেকগুলো ভাষার জন্যই এই ওয়েব ফন্ট চালু করা আছে। তবে আপনার ব্রাউজার এ ফন্ট দেখতে সমস্যা হলে আপনি এই ওয়েব ফন্ট বন্ধ করে আগের মত ব্রাউজারে নির্ধারিত ফন্টের মাধ্যমে উইকিপিডিয়া দেখতে পারবেন। তবে লগইন করা থাকলেই কেবল এটি কাজ করবে, লগইন করা না থাকলে ওয়েবফন্টে নির্ধারিত ফন্ট আবার সক্রিয় হবে।  বন্ধ করার জন্য উইকিপিডিয়াতে লগইন থাকতে হবে, এবার  আমার পছন্দ লিংকটি ওপেন করুন  অবয়ব ট্যাবে যান  Enable font embedding (WebFonts) নামে একটি অপশন রয়েছে। এই অপশনের পাশের টিকচিহ্নটি উঠিয়ে দিন  পরিবর্তনগুলো সংরক্ষণ করুন।    উইকিপিডিয়ার পাতাটি রিফ্রেশ করুন, পাতাটি এবার ব্রাউজারে নির্ধারিত ফন্টে দেখা যাবে।  See Also  Free Avro Keyboard from OmicronLab  Ekushey Shadhinota from Ekushey  Ekushey - Download and Install keyboard layouts  Bengali Input Method Editor from Microsoft's BhashaIndia  Enabling Bengali Keyboard Layout for Linux from Ankur  Google Transliteration for Bengali  A quick starter for setting up the browsers (Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome).   বিষয়শ্রেণী:উইকিপিডিয়া বহুভাষিক সমর্থন বিষয়শ্রেণী:উইকিপিডিয়া তথ্য পাতা