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Lindsay Wednesday 16th of February 2005 11:24:33 AM
Devanagari typing - I've figured out how to get devanagari on my pc, but I'm not sure how to type conjunct characters. Can anyone help me out? Thank you :)

Anya Wednesday 16th of February 2005 01:22:24 PM
- Namaste,
I've had a hard time with conjuncts as well, Lindsay.
Can you tell me which keyboard you loaded? Some of them have conjunct capabilities and others don't (and there appear to be many different keyboards).
In Word, I am able to type two characters one after the other and they are sometimes joined into a conjunct, although I can't get all of them to work. I'm still on the search for a better keyboard....If I find anything, I will definitely send you the link!
thīk cha!

Lindsay Thursday 17th of February 2005 05:26:47 AM
- Namaste :)
I have the Nepali Unicode Romanized keyboard, Devanagari inscript and Nepali Unicode. Maybe there are some fonts even that will help with the conjuncts. I have to use a combination of a "pinyin okay" font and the U.S. International keyboard when I'm typing words in pinyin for Mandarin. So maybe there is something similar with Nepali. I'm not sure, but if anyone could help us out that would be great :D thanks

Ize8 Thursday 24th of March 2005 02:01:56 PM
- Hi everybody!

Lindsay, i have Nepali Unicode Romanised. It's very easy to write conjuncts ... just type a consonant + halant + consonant, and it binds the two consonants into a conjunct ... it works for me ... :))

i wonder, if here in the forum this font could be displayed ... i try now:
नमस्ते !

Wednesday 06th of April 2005 08:08:43 AM
- Hey thanks :) I figured it out. Some of them still look different though. Is that just because the font is a bit different from the book I'm reading? I also have Teach Yourself Nepali.

Anya Thursday 07th of April 2005 04:48:23 AM
- I still can't write in Sanskrit, but that is because my computer needs the windows XP CD to install the proper fonts :(

This was the post before mine:
[quote][i]Originally posted by Lindsay:[/i]Hey thanks :) I figured it out. Some of them still look different though. Is that just because the font is a bit different from the book I'm reading? I also have Teach Yourself Nepali.[/quote]

Anya Sunday 08th of May 2005 11:09:32 PM
- After having to switch computers I can finally type in Devanagari!

मलाई नेपली लेख्नु आउँछ (I can write in Nepali).

In order to make conjuncts, simply type a halant [्] after the letter and then type the next part of the conjuct directly afterwards. This command will create a new conjunct. For me the halant is on the english letter 'd'.

Hope this helps.

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Lindsay	Wednesday 16th of February 2005 11:24:33 AM
Devanagari typing - I've figured out how to get devanagari on my pc, but I'm not sure how to type conjunct characters. Can anyone help me out? Thank you :)

Ize8	Thursday 24th of March 2005 02:01:56 PM
- Hi everybody! Lindsay, i have Nepali Unicode Romanised. It's very easy to write conjuncts ... just type a consonant + halant + consonant, and it binds the two consonants into a conjunct ... it works for me ... :)) i wonder, if here in the forum this font could be displayed ... i try now: नमस्ते !

	Wednesday 06th of April 2005 08:08:43 AM
- Hey thanks :) I figured it out. Some of them still look different though. Is that just because the font is a bit different from the book I'm reading? I also have Teach Yourself Nepali.

Anya	Thursday 07th of April 2005 04:48:23 AM
- I still can't write in Sanskrit, but that is because my computer needs the windows XP CD to install the proper fonts :( This was the post before mine: [quote][i]Originally posted by Lindsay:[/i]Hey thanks :) I figured it out. Some of them still look different though. Is that just because the font is a bit different from the book I'm reading? I also have Teach Yourself Nepali.[/quote]

Anya	Sunday 08th of May 2005 11:09:32 PM
- After having to switch computers I can finally type in Devanagari! मलाई नेपली लेख्नु आउँछ (I can write in Nepali). In order to make conjuncts, simply type a halant [्] after the letter and then type the next part of the conjuct directly afterwards. This command will create a new conjunct. For me the halant is on the english letter 'd'. Hope this helps.