Most of the Malayalam newspapers use dynamic fonts. FireFox and Mozilla browsers do not support Dynamic fonts by default. Here is how you can read Malayalam and Other Indic publications using Firefox:
1) install firefox extension padma from here:-
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/873?id=873&application=firefox
Padma is a technology for transforming Indic text between public and proprietary formats. The technology currently supports Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Devanagari (including Marathi), Gujarati, Bengali, and Gurmukhi...
2) download all the required malayalam newspapers fonts from here:-
http://varamozhi.sourceforge.net/fonts/?N=A
3) add the malayalam font as follows:-
There are various locations in GNU/Linux in which fonts can be kept. These locations are defined in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf; standard ones include /usr/share/fonts, /usr/local/share/fonts, and /home//.fonts (where is your user name).
The easiest way to install a truetype font is to press alt-F2 and enter the following code (this will open nautilus in the right directory):
gksu nautilus /usr/share/fonts/truetype
Then create a new directory, name the directory whatever you like (choose a name that you remember if you ever need to backup your fonts personal fonts). Copy the fonts into that directory and finally rebuild the font information files by pressing alt-F2, mark 'run in terminal' so you can see the progress and entering the following code:
sudo fc-cache -f -v
Note: After you install a new font, you will need to make sure that programs in which you want to use the new fonts can recognize them. In most cases this is done by closing and reopening the programs; however, some programs may require you to log out and log back in.
The easiest place for people to put their fonts is /home//.fonts. If you have not already done so, create this folder:
Open your home folder in Nautilus (GNOME) or Konqueror (KDE).
Since dot-folders are really hidden folders, you need to choose "Show Hidden Files" from the View menu.
Go to File -> Create Folder (GNOME), or right-click and choose Create New -> Folder (KDE).
Name the new folder ".fonts".
Now double click on the folder to open it, and drag and drop your fonts into the folder.
On GNOME, you can also directly open the virtual folder fonts:/ (within a Nautilus window, choose Go -> Location or press Ctrl+L) and drag and drop fonts into this folder. (Does not work in in Hardy Heron 8.04 due to changes. Please follow the method above.)
4) Now, fireup Firefox, Edit -> Preferences -> Content and set your Default Font to appropriate malayam font
That is it...!!
download malayalam fonts here:-
http://ifile.it/49yikqx/malayalam-fonts.zip
http://ifile.it/49yikqx
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