Nepali Unicodeने�पा�ली� युनिनेको�द

• Before Development of Nepali Unicode, Nepali fonts such as Himali, Preeti, Kantipur, Sama etc. used in Nepaliese documents. All those fonts used the Devnagari font as their base but in different or non-standard coding system. Which brought lots of complication during document exchange, Until Nepali Unicode was release in 2002 by Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya.

• Unicode provides a unique number for every character used in the computer, No matter what the platform, No matter what the program, No matter what the language.

• Using Unicode minimized the conflicts and data corruption caused by the incompatible coding system faced earlier. With the globally compatible for any data processing and encoding system the Unicode Standard has become computing industry standard is the official way to implement ISO/IEC 10646.

1. Start > Control Panel > Regional and Language Options (in Classic View)

2.[Tab] Language > Supplemental language

support"Install files for complex script and right-to-left

language (including Thai)" and Hit Apply.

(Windows XP installation CD might be required in 

this stage).3. Then Restart Computer

Zero Width Non Joiner (ZWNJ) is typically used to represent the separated form of characters that normally fuse together to form a ligature. In the context of Nepali, the halanta representation has an implicit behavior similar to zero-width joiner.The ZWJ and ZWNJ, among other things, can be used to represent different forms of conjuncts as shown in the following example:

• The ZWJ following the consonant+halant sequence (‘ka’+ halant in the example) represents the half-consonant form of the syllable (‘ka’ in the above example). The ZWNJ, on the other hand, is used in representing the split or separated form of the conjunct. When neither the ZWJ nor the ZWNJ appears following the halant character, the conjunct is shown in the customary full ligature form.

Currently Developed By:

• Languages Group: MPP, KU and TU

Can be downloaded from:www.download.com.npwww.mpp.org.np