Can't Read Tamil. Download Tamil Font and Install into the system.
There are two types of tamil fonts ASCII and Unicode. There are lot of tamil fonts available in ASCII and Unicode format. Some of them are Proprietary and some of the tamil fonts are released using GNU/GPL License.
Lot of Tamil ASCII fonts are available. Most of the fonts are Proprietary. Each tamil font use custom tamil keyboard layouts. To type in tamil a user need to learn these layouts also. To read various tamil text an average user need to install all these tamil fonts.
Most of the Tamil Unicode fonts are released under GPL license. You can download them free of cost and use them. The Unicode fonts are presented with common keyboard layout called Inscript. Some of the tamil fonts are listed below.
Downlaod Tamil fonts for Windows and Linux from the links given below.These Tamil fonts are Open Type Unicode Compatable fonts. Most of the fonts are released under a free license. So it is very easy to download and install into the system.
Download Akshar Tamil Font from here. Akshar Unicode is specifically designed to be distributed with Prakruti Editor.
Download Akshar Font
Akruti Tamil Font is Developed by Cyberscape Multimedia Limited, Bangalore, INDIA. and the Contact person is mssridhar at vsnl.com
Kadambri Tamil Font is developed by Kamban Software 1994 - 2000. Kadambri Tamil Font is Released Under the GNU GPL, Dec. 2002. Kadambri Tamil Font is included in the zip file. Download Kadambri Tamil Font from the link below.
Kalyani Tamil Font is developed by Kamban Software 1994 - 2000. Kalyani Tamil Font Released Under the GNU GPL on Dec. 2002. Kalyani Tamil Font is included in the zip file. Download Kalyani Tamil Font from the link below.
Maduram Tamil Font is developed by Kamban Software 1994 - 2000. Maduram Tamil Font Released Under the GNU GPL on Dec. 2002. Maduram Tamil Font is included in the zip file. Download Maduram Tamil Font from the link below.
Paranar Tamil Font is developed by R. KALAIMANI, Sep 1998. Paranar Tamil Font Released Under the GNU GPL on Dec. 2002. Paranar Tamil Font is included in the zip file. Download Paranar Tamil Font from the link below.
Download Tamil Fonts zip file tamil opentype fonts.zip
Lohit tamil is a unicode font developed by Fedora project
Samyak Tamil font is Created by: Rahul Bhalerao - b.rahul.pm at gmail.com, Sandeep Shedmake - sandeep.shedmake at gmail.com, Bageshri Salvi - sbageshri at gmail.com, Pravin Satpute - pravin.d.s at gmail.com
License of the fonts is GNU GPL V.3 or later (with Font Exception), Copyright 2005-2006 by H.B.C.S.E., T.I.F.R., Homi Bhabha Centre For Science Education, Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research, V.N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd, Mumbai 400 088, INDIA.
Further info :http://sarovar.org/projects/samyak/ and www.gnowledge.org
CONTACT person is Nagarjuna G. Email:nagarjun at gnowledge.org