Malayalam Fonts and Google Chrome

September 6th, 2008 | Malayalam

Tags: Answer Questions, Browser, Chrome Tips, Firefox, Font Browser, Font Issues, Free Tip, google, Inbox, Malayalam Fonts, Manoramaonline, News Updates, Twitter, wordpress

UPDATE : FIXED Manoramaonline.com issue. For manoramaonline.com on Google Chrome, you can install THIS FONT After you install this font, refresh the browser and it should work.

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When I tried Google Chrome browser for Malayalam websites, it worked fine. But, then I saw couple of comments about Malayalam font issues on Chrome.

Malayalam UTF fonts were working fine on Chrome, the issue was with manoramaonline.com. To be frank, I am clueless here. Because, I never bothered about how manoramaonline.com’s malayalam page looked like on firefox or IE, and it never worked for me. I was using mathrubhumi.com for news and blogspot, wordpress blogs using Malayalam utf fonts, and I never had any issues. Things were almost the same here with Chrome too.

So, I have two questions.

1. Do you have any issues with Google Chrome Malayalam fonts ? Is it manoramaonline.com only or, just anything written in Malayalam ?

2. Do you know how to fix this issue ?

If you have answer for any of these questions, or another question related to this, drop me a comment here or email me hello at offlineblog.net

As far as I know, if you were able to browse Malayalam websites using firefox, you should not have any problem with Chrome also.

61 comments ↓

#1

pR@tz on 09.07.08 at 12:24 am

Coming here after a looong time… and your template is SUPERB!!!!!!

1. Manorama is still using ASCII fonts and that is why you weren’t able to view it normally. If a site is using ASCII font means, you will have to install that specific ASCII font, the site used.
Mathrubhumi uses Unicode, so you can read it with ANY Unicode font. In Firefox, the problem of using different ASCII fonts for different sites can be installed by using an add-on called padma.

2. I haven’t installed Chrome in my computer, as they haven’t released one for GNU/Linux yet. But I have seen it running in my friends computer and my Malayalam blog was rendered perfectly.

3. As for ASCII font based sites, like Manorama, Keralakaumudi and Deshabhimani, I think you will have to install all the fonts manually when you are using Chrome else use Firefox with padma

4. Google Chrome sucks big time, thank god (chumma! I don’t believe in it/him/her) that Google has this non-branded community supported Chromium browser.

#2

praveen on 09.07.08 at 11:34 am

I have installed Chrome yesterday. It works well for Mathrubhumi and Madhyamam (i think it is better than firefox). But Manaoram didn;t load properly. I installed the Manorama font, that didnt make any difference. Manorama is using dynamic fonts as far as I know. So, I dont know why it is not rendered properly in Chrome

#3

JoE on 09.07.08 at 3:04 pm

I installed the font and tried manoramaonline and it is working fine now thanks…

#4

Nikhil on 09.07.08 at 5:57 pm

Dude, I’ve got Win XP and I downloaded Chrome, and when I tried installing, it says it doesn’t support this version of Windows!! Any clues??
Help, please!

#5

xylene on 09.08.08 at 9:26 am

aargh, manorama with its stupid site. when the world moves on, they dont.

#6

dinu on 09.08.08 at 5:07 pm

@ pR@tz

thanks a lot for explaining it again here more informative than the post itself I am also waiting for the linux version to use it @ work .. but started using it on my laptop anyway ..

@ praveen

did you try clearing cache ?

@ JoE

cool buddy

@ Nikhil

will look for it .. not sure now..

@ xylene

yea yea, I know.. just in case of fonts man, otherwise, they are good, what you think ?

#7

xylene on 09.09.08 at 3:03 pm

I had problems in accessing the site when I was using a dialup…. years back… since then no big issues but for the links… some doesnt work.. also have you noticed their link addresses????
ABDOJOS/(@*(#?/JSDIOS/ and it goes on. why???????

#8

dinu on 09.09.08 at 3:05 pm

@ xylene

hi hi , I know.. they make it tough to save images from their website, but I found an alternative to steal images from their gallery

#9

Chirag Chamoli on 09.10.08 at 4:54 pm

Dinu, Why the silence?

#10

dinu on 09.10.08 at 5:13 pm

@ Chirag Chamoli

hi hi, will let you all know …
but, not silent actually … 3 drafts, ( almost finished ) 3 more in .doc format on my laptop .. and one scheduled post.. am I silent ?

#11

Arun on 09.11.08 at 8:11 am

How to make it work for http://www.deshabhimani.com….

#12

dinu on 09.11.08 at 8:22 am

@ Arun

will need to check that, will let you know if I find it..

#13

renji on 09.17.08 at 9:37 am

thanku vry mch

#14

dinu on 09.17.08 at 9:40 am

@ renji

you are welcome

#15

baburaj on 10.02.08 at 10:30 am

nannnaaaayi…..malayalam valaratte….sahyanum,,”unsahyanum kadannu…………

#16

tintu on 10.05.08 at 7:59 am

hi what an idea

#17

sreeraj on 10.19.08 at 3:17 pm

yes me also feel the problem but not for manoramaonline or other malayalam web cyte i cannot type in malayalam font in blogger and orkut ..do u know how to fix it for manorama online you can get the font format from manorama cyte it self and ur system should be xp/vista

#18

Hari on 10.26.08 at 11:41 am

Even malayalam fonts in orkut is not working.

@Nikhil

XP with service pack2 is required to install chrome

#19

sajid on 11.01.08 at 10:34 pm

good edaaa good 9847728567

#20

Sunny on 11.17.08 at 7:10 pm

After installing the “Manorama.ttf”, i can read Manoramaonline.com in the Google Chrome.

Thanks

Sunny Delhi

#21

anesh on 02.03.09 at 1:14 pm

good

#22

siddiq on 02.11.09 at 8:39 pm

open

#23

karimbil on 03.10.09 at 2:05 pm

madhyamam font not support my system, manorama no problem
madhyama paper on online malayalam and some other language mixinng , every title to read go view menu and encoding select user defined its working malayalam font , but next news select it will come back old shape can you pls help me

#24

dinu on 03.10.09 at 3:16 pm

Thanks for the comment.

Did you restart your computer after installing the font ? Try that, and it should work fine
let me know if you need help

for more details about google chrome, visit chromestory.com

#25

britto on 04.22.09 at 9:44 pm

I need malayalam fonts for my nokia E71 mobile

#26

Biju on 05.14.09 at 1:45 pm

I cant write in malayalam using chrome in orkut

#27

dinu on 05.14.09 at 2:40 pm

please post your question on Chrome Story’s Forum

#28

arjun on 06.13.09 at 3:14 pm

hey,malayalam is not displaying for me.all other indian languages are but not malayalam

#29

dinu on 06.13.09 at 3:18 pm

@ arjun

please post your question at chromestory.com/forum

#30

anjali on 07.10.09 at 2:13 pm

mizhiyoram.com access this font ?
How to make it work for http://www.mizhiyoram.com

#31

dinu on 07.10.09 at 2:18 pm

@ anjali

I couldn’t find anything written on Malayalam script on mizhiyoram.com, its all images with malayalam letters… where exactly is the problem ?

please post your questions on chromestory.com/forum for help from the community

#32

anoop on 07.21.09 at 3:04 pm

I installed the font and tried manoramaonline and it is working fine

#33

dinu on 07.21.09 at 3:17 pm

@ anoop

glad to know that buddy !

#34

jaseelahemad on 08.09.09 at 7:10 pm

news red

#35

walker on 08.11.09 at 7:31 am

Thanks Boss .. i installed the manorama.ttf and it works properly with Chrome… Thanx buddy!

#36

dinu on 08.11.09 at 12:56 pm

you are welcome

#37

Jerry Kuriakose on 10.21.09 at 6:40 am

Thanks man. Its working fine now

#38

shameer on 11.03.09 at 3:31 am

pls help anyone i want to read malayam in my nokia E71 so pls help me

how an i install that

#39

Sivakumar B on 12.08.09 at 7:31 pm

I wish to know how to instal Manorama (ttf) font into my Nokia 5800 Xpress mobile phone. At present, I am able to access the site but the Malayalam font is not displayed and in place of that, only junk characters and sqares are appearing. How to rectify this? I have searched manormaonline.com for the steps to instal their font but to no avail. I also tried messaging MM to 55555 but I have’nt got any response yet. I tried many times. If anyone has any idea as to how to instal this font into the Nokia handset? I have downloaded this font and this Manorama.ttf font file is with me. I wish to know how to instal the same into the Nokia mobile phone.
Thanks in advance to the valuable suggestion.

#40

Jeffin on 02.16.10 at 10:29 pm

The font download given at the top really works.Thanx a Lot

#41

dinu on 02.16.10 at 10:31 pm

you are welcome Jeffin

#42

jimmyjerry on 02.19.10 at 12:12 pm

thank you for giving malyalam fonds

#43

Rajeesh on 04.27.10 at 1:35 pm

I have reading problem in Malayalam Wikipedia. there is some letters not showing correctly

#44

Nabeel on 05.05.10 at 7:50 am

malayalam font is not supporting on chroma while changing language to malayalam

#45

Sain Raj P on 05.11.10 at 8:07 am

Hai,
Here iam telling about manorama reading problems. now some guy have problem to read malayalam after installing the manorama.ttf font, after installing this font please try to zoom the window by pressing ctrl++. then your problem while be solved

#46

philip on 05.15.10 at 12:59 am

I am using chrome on my lap top windows 7. Office 2007

And on Desk top Windows XP home Sp 3 -Office 2003

Anjali old lipi on Desk top only – font nothing installed specially for lap top. I am unable to see chillaksharangal on Desk top .

But on Lap top nothing wrong all can be read fine

why is it

#47

Karthik.K.N on 05.31.10 at 10:43 am

I am using Google Chrome and not able to read the Malayalam fonts. Is there any common font with whose installation I can view any Malayalam sites properly? Or which font should I use to read the Malayalam written in blogs and stuffs like that??

Thanks..

#48

dinu on 06.02.10 at 8:18 pm

try downloading the font from mathrubhumi.com ( you will see a link called ” FONT ISSUE”

#49

sonu on 06.17.10 at 9:01 am

@philip

In Xp u need to install support for complex script and East asian languges from control panel->regional & language options->languages . (insert xp boot cd )

sonu(www.malayalamtyping.page.tl)

#50

rashid on 06.22.10 at 10:57 pm