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.
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.
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.
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
I installed the font and tried manoramaonline and it is working fine now thanks…
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!
aargh, manorama with its stupid site. when the world moves on, they dont.
@ 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 ?
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???????
@ 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
Dinu, Why the silence?
@ 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 ?
How to make it work for http://www.deshabhimani.com….
@ Arun
will need to check that, will let you know if I find it..
thanku vry mch
@ renji
you are welcome
nannnaaaayi…..malayalam valaratte….sahyanum,,”unsahyanum kadannu…………
hi what an idea
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
Even malayalam fonts in orkut is not working.
@Nikhil
XP with service pack2 is required to install chrome
good edaaa good 9847728567
After installing the “Manorama.ttf”, i can read Manoramaonline.com in the Google Chrome.
Thanks
Sunny Delhi