If you already don’t know, please mind that there are, so far, no Telugu fonts for the internet. A long time pending item, now got realized. Thanks to all those who worked on getting this done.
Please find all the details below :
AP IT department, Silicon Andhra developed them
Usage of Telugu language on Internet got a fillip with the release three new fonts on Tuesday by the Chief Minister, N. Kiran Kumar Reddy.
The new fonts – Ponnala font, Ravi Prakash font and Lakkireddy font were jointly developed by the A.P. IT department and Silicon Andhra, a Telugu social organisation of the USA. The availability of these fonts in Unicode is expected to give an impetus to the usage of Telugu on Internet and promote the language and culture. The fonts were named after people who sponsored them and they include the IT Minister, Ponnala Lakshmaiah; TV 9 CEO, Ravi Prakash, and a US based Telugu businessmen Lakireddy Hanimi Reddy.
The Chief Minister also opened a website “Telugu Vijayam” at the programme organised to mark the International Mother Languages Day on Tuesday. Mr. Reddy hoped that a day will come when companies would ask for people proficient in Telugu language like they are asking for proficiency in English now. Internet, he felt, can create those opportunities and agreed with the views of earlier speakers that all the western countries use their mother-tongue for business activity. But, he felt such a scenario will come only when parents insist children on speaking Telugu at home.
IT Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah felt that development of Telugu fonts will help Telugu usage take a huge leap on Internet and when the usage of language grows it will throw up immense employment opportunities. He said the IT department was working towards creating several other fonts and this will lead to creation of Telugu grammar, thesaurus and dictionaries on Internet thus promoting the language. Former Minister, Mandali Buddha Prasad, requested the Chief Minister to create a separate ministry for Telugu language to promote its usage and help taking up projects related to its promotion. Noted poet, C. Narayana Reddy explained the importance of a language in sustaining the culture and stressed the need for promoting Telugu usage.
The fonts can be downloaded @ http://fonts.siliconandhra.org/
The Three Unicode Fonts Viz. Ponnala font, Ravi Prakash font and Lakkireddy font could be downloaded for free from the following link. These are suitable for Headings (Titles). Please note these fonts in ‘Beta’. Your feedback would help them refine further. Please share extensively.
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