Tamil Unicode Technical References
This webpage contains an eclectic collection of links and information about Tamil Unicode. My interests are in Linux and free software, and the content reflects this. Enjoy! (at your own risk ;-)
What is Unicode?
- UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ for Unix/Linux
- Unicode Code Chart for Tamil
- Unicode Standard Version 4.0: South Asian Scripts
- Unicode FAQ on Indic Scripts and Languages
- An Introduction to Indic Scripts
- AYTHAM (TAMIL SIGN VISARGA) character class change
Standards bodies and Working Groups
- Unicode Consortium
- ISO/IEC Standards Subcommittee for Coded Character Sets
- ISO/IEC Portability Subcommittee: Internationalization Working Group
- World Wide Web Consortium: Internationalization Activity
- The Free Standards Group Open Internationalization Initiative
- INFITT Working Group 2 - Unicode in Tamil
Displaying Tamil Unicode
- Introduction to Complex Script Rendering
- Complex Script Text Layout Technologies
- Smart Font Technologies
- Glossary of Terms
Tamil OpenType Fonts
- GPL'd:
- TSCu Series; also available as Mandrake (fonts-ttf-tamil) and SuSE (fonts-tamil) RPMs.
- VaigaiUni
- Other Licenses:
Creating Tamil OpenType Fonts
- Creating and Supporting OpenType fonts for the Tamil Script
- Tamil Glyph Name Standard (Draft) - Revision 3
- Tools for creating OpenType tables:
- Microsoft Visual OpenType Layout Tool (VOLT): requires registration at VOLT Community Web Site
- PfaEdit
- TTX/FontTools
Tamil Unicode Input Methods
- XKB Keymap
- GTK+ Input Methods: TamilVP
- Internet/Intranet Input Method Framework (IIIMF)
- Tavultesoft Keyman: Anjal-Style Tamil Unicode Input Method
- Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator
- Unicode Input in MacOS X
Encoding Converters
Tamil Unicode Support in Free Software
- KDE
- GNOME
- Openoffice
- Mozilla
- IM Clients
Collation
- Unicode Collation Algorithm
- Unicode Technical Note #1: Issues in Indic Language Collation
- Madras Tamil Lexicon (MTL) Collation Order
Locales
- ISO/IEC 14652: Specification Method for Cultural Conventions
- Comman Locale Data Repository
- GNU libc ta_IN locale file with MTL collation order