Get the fonts you need to read Nepali news . . .
Nepali is written in the Devanagari (or 'Nagari' script), which is also used for Hindi, Marathi and Sanskrit. Nepali Devanagari has 11 vowels and 33 consonants and is largely phonetic, which means that the pronunciation closely resembles the writing system. In order to view or input the Devanagari script in a digital context, it is necessary to have a Devanagari font installed on one's computer or to have a Unicode enabled computer which has a keyboard driver for Indian (and preferably Nepali) input. For detailed information about Unicode, go to THDL (Tibetan Himalayan Digital Library) Download Windows Fonts . . .Nepali fonts for reading online newspapers: Kantipur, Preeti and Sagarmatha are the three most popular fonts used by the Nepali press. The names of these fonts have been given a lighter background colour for your convenience. |
| Nepali Fonts [click and save] |
A sample of each font is shown . . . |
| Agra |  |
| Amrit Kuruti |  |
| Anuradha |  |
| Arjun |  |
| Devanagari Bold |  |
| Devanagari New |  |
| Dev Lys 010 |  |
| Dev Lys 010 Bold |  |
| Dev Lys 110 Wide |  |
| Dina |  |
| Gauri Regular |  |
| Golchha |  |
| Himali Bold |  |
| Ganess |  |
| Gauri | |
| Himalli Regular |  |
| Hindi Sanskrit |  |
| Kanchan |  |
| Kantipur |  |
| Lakshmi |  |
| Mt Everest |  |
| Nepali Normal |  |
| PCS Nepali |  |
| Prachin |  |
| Preeti |  |
| Priyatam |  |
| Raju Bold |  |
| Ritu |  |
| Rukmini |  |
| Sabdatara |  |
| Sagarmatha |  |
| Sama |  |
| Shri Nagar |  |
| Siddhi |  |
| Susha |  |
| Suryodaya |  |
| Yogesh Web |  |
| Yogesh Web Bold |  |
| Yogesh Web Bold Italic |  |
| Yogesh Web Italic |  |
Installing Fonts
The process for installing fonts differs for each operating system. Installation instructions are given below for two of the most popular platforms, Windows and the Mac OS.
Windows
To install the fonts on a Windows machine:
- Download the font to ateemporary folder . . . .
- From the Start Menu, choose Settings and then choose Control Panel.
- From the resulting window, choose the Fonts folder. A separate window will appear displaying all the fonts presently installed on one's system.
- From the File menu of that window, choose Install New Font.
- From the Add Fonts window that then appears, choose the drive and navigate to the temporary folder where the font files have been unpacked. The list of available fonts should then appear.
- Click on the Select All button (or the specific font you wish to install) and then click OK.
Macintosh
To install the fonts on Macintosh OS through System 9.2.2:
- Save the fonts into a temporary folder.
- Go into Macintosh HD (or whatever one's system hard drive is named).
- Open the System Folder.
- Then open the Fonts folder.
- Drag the font suitcases from the temporary folder into the Fonts folder.
Note: On Mac OS X 10.1-3, the Fonts folder is in the Library folder of your home directory. The drag-and-drop procedure is the same.
