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This tag can be used in questions that relate to encoding standards, fonts, and the readability of the Tamil language.

This tag can be used in questions that relate to encoding standards, fonts, and the readability of the Tamil language.

Tamil also spelt Thamizh is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka.

It has official status in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Tamil is also an official and national language of Sri Lanka and one of the official languages of Singapore

Read more about Tamil language wiki.

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Python 3 len() function for Unicode characters

When we believe Python 3 got everything right on Unicode I am surprised while I faced this situation. >>> amma = "அம்மா" >>> amma 'அம்மா' >>> len(amma) 5 Apparently the Tamil string "அம்மா" has 3 letters, A return value of 5 for len("அம்மா") in no…
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Are there technologies-S/w framework/tools/sites that do Translation from Indic(Indian) languages to English?

Are there any tools/sites which will allow me to enter some text in one of the many Indian Languages(Kannada,Marathi,Tamil,Hindi,..) and get translated it to English. Google translate currently only supports Hindi among the Indian languages.
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Tamil language option not working in struts 2.3.29

I have a multilingual struts application and recently I upgraded the struts from 2.3.20 to 2.3.29. After upgrading, the Tamil language is not working i.e. even though if we select Tamil language, the texts are shown in English. I checked the locale…
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Tamil unicode font in php gd

Many people have asked similar questions. Most of them are advised to use the right fonts. I tried most of the available tamil utf fonts. I haven't found complete solution. After from fonts, it looks like wee need to swap the text. கு -> It is a…
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identifying if the character is a digit or Unicode character within a word in python

I want to find if a word contains digit and characters and if so separate the digit part and the character part. I want to check for tamil words, ex: ரூ.100 or ரூ100. I want to seperate the ரூ. and 100, and ரூ and 100. How do i do it in python. I…
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How to create a Tamil Calendar

I want to create a calendar in Tamil. I have searched extensively, but all the results show how to convert the text in the calendar from other languages to Tamil. But I want to create the whole Tamil calendar for the Tamil year. I would highly…
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Any reference for a good free tamil font for android app

I have an android application that displays content in tamil. I understand how I can display tamil fonts in my application by adding a font. My problem is, the fonts that are being used for web is not properly displaying in android app. So, the…
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How to get correct first letter in a tamil unicode word using Javascript?

Edit 2: const tamilRegex = XRegExp("\\p{Tamil}", "ug") const match = XRegExp.exec(word, tamilRegex); return match Now, I found XRegExp a library which can handle unicode characters. The above code is the one I tried using that library still it…
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UItableview scrolling problem when using tamil text

When I trying to display tamil characters in my UITableview I can't able to smoothly scroll the tableview but if I replace tamil characters with english characters there is no problem in scrolling. Any solutions ? Thanks in advance !!! -…
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Supporting various languages (Hindi, Arabic, Tamil) in Android

I have been building an app whose base function is to translate things into various languages. However, I can't find a way to let the TextView support languages like Arabic, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and so on. So far, I have seen that device…
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C# : Unable to print data as unicode characters from MYSQL database

Hi I have developed a windows application which allows user to save data and see data in tamil font. I installed 'Bamini' font (Tamil font), and set textboxs and datagridview to Bamini font. I am able to save and retrieve data in tamil. The problem…
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Tamil fonts mess up HTML element's alignment and design

Why the Tamil words are not aligning correctly as English words and why its change the default html element behavior? For example I include the code sample below for your clarification and it is better to open it with firefox because it will clearly…
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Custom SoftKeyBoard in Android?

Does SoftKeyBoard support the Indian Languages(Hindi,Tamil,Telugu,etc) in Android? The packages Locale and UnicodeBlock are used for the Fonts. But how to integrate the Custom IME in it? the sample in the developer site is not enough. Can you…
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Text segmentation for Tamil language with Java Eclipse

In Java Eclipse, when the words are segmented,the Tamil words gets splitted as below Example: படிகஅமைப்பு = பட + ிகஅமைப்பு instead of படிகஅமைப்பு = படி + கஅமைப்பு The Tamil font "Latha" is used. Kindly help me to resolve this issue
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jsPDF not rendering tamil text properly

I am trying to generated invoice in tamil text using JSPDF with React-js. I have created a application which has print button and upon clicking it should generate PDF which I have described inside generateBill. I have added entire code in App.js…
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