Getting & Installing Sanskrit fonts

Sanskrit fonts

If you would like to see the proper Sanskrit characters on this site, then you will need to install the appropriate fonts: Sanskrit98 and Translit98. (Also remember that if you want to print anything out, you can use the pdf files provided).

Acknowledgment

These two fonts are provided free of charge to the World Community by Swami Omkarananda and the kind people at the Omkarananda Ashram in Uttaranchal, India, within sight of the Himalayas and the Ganges. Thanks and acknowledgement are hereby given for their generosity in allowing the free use and distribution of these fonts for the dissemination of Sanskrit.

Installation

Installing the fonts is a simple operation: of (1) downloading; (2) decompressing; (3) installing; (4) testing; and then possibly (5) selecting an appropriate browser. Use the menu immediately underneath to take you to the instructions appropriate to your operating system:

Windows: (1) Download | (2) Decompress | (3) Install | (4) Test font | (5) Select browser

Macintosh: (1) Download | (2) Decompress | (3) Install | (4) Test font | (5) Select browser

If you would prefer to view and/or print out these instructions in one page, please click on the link for your relevant operating system(s): Windows Macintosh

Fonts for Windows:
(1) Download | (2) Decompress | (3) Install | (4) Test font | (5) Select browser

Fonts for Macintosh:
(1) Download | (2) Decompress | (3) Install | (4) Test font | (5) Select browser