© Elmar Kniprath 2005-2010

INDOLIPI is a multipurpose tool box for indologists and linguists. It contains

• Open Type fonts for almost all Indian scripts,
• a Latin font for "instant" transliteration of Indic scripts,
• a Unicode based Latin font for writing of scientific texts in a western language containing all transliteration signs used by indologists as well as all presently valid IPA signs (this font is also Open Type regarding exact positioning of IPA diacritics),
• western (English and German) keyboard layouts for Indic scripts for users who find it difficult to use Indian keyboard layouts,
• an MS Word template with helpful macros for easy use of OT fonts, transliteration into Latin script and a transliteration converter.

The fonts and the keyboard layouts may each be installed and used separately. So you may e.g.

• install just one of INDOLIPI's Tamil fonts and use it with an Indian keyboard layout as provided by Microsoft or others,
• or install one of INDOLIPI's western keyboard layouts and use it with a MS font (e.g. Mangal) or any Open Type font made by somebody else,
• or write scientific texts in a western language with the Latin font "e-PhonTranslit UNI", allowing you to type IPA signs or signs with diacritics needed for transliteration of Indic words, all signs being Unicode based, i.e. they are compatible with any other Unicode font in the world,
• or even type an Indic text in Latin script and have it transliterated to an Indic script automatically.

Installing all components will enable you to use all features and scripts of INDOLIPI and thus give you a maximum flexibility for your work.

Technical Prerequisites

It is recommended to use Windows XP (+ SP2) and MS Word 2003 or later versions. Earlier versions of this software may cause problems.

Packages

To allow for partial downloads of the components the INDOLIPI software has been split up into smaller packages and single fonts.

Contents of INDOLIPI

Indic fonts and keyboard layouts are packed together separately for each Indic script. Additional packs contain the transliteration tools, the manuals and separate packages for Grantha and IPA.

A detailed description of all INDOLIPI features with download and installation advice is given in the INDOLIPI Manual contained in the Manuals package.

Because of the popularity of the Manipravala font "e-Grantamil.ttf" a separate download of this font has been provided for.

Copyright

INDOLIPI has been developed by Elmar Kniprath. He holds the copyright for the whole program and the fonts. INDOLIPI is distributed as freeware. It may be used free of charge for scientific and private purposes. No commercial use or distribution of the program as a whole or of any of its components (including the fonts) is allowed, except with written consent of the author.

Disclaimer

The author can not be made responsible for any possible faults of the program nor is he liable for any damages which might be caused by it.

Updates

Work on improvements and enlargement of the program is in progress. Updates will be published on this website without prior notice. If you wish to be informed automatically by e-mail about new updates, please mail your address (see INDOLIPI Manual).

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