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Thank you for visiting http://tirthankar.8k.com/. If you have any problem reading our site, then you need to download font from our site. The Procedure for font download is as follows -

INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING DYNAMIC HINDI FONTS.

Now, with the introduction of dynamic fonts, you need not download any font to view the site. However, dynamic fonts will work on Internet Explorer 4.0 or above and Netscape 4.03 or above and with  resolution of  800 x 600 pixels. In case of problems please read the instructions carefully & download the Hindi font.

1) Click on Download Shivaj01 Font. A dialog box appears. Click on the second option i.e  Save this File to disk  and click OK.

    For Windows 95/98 users :
                          Save the file in  Windows/ Fonts directory.
    For Windows NT user  :
                          Save the file in the WINNT/ Fonts direcotry
    Then Click Save.
2) After the fonts is saved, click on Start -> Settings -> Control Panel. In the Control Panel double-click on 'Fonts'.
3) Select File -> Install New Font... option. Then select the drive and folder in which
you had saved the font file as above. You should see the file shivaji01.ttf displayed in the upper left corner box.
4) Select the font file then click on 'OK'. The font will get installed on your computer. You should now be able to view the site in Hindi.
 

If you are unable to see the site even after downloading the font, you need to change some settings in your  browser. For that please do the following.
a) If you are using Internet Explorer browser , click on View , select -> "encoding", then select "User defined" option. The page will be seen in Hindi fonts properly.
b) If you are using Netscape browser, click on Edit  select -> Preferences->Fonts. Under the title "Sometimes a document will provide its own fonts" there are three options . Select the third option "Use document - specified fonts, including dynamic fonts" then click ok and  reload the page.

Linux Users :

Procedure for installing true type fonts on linux:
1. Create a directory '/usr/local/bin/ttffonts' using command 'mkdir /usr/local/bin/ttffonts'.
2. Change the current working directory to ttffonts directory using command 'cd /usr/local/bin/ttffonts'.
3. Copy the downloaded Shivaji01.ttf font in this directory.
4. Make sure that name of the font is 'Shivaji01.ttf' (case sensitive)'.
5. Use command 'ttmkfdir>fonts.scale'.
6. Use command 'mkfontdir'.
7. After this you will see files named 'fonts.dir' and 'fonts.scale' in this directory.
8. Go to directory '/etc/X11/fs'.
7. Open file named 'config' VI editor.
8. Append the path of the fonts directory i.e. '/usr/local/bin/ttffonts' to the right hand side of the expression 'catalog=<the path of the fonts directory>.'
9. Save the file. 
10. Restart the machine.
11. In the Netscape Navigator edit>preferences>fonts>variable width fonts you will see the font you have added i.e. shivaji01. select the option use document specified fonts using dynamic fonts.
12. Reload the page.

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