Add Bangla (Bengali) Unicode in Windows XP
 
1. Go to Windows Control Panel. If you do not know where/what is control panel, just open My Computer then type control panel and hit enter.
2. In Control Panel, depending on your view setting of the control panel, you may see Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options OR Regional and Language Options. Follow directions below depending on what you see.

If you see Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options then select it. On the next window you will see Regional and Language Options; select this.

If you see the Regional and Language Options then select it.
3. Click on Languages tab from the displayed window.
4. Select the option Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages (including Thai)
5. Click Ok on the pop up window.
6. Click Ok on the bottom of displayed window.
7. Windows may ask you to insert Windows XP CD. Click Ok.
8. Insert your Windows XP CD or Browse to your Windows XP installation source location. Once you identified the location, click on Ok.
9. Wait for Windows to finish installing all files.
10. Windows will ask you to restart your computer. Click Yes.

You have completed installing Bangla support for Windows. At this point your browser should display Bangla text properly, although fonts may not look appropriate.
Please continue to next part to add Bangla fonts and proper browser support to your system.
Continue to Installing Bangla Fonts
 
Add Bangla Unicode in Windows 2000
 

> Go to Control Panel and select Regional Options
> On General tab, select Indic from Language settings for the system box.
> Click OK and restart your system.
 
Add Unicode Bangla Fonts in Windows
 
In this part you will be installing unicode Bangla fonts. This freeware fonts package has been provided by OmicronLab.com, creator of Avro Bangla Keyboard interface. All fonts in this package are free Bangla fonts from The Free Bangla Fonts Project and are distributed under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE

Note:If you are using Linux then visit Bangla Linux Ankur page for Unicode Bangla support in Linux.

Note:If you will be installing Avro Keyboard then you do not need to download the following font installer. Avro will install all these fonts.

  1. Download the font installer. Or you can download the Zip File containing all the fonts and install them manually. You can use these fonts in Windows, Mac & Linux.
  2. Locate where you have just downloaded the file, and run it
  3. Follow on screen prompts and installation will complete successfully.
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