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After installing ubuntu 16.04, I am facing proper reading and writing of Nepali Unicode. Half letters are not get mixed as they should be. If I have to write प्र , श्र , त्र and so on..it gets error. Previously working in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. As my main WORKING LANGUAGE is Nepali, it's annoying. If the problem persists, I've to go back to ubuntu 14.04. I wish fast help.

P.S: I've updated language support.

Bishal Gautam
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  • Which input source do you use to type Nepali? Have you tried to install ibus-m17n and use one of the Nepali input methods included there? – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Apr 24 '16 at 11:48
  • @GunnarHjalmarsson The Language setting says 'iBus' keyboard input method system. I use default language of Ubuntu for Nepali. I had installed iBus-m17m also after reading your reply. But the language problem persists. Here is the example of the problem which I am refering: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lkbv182e8l79f37/Nepali%20Display.jpg?dl=0 – Bishal Gautam Apr 25 '16 at 08:26
  • I see. Did you try to switch to the Nepali (rom (m17n)) or Nepali (trad (m17n)) input source in System Settings -> Text Entry? I also have a completely different idea (long shot): Can you, when you use the plain Nepali input source in Text Entry, try to set input method "none" in Language Support and relogin. – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Apr 25 '16 at 12:13
  • Sorry sir, couldn't get the proper display of the word,tried all methods you refereed. I think rather than it's being our input problem, may be it's defect of this version of Ubuntu for Nepali language.

    And thanks! While writing in different Nepali font, Kalimati font in Libre Writer, it is working well after installing ibus-m17n. But only on Kalimati font.

    It is expected to be displaying normally, as in any earlier version I could read and work in Nepali without any tweaks.

     – Bishal Gautam Apr 25 '16 at 16:40
  • So it was fonts related? Yes, there is indeed a fonts bug in 16.04; please see my answer. – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Apr 25 '16 at 20:55

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There is a fonts related bug in Ubuntu 16.04.

For instance, in previous Ubuntu versions the package ttf-devanagari-fonts was installed when you installed the Nepali language. However, that package is not available in the Ubuntu archive for 16.04. The replacement package, which ought to provide the necessary fonts for Nepali, is fonts-deva.

So, Bishal, it would be great if you could install fonts-deva from the Ubuntu archive, and confirm that it provides the fonts needed for a correct rendering of Nepali.

When the bug has been fixed, fonts-deva will automatically be installed when the Nepali language is installed.

Gunnar Hjalmarsson
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    Thank you sir . The problem is almost solved after installing fonts-deva. Now I can get correct format for Nepali words in Ubuntu system, in any editor. For example I can get correct display of अप्रील (April) in time and date. And it's true that in this version of Ubuntu, Devnagari fonts are missing. Previously there used to be Nepali, Kokila, Mangal, Kalimati, Lohit Nepali and many more fonts pre-installed.

    But in browsers Firefox and Chrome, I am still getting problem.

     – Bishal Gautam Apr 26 '16 at 07:03
  • @BishalGautam: fonts-deva includes Chandas, Kalimati, Nakula, Nohit, Sahadeva, Samanata and Samyak, and when the bug has been fixed it will be pre-installed. As regards the browsers, you can explicitly select the appropriate font. In Firefox, for instance: Edit -> Preferences -> Content. – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Apr 26 '16 at 15:28
  • Thank You a lot !! Problem has been resolved completely! – Bishal Gautam Apr 27 '16 at 01:12
  • @BishalGautam: Great. And thank you for calling our attention to the fact that fonts-deva (and a bunch of other fonts-* packages for other languages) were not automatically installed. The bug has been fixed now. – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Apr 27 '16 at 01:46
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I spent 3 Hrs before I read @Gunnar Hjalmarsson 's answer. And 3hrs after that to figure out why it was not working for me.

Though I was having all desire fonts, I was still seeing श्र as 2 separate characters "श् र" (without space) everywhere. There were some webpages which were showing them as single joint character because they were explicitly mentioning the font family. Here is the sample test I did;

<style type="text/css">
    .Deva {
        font-family: Gargi,sans-serif;
        font-size: 120%
    }
</style>
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<p class="Deva">श्र, त्र, प्र </p>

Hence I mentioned supportive font in the setting of most of the editors and browsers which fixed the issue.

Amit Kumar Gupta
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Enter below mentioned command to install all fonts for Hindi and Nepali.

apt-get install fonts-indic

Ajay
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:font-manager/staging
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install font-manager

this works for me

edwinksl
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Deepesh Pradhan
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