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As computer and internet industry gain influence and market in Cambodia, several types of Khmer fonts have been developed as well, such as Khek font, Limon font, Zero-Space font, and many others just to name a few. Most of them were not developed by using Unicode or meet the guideline of the Unicode Standards. However, all of these fonts have been widely utilized with word processing, such as Word in Microsoft Office. Because many of these fonts were neither developed using Unicode Standards nor adopted by makers of World Wide Web (WWW) browsers, many Khmer fonts were not readable without special library drivers.

Khmer Unicode

Khmer Unicode For Mac (OS X):
All Mac with OS X is built with Khmer Unicode ready; meaning that, you can write and read in Khmer without install Khmer font in your system. Follow the below steps
1 - Go to Top Left Corner and click on APPLE and select System Preferences
2 - Click on 'Language & Region'
3 - Click on 'Keyboard Preferences'
4 - Click Plus symbol '+'
5 - Scroll down to and select 'Khmer', then click 'Add'
6 - You should see this on Top Right Corner
Then, you can install fonts styles.

Khmer Font Store is the best Android app for searching, managing and changing Khmer font on Android device. Browsing for cool Khmer font you love will be easy and efficient, with precise details about the font and preview of how the font should look. Khmer Muol 1.00 2008 font (Font family name: Khmer Muol; Font style name: Regular), 243 characters in total. Character distribution range:Basic Latin,Latin-1 Supplement,Khmer,Khmer Symbols,General Punctuation,Geometric Shapes. Anakut Bold Italic by Kelly Sor. SN KH RANGERFORCE Bold by Khim Sony ឃីម សុនី. KST Orn Ey Srey Orn by Nguon Kimnin. SN KH SIMPLE-HAIR Bold by Khim Sony ឃីម សុនី. SN KH SIMPLE Bold by Khim Sony ឃីម សុនី. Kh Pixel Retro 8-bit Display by Kelly Sor. Kh Pixel Retro 8-bit UI by Kelly Sor. Kh Ang Toathmor. Urxvt or unicode-rxvt is a terminal simulator like Gnome-terminal or Konsole. Recently I'm trying to switch to use i3 (i3-gaps), a tiling windows manager, and urxvt is good compliment to i3. Unlike Gnome-terminal or Konsole, the font name and size for urxvt are configured in /.Xresources. To make change to font size, for example, I'd edit /.Xresources, reload it with xrdb /.Xresources. The old custom SEAsite Khmer fonts are no longer needed and will not work. We will soon post information here on how to obtain and install a Khmer Unicode font if your computer does not display Khmer. The Center for Southeast Asian Studies is pleased to announce that we now offer Foreign Language Area Scholarships for the study of Khmer.

Khmer Unicode For Window Vista:
Microsoft Window Vista (32bit and 64 bit) comes with Khmer Unicode built-in, but required you to set it up in order to read Web page using Khmer Unicode or to write in Khmer Unicode properly. The keyboard layout is a little bit different from keyboard layout developed by NIDA. Example, to type, kra-bey (in khmer), firstly type 'K', then press 'Space' to reserve space for Jerng (or Chherng) and press 'R'. To space between character, hold 'Shift' and press 'Space'. Now, you should have kra. Download Khmer OS fonts from the right side and you will enjoy and have fun with all the fonts style and types.

  • Download Instruction PDF file: How to Set Up Khmer Unicode on Your Window Vista (32-bit or 64-bit) (by Han So).

Khmer Software Initiative (KhmerOS), National Information Communications Technology Development Authority (NIDA), and Open Institute joined to create a project for developing OpenSource software that can accommodate Khmer Unicode-based fonts. Khmer Unicode is a part of their project, but it has not yet widely utilized or built-in as part internet browsers or software applications. It is, however, gradually becoming popular among users/developers in Cambodia. Khmer Unicode has been developed to use in platforms such as:

  • OpenOffice (Word Processing),
  • OpenSUSE (Linux based Operation System),
  • Khmer Email Application (Thunderbird-based email application),
  • Mekhala (FireFox-based Internet Browser)

Khmer Unicode For Window XP:
For MS Window XP, Khmer Unicode Keyboard (NIDA 1.0) driver is required. KhmerUnicode2.0.0.exe (developed by KhmerOS and NIDA) has both Khmer Unicode software and Khmer Unicode Keyboard (NIDA 1.0). Please follow the below instruction to download and install it. If you install the Khmer Unicode in your computer system correctly, you should be able at least to view the web site in Khmer via Mozilla FireFox, MS IE, Opera, and Safari. After installing it and you would like to see if you can read/view the page in Khmer Unicode, open your FireFox browser, and go to all these website http://www.cambodia.org/kh/buzz/, Radio Free Asia (http://www.rfa.org/khmer/), http://www.google.com.kh/(only in FireFox), http://km.wikipedia.org. To type in khmer, you are recommended to read the Instruction, 'Documents How to Write' and follow the Keyboard Layout.

If your MS Window XP has Service Pack 2 installed, you can view the pages of Radio Free Asia (http://www.rfa.org/khmer/) in Khmer via Internet Exploer 6.0 or higher. In this case, RFA utilizes WEFT to have the pages viewed in Khmer even without Khmer Unicode installed.

How to install Khmer Unicode (KhmerUnicode2.0.0.exe) on Your Window XP and Vista 32-bit (Click Khmer Unicode for Microsoft Window Vist 64-bit (x86))

  1. Download KhmerUnicode2.0.0.zip (version 2.0.0)
  2. Use a Zip softwares to Extract the KhmerUnicode2.0.0.zip
  3. Installation:

    1. Double click on this KhmerUnicode2.0.0.exe icon

    2. Click 'Next' as indicating by the arrow

    3. Click 'Next' as indecating by the arrow

    4. It may take minutes to wait...

    5. Click 'Finish'

    6. At the bottom-corner of your computer screen, you should see this image that allow you to select either CA: Catalan or EN:English (United States) for Writing (Typing). For writing in Khmer, you need to select CA:Catalan.
Khmer font sites online

How to type Khmer Unicode in English (PDF)
How to type Khmer Unicode in Khmer (PDF)
KkhmerOS Download Page

Khmer Fonts Using TrueType

If a computer system and/or software uses TrueType fonts, then Khek font as described below works perfectly.

  • Khek font is developed by Khek Brothers, one of the earliest groups designing high quality Khmer fonts. Khek font was primarily made for use with Microsoft products running on Windows platform such as the various Windows versions from 3.x all the way to the current Vista. It also runs on Apple computers including Macintosh and the current family of iMacs. Khek font is the most popular among users in the United States and other oversea countries. Learn more
  • Limon font and ABC Zero-Space font are traditional fonts developed using 'Legacy Encodings', which is not part Unicode Standards. These two fonts are free and can be downloaded on this page under download section.

Khmer OpenType by Microsoft

Microsoft created an OpenType font and has been supporting it as standard, while Apple created ATT. In 2004 the OpenType font was adopted and supported by Adobe. Font developers creating Khmer fonts can use OpenType standard. Learn more

Notes: This page does not focus on the technical parts of how Khmer fonts were created or the fundamentals of Khmer Unicode. But it does show how to utilize Khmer fonts and where to get Khmer fonts.

References and Khmer Fonts Resources:
http://projects.thedanielmay.com/khmerfonts/unicode.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otfntdev/khmerot/default.htm
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Khmer.html

This page does not focus on the technical part of how Khmer Fonts were created nor the fundamental of Khmer Unicode, but how to utilize Khmer font and where to get Khmer fonts. If you have any questions about the fonts here please feel free to send them too: , thank you.

Download

Khmer Unicode
•Khmer Fonts Unicode

Khmer Unicode for Window XP
• KhmerUnicode2.0.0.zip
• KhmerUnicode1.3.0.zip
• Documents How to Write
Khmer Unicode for Window Vista
• Instruction to Set Up Khmer Unicode for Vista (PDF)
Khmer Unicode Keyboard Layout
• NIDA Keyboard Layout (if you use KhmerUnicode2.0.0.zip. Mostlikely, when you are using Window XP)
• Vista Keyboard Layout
Khmer Converter
• KhmerConverterSetup-1.5.1.zip
Traditional Khmer Fonts
• Limon Fonts
• ABC Zero-Space Fonts
• Keyboard Layout for Limon Fonts
• Keyboard Layout for ABC Zero-Space
KhmerOS Fonts - KhmerUnicode
• All KhmerOS fonts(V.5.0) (2.5 MB)
• Khmer OS (259 KB)
• Khmer OS System (258 KB)
• Khmer OS Moul (311 KB)
• Khmer OS Freehand (244 KB)
• Khmer OS Fasthand (232 KB)
• Khmer OS Metal Chrieng (226 KB)
• Khmer OS battambang (202 KB)
• KhmerOS bokor (209 KB)
• Khmer OS muol light (227 KB)
• Khmer OS muol pali (137 KB)
• Khmer OS siemreap (129 KB)
• Khmer OS content (195 KB)

Early Version Download:

To type Khmer fonts on the web, download the following:

  • MS-Windows Khmer Fonts Package: File size ~141k
  • Keyboard Template: File size ~150k
  • KeyBind Program ver. 1.00 for MS-Windows: File size ~85k

  • For Mac, download the following:
  • Mac Fonts: File size ~143k
  • Mac Fonts (Binhexed): File size ~195k

Khmer Fonts Package for Windows, download the following:

Khmer Font Download

  • Khmer Fonts Package For Windows: File size ~441k
  • Keyboard Template: File size ~350k

Thanks to tbun, we should finally have a working version of the Mac Font. Let me know if it doesn't work.

Set Up Khmer Unicode For Window Vista 64-bit:

Microsoft Window Vista 64-bit comes with ready Khmer Unicode, and you should be able to view Khmer text website (such as http://www.cambodia.org/news/ or RFA - http://www.fra.org/khmer/) except that the Khmer text is very small. KhmerUnicode2.0.0.exe (Khmer Unicode 2.0 and Khmer Unicode Keyboard - NIDA 1.0) is not required for Vista 64-bit; however, you may need to install it in your Vista 64-bit in order to view the right size of Khmer text website. Go to Khmer Unicode for Window Vista 32-bit and Window XP to install KhmerUnicode2.0.0

The above will not help you be able to select font easily. After you've the above, you are recommended to follow the below instruction of setting up the keyboards in order to be able to select either font Khmer, English, or any other Unicode.


  1. Click 'Start' and click on 'Control Panel' as indicating by the arrow

  2. Select 'Control Panel Home' and click 'Change the keyboard or other input methods' as indecating by the arrow

  3. Make sure that 'Keyboards and Language' tab is selected. And, click on 'Change Keyboards' as indicating by the arrow

  4. Make sure that 'General' tab is selected. And click on 'Add' button as indicating arrow

  5. Scroll down the scrolling bar untill you see 'Khmer'. Click on 'Khmer (Cambodia)'. Click on 'Keyboard'. Check 'Khmer' check box. And then, click OK as indicating arrow.

  6. You should see 'Khmer (Cambodia)' And then, click 'Apply' and 'OK' buttons.

  7. Click 'OK' button and close the rest.

  8. Now, you should be able to see on the 'task bar' at the bottom of your dekstop. You can click on 'En' and select 'Khmer (Cambodia)' and you can type Khmer.

Keyboard

Keyboard layout will be a little bit different such as if you want to type 'Chherng', you need to press 'space' first, then press the character. Keyboard layout will be published soon.

This page does not focus on the technical part of how Khmer Fonts were created nor the fundamental of Khmer Unicode, but how to utilize Khmer font and where to get Khmer fonts. If you have any questions about the fonts here please feel free to send them too: , thank you.

Download

Khmer Unicode
•Khmer Fonts Unicode

Khmer Unicode for Window XP
• KhmerUnicode2.0.0.zip
• KhmerUnicode1.3.0.zip
• Documents How to Write
Khmer Unicode for Window Vista
• Instruction to Set Up Khmer Unicode for Vista (PDF)
Khmer Unicode Keyboard Layout
• NIDA Keyboard Layout (if you use KhmerUnicode2.0.0.zip. Mostlikely, when you are using Window XP)
• Vista Keyboard Layout
Khmer Converter
• KhmerConverterSetup-1.5.1.zip
Traditional Khmer Fonts
• Limon Fonts
• ABC Zero-Space Fonts
• Keyboard Layout for Limon Fonts
• Keyboard Layout for ABC Zero-Space
KhmerOS Fonts - KhmerUnicode
• All KhmerOS fonts(V.5.0) (2.5 MB)
• Khmer OS (259 KB)
• Khmer OS System (258 KB)
• Khmer OS Moul (311 KB)
• Khmer OS Freehand (244 KB)
• Khmer OS Fasthand (232 KB)
• Khmer OS Metal Chrieng (226 KB)
• Khmer OS battambang (202 KB)
• KhmerOS bokor (209 KB)
• Khmer OS muol light (227 KB)
• Khmer OS muol pali (137 KB)
• Khmer OS siemreap (129 KB)
• Khmer OS content (195 KB)

Early Version Download:

To type Khmer fonts on the web, download the following:

Khmer Font Sites List

Font

How to type Khmer Unicode in English (PDF)
How to type Khmer Unicode in Khmer (PDF)
KkhmerOS Download Page

Khmer Fonts Using TrueType

If a computer system and/or software uses TrueType fonts, then Khek font as described below works perfectly.

  • Khek font is developed by Khek Brothers, one of the earliest groups designing high quality Khmer fonts. Khek font was primarily made for use with Microsoft products running on Windows platform such as the various Windows versions from 3.x all the way to the current Vista. It also runs on Apple computers including Macintosh and the current family of iMacs. Khek font is the most popular among users in the United States and other oversea countries. Learn more
  • Limon font and ABC Zero-Space font are traditional fonts developed using 'Legacy Encodings', which is not part Unicode Standards. These two fonts are free and can be downloaded on this page under download section.

Khmer OpenType by Microsoft

Microsoft created an OpenType font and has been supporting it as standard, while Apple created ATT. In 2004 the OpenType font was adopted and supported by Adobe. Font developers creating Khmer fonts can use OpenType standard. Learn more

Notes: This page does not focus on the technical parts of how Khmer fonts were created or the fundamentals of Khmer Unicode. But it does show how to utilize Khmer fonts and where to get Khmer fonts.

References and Khmer Fonts Resources:
http://projects.thedanielmay.com/khmerfonts/unicode.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otfntdev/khmerot/default.htm
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Khmer.html

This page does not focus on the technical part of how Khmer Fonts were created nor the fundamental of Khmer Unicode, but how to utilize Khmer font and where to get Khmer fonts. If you have any questions about the fonts here please feel free to send them too: , thank you.

Download

Khmer Unicode
•Khmer Fonts Unicode

Khmer Unicode for Window XP
• KhmerUnicode2.0.0.zip
• KhmerUnicode1.3.0.zip
• Documents How to Write
Khmer Unicode for Window Vista
• Instruction to Set Up Khmer Unicode for Vista (PDF)
Khmer Unicode Keyboard Layout
• NIDA Keyboard Layout (if you use KhmerUnicode2.0.0.zip. Mostlikely, when you are using Window XP)
• Vista Keyboard Layout
Khmer Converter
• KhmerConverterSetup-1.5.1.zip
Traditional Khmer Fonts
• Limon Fonts
• ABC Zero-Space Fonts
• Keyboard Layout for Limon Fonts
• Keyboard Layout for ABC Zero-Space
KhmerOS Fonts - KhmerUnicode
• All KhmerOS fonts(V.5.0) (2.5 MB)
• Khmer OS (259 KB)
• Khmer OS System (258 KB)
• Khmer OS Moul (311 KB)
• Khmer OS Freehand (244 KB)
• Khmer OS Fasthand (232 KB)
• Khmer OS Metal Chrieng (226 KB)
• Khmer OS battambang (202 KB)
• KhmerOS bokor (209 KB)
• Khmer OS muol light (227 KB)
• Khmer OS muol pali (137 KB)
• Khmer OS siemreap (129 KB)
• Khmer OS content (195 KB)

Early Version Download:

To type Khmer fonts on the web, download the following:

  • MS-Windows Khmer Fonts Package: File size ~141k
  • Keyboard Template: File size ~150k
  • KeyBind Program ver. 1.00 for MS-Windows: File size ~85k

  • For Mac, download the following:
  • Mac Fonts: File size ~143k
  • Mac Fonts (Binhexed): File size ~195k

Khmer Fonts Package for Windows, download the following:

Khmer Font Download

  • Khmer Fonts Package For Windows: File size ~441k
  • Keyboard Template: File size ~350k

Thanks to tbun, we should finally have a working version of the Mac Font. Let me know if it doesn't work.

Set Up Khmer Unicode For Window Vista 64-bit:

Microsoft Window Vista 64-bit comes with ready Khmer Unicode, and you should be able to view Khmer text website (such as http://www.cambodia.org/news/ or RFA - http://www.fra.org/khmer/) except that the Khmer text is very small. KhmerUnicode2.0.0.exe (Khmer Unicode 2.0 and Khmer Unicode Keyboard - NIDA 1.0) is not required for Vista 64-bit; however, you may need to install it in your Vista 64-bit in order to view the right size of Khmer text website. Go to Khmer Unicode for Window Vista 32-bit and Window XP to install KhmerUnicode2.0.0

The above will not help you be able to select font easily. After you've the above, you are recommended to follow the below instruction of setting up the keyboards in order to be able to select either font Khmer, English, or any other Unicode.


  1. Click 'Start' and click on 'Control Panel' as indicating by the arrow

  2. Select 'Control Panel Home' and click 'Change the keyboard or other input methods' as indecating by the arrow

  3. Make sure that 'Keyboards and Language' tab is selected. And, click on 'Change Keyboards' as indicating by the arrow

  4. Make sure that 'General' tab is selected. And click on 'Add' button as indicating arrow

  5. Scroll down the scrolling bar untill you see 'Khmer'. Click on 'Khmer (Cambodia)'. Click on 'Keyboard'. Check 'Khmer' check box. And then, click OK as indicating arrow.

  6. You should see 'Khmer (Cambodia)' And then, click 'Apply' and 'OK' buttons.

  7. Click 'OK' button and close the rest.

  8. Now, you should be able to see on the 'task bar' at the bottom of your dekstop. You can click on 'En' and select 'Khmer (Cambodia)' and you can type Khmer.

Keyboard

Keyboard layout will be a little bit different such as if you want to type 'Chherng', you need to press 'space' first, then press the character. Keyboard layout will be published soon.

This page does not focus on the technical part of how Khmer Fonts were created nor the fundamental of Khmer Unicode, but how to utilize Khmer font and where to get Khmer fonts. If you have any questions about the fonts here please feel free to send them too: , thank you.

Download

Khmer Unicode
•Khmer Fonts Unicode

Khmer Unicode for Window XP
• KhmerUnicode2.0.0.zip
• KhmerUnicode1.3.0.zip
• Documents How to Write
Khmer Unicode for Window Vista
• Instruction to Set Up Khmer Unicode for Vista (PDF)
Khmer Unicode Keyboard Layout
• NIDA Keyboard Layout (if you use KhmerUnicode2.0.0.zip. Mostlikely, when you are using Window XP)
• Vista Keyboard Layout
Khmer Converter
• KhmerConverterSetup-1.5.1.zip
Traditional Khmer Fonts
• Limon Fonts
• ABC Zero-Space Fonts
• Keyboard Layout for Limon Fonts
• Keyboard Layout for ABC Zero-Space
KhmerOS Fonts - KhmerUnicode
• All KhmerOS fonts(V.5.0) (2.5 MB)
• Khmer OS (259 KB)
• Khmer OS System (258 KB)
• Khmer OS Moul (311 KB)
• Khmer OS Freehand (244 KB)
• Khmer OS Fasthand (232 KB)
• Khmer OS Metal Chrieng (226 KB)
• Khmer OS battambang (202 KB)
• KhmerOS bokor (209 KB)
• Khmer OS muol light (227 KB)
• Khmer OS muol pali (137 KB)
• Khmer OS siemreap (129 KB)
• Khmer OS content (195 KB)

Early Version Download:

To type Khmer fonts on the web, download the following:

Khmer Font Sites List

Free Khmer Font

  • MS-Windows Khmer Fonts Package: File size ~141k
  • Keyboard Template: File size ~150k
  • KeyBind Program ver. 1.00 for MS-Windows: File size ~85k

  • For Mac, download the following:
  • Mac Fonts: File size ~143k
  • Mac Fonts (Binhexed): File size ~195k

Khmer Fonts Package for Windows, download the following:

Khmer Font Sites Free

  • Khmer Fonts Package For Windows: File size ~441k
  • Keyboard Template: File size ~350k

Thanks to tbun, we should finally have a working version of the Mac Font. Let me know if it doesn't work.





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