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Available for : Windows Environment | Linux Environment
 
Steps for Manual installation of fonts in Windows Environment

Welcome to the Worlds First Hindi Portal, if you are having problem reading Webdunia please download the font installer which will automatically install the font on to your system (PC).

To download the font installer, please click here.

Important Tip for Microsoft Explorer users:
If you are using Microsoft Explorer and you do not get 'File Download' dialog box while clicking on the link then it is recommended that you right click on the link and choose 'Save Target As…' option to download the file at the desired location.

If you are you using Internet Explorer Installation is a two step procedure
1.  In the "File download" window , select "Run this program from its current location" and click on OK.   2.Wait till a window given below POPs in

 
Choose "Yes" in the next window.

   Read the message and Click on "Yes" button.
 
If you are using Netscape Navigator Installation is a two step procedure
1.  Download the font installer from the above provided links, and save it to your desktop. 2.Double click on the downloaded font installer, the font installer will check and install the font on your machine & will display the below displayed window.

 
Choose "Yes" in the next window.

 
Read the message and Click on "OK" button.

Now you can read the Webdunia.com easily. Go back to http://www.webdunia.com/.

If your fonts are installed correctly, they will appear in the fonts list of the operating system. You may require to reboot the machine in Windows 3.1 system. In Windows-95 or Windows NT, it is not required to reboot the machine but you might have to re-open the running application in order to see the newly installed fonts. If you see desired font as one of the available fonts, you are through with the installation of fonts.

If fonts still do not work for you, then please send an email to support@webdunia.com specifying the following details:

Your Operating System, Browser type and Version and what step you are having problem with. Please specify particulars like difficulty in downloading fonts, extracting fonts, installing fonts, do this font work in other applications or not. Please elaborate on the problem nature, as it would help us in expediting the response. Since the font installation is only one time activity, you may get better help from a colleague/friend who is a computer guru.

In case of any problem please mail to:
support@webdunia.com

  
 

 
Steps for Manual installation of fonts in Linux Environment

If you are using Linux operating system Installation procedure is as follows :

1. Click here to download the font installer for Hindi.
2. Run the command:    tar -xvzf Hindi.tar.gz
3. This will create the directory "Hindi".
4. Go into the directory "Hindi".
5. Run the file FontInstaller.sh, give the comand:  ./FontInstaller.sh
6. Now Restart your X server.
7. The font is now installed on your machine

In case the this does not work please click here to download the Webdunia font.

  
 

 

Please select your browser:  Netscape navigator | Internet Explorer

 
Internet Explorer  - Please follow these steps:

1: Click the View Tab on the Menu bar of your browser.
2: Click the font tab if you are using IE 4.0 or less, otherwise click Encoding Tab.
3: Click the User Defined Tab on the pull down menu

Netscape  - Please follow these steps:

1: Click the View Tab on the menu bar of  your browser.

2: Click the Character Tab if you are using Version 4.5 or Encoding Tab  if any other version.

3: Click the User Defined Tab on the pull down menu.