Since the OSs can now understand the data as Kannada, it is possible to sort as per Kannada sorting order and create database applications. This problem has vanished with the advent of the global standard called Unicode. The Operating Systems do not understand these fonts.
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It was cumbersome and next to impossible to create applications in Kannada - things like salary bill generation using the font and keyboard driver technology. The Kannada LOGO has also been conferred with the Manthan Award. This is the first-ever Indian language version of the world-famous programming language for children. Teaching programming logic in Kannada and thereby developing programming skills are other important aspects which can be implemented by using the Kannada version of LOGO program. The state government’s Mahiti Sindhu programme and Azim Premji Foundation’s computer-aided education programmes are good examples. In education and using IT, Kannada has made a mark. Vishva Kannada (is the first Indian language website to use dynamic fonts (1998).
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Then came the dynamic font technology where the font stays on the server and there is no need to download and install it. Earlier, people who put up Indic websites gave fonts for download which had to be installed to browse the sites. Kannada doesn’t lag behind other languages on the internet.
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The government also released a free software called ‘Nudi’ which adhered to standards. This layout is nothing but a slightly modified layout of the one devised by K P Rao. As per its recommendations, it notified the standard font for Kannada and a keyboard layout in 2001. The government of Karnataka took the initiative in standardising Kannada on computers and constituted a committee. Files created using a particular vendor’s font were not readable using another vendor’s font. Every vendor used his own proprietary encoding scheme leading to a bit of chaos. All these were nothing but collection of fonts and keyboard drivers. Then came so many DTP packages for Indian languages. Later, he released a free software for Kannada called Sediyapu. Rao utilised this fact and devised the first phonetic keyboard driver for Indian languages. Indian languages are highly scientific in nature. He also created an input mechanism for feeding Indic characters into computers.
K P Rao, a Kannadiga, first started designing fonts for Indian languages, including Kannada. The biggest challenge those days was to display and print the characters of our languages. The usage of Kannada on computers, like all other Indian languages, started with printing and p u bl i s h i n g, p o p u l a rly known as Desktop Top Publishing (DTP). From font to data U B Pavanaja Publication:Times Of India Bangalore Ījourney of thousand miles starts with a single step.
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