Lohit Project Information :-

See https://fedorahosted.org/lohit/ for more details.

Mailing list:-

http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/lohit-devel-list

Generating ttf from source file:

Note: If you have downloaded ttf tarball this step is not required.

1. Building ttf file with fontforge.

- Open .sfd file in Fontforge.

- Import .fea file using (File->Merge Feature Info)

- File-> Generate fonts.

2. Using Makefile (Recommended)

- In terminal change directory to lohit downloaded tarball and run 

- $make ttf  

- This will generate ttf.

3. Building webfonts

- Fedora users -> $yum install sfntly  

- Check if your distro has sfntly, if not Download sfntly for building web fonts.

	- Download "sfntly-read-only.zip" from http://code.google.com/p/sfntly/downloads/list 

	- Go to java folder and run $ant

	- Copy sfnttool.jar to /usr/share/java/

- $make woff eot

- This will generate webfonts.

4. $make all will generate all binaries.

Installing fonts:

Fedora or other linux distro

1. Using graphics user interface

- open ttf using gnome-font-viewer or kfontview

- click on install fonts

2. Using terminal

- copy font to /~.local/share/fonts

- run $fc-cache

- open gedit, it should be listed now

Windows

1. Nicely documented on http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-vista/install-or-uninstall-fonts