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