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I had released Font Fixer back in 21 February, 2007 and so far it is the most downloaded software of my blog. Now I will share how it works and how I found the way out. I hope you will enjoy it . That time latest Windows Operating System was Windows XP (Service Pack 2) and it was shifted with a default Bangla font named Vrinda, which was smaller and uglier than the recent version. And also Microsoft didn’t (still doesn’t) provide any way to change the default font. So, It was hard for general users to change the default font. Before Font Fixer a popular way was to use the hacked Vrinda (A font named Vrinda with SolaimanLipi glyph).

One day, I had got a document created in MacOS. When I opened it, I found that it was written using the Halvetica font. I didn’t have Halvetica installed in my PC but still I can still view and edit it. Though, it looked like Arial to me but Microsoft Word was displaying Halvetica as the font name. Then the word Font Substitution came into my mind. I googled it and bingo! I found this post by Michael Kaplan, a great guy .

With Font Fixer 2.0.0, you can set your favorite font as default for Bangla language, where Microsoft makes “Vrinda” default. Normally, there is no direct way to change this setting, as such things are hard coded.

Now compatible with Windows Vista and Windows 7 also

Font Fixer 2.0.0 makes this easy for you, just select which font you want to make default for Bangla language, and with just a simple reboot, no patch and system file change, you get it, in a safe and easy way and restore the original setting anytime.

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OmicronLab is temporarilly down because maximum bandwidth limit exceeded for this month. So, It’ll remain down for next 6 days (till 31st August, 2010). We are really sorry for the inconvenience. For the time being you can download Avro Keyboard 4.5.3 from the following mirrors.

Standard edition:

Mirror 1: Download Avro Keyboard (Courtesy: JadeWits)

Mirror 2: Download Avro Keyboard (Courtesy: GoromCha)

Mirror 3: Download Avro Keyboard (Courtesy: G&R Limited)

Mirror 4: Download Avro Keyboard (Courtesy: NiponWave)

MD5 Hash :: bd6bcefd77abf3e31ec763eb4e9be873

Portable edition:

Mirror 1: Download Avro Keyboard (Courtesy: JadeWits)

Mirror 2: Download Avro Keyboard (Courtesy: NiponWave)

Mirror 3: Download Avro Keyboard (Courtesy: GoromCha)

Mirror 4: Download Avro Keyboard (Courtesy: G&R Limited)

MD5 Hash :: 168b29cb5c064d3b747de93a9c342b8d

Thanks for your patience.

Now, besides GMail & Jabbar users Yahoo, MSN & AIM users can also use this bot. All you have to do is just add the bot to your friends list & keep it poking

 

Bot New Address are -

Google/Jabbar – en2bn@bot.im
Yahoo – en2bn
MSN/Hotmail/Live – en2bn@live.com
AIM – en2bn

Those who are already using this bot please delete the old bot bangla@bot.im from your friends list & add any of the new bot from the above list. At this moment, the old bot is also working but I’ll deactivate it soon.

This bot will help you to get Bengali (Bangla) meaning of English word right from your IM (Instant Messenger). All you have to do is just add bangla@bot.im to your Google or Jabbar friends list. Then send your desired word to it. It’ll work as a English to Bangla [Bengali] dictionary. For example, if you send “Test” to bangla@bot.im, it will respond like the beside screen shoot. I think it is helpful & also interesting.

I’ve used Ankur English to Bengali Dictionary as the base. If the bot will not find any result for any word then it’ll show you a link of Ankur project to contribute for that word. Any kind of suggestion or comment is welcome .

Keywords
who is – Show Dev Info
help – Show Help
policy – Show Policy

Mozilla Firefox 3 has fixed the display problem with Bangla web pages. Now, you can show your justified texts in Firefox. So, I’ve updated this plugins to make it compatible with Firefox 2 & Firefox 3. Now, It’ll only activate for Firefox 2.

Mozilla Firefox 2 has some specific problems/bugs for displaying Bangla web pages. One of them is, when you align texts as “Justify”, the text become broken (see the image). Webmasters / Bloggers often forget this issue and as a result, they loose a number of visitors who are using Firefox for browsing their site/blog.

BanglaFixer is a plugin for WordPress, that fixes broken Bangla texts in Firefox 2 automatically. And visitors using other browsers also can see your Bangla WordPress blog seamlessly. This plug-in is theme independent, works with any WordPress theme, and doesn’t require any manual editing of the CSS or any other files.
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মাইনফিল্ড? মাইনফিল্ড আবার কি? হুমম, মাইনফিল্ড হচ্ছে জনপ্রিয় ব্রাউজার ফায়ারফক্সের প্রি-প্রি-রিলিজ ভার্সনের নাম। নামের আইডিয়াটা খুবই চমৎকার। যেকোনো সফট্‌ওয়ারের প্রি-রিলিজ ভার্সনই মাইন ফিল্ডের মতো। মানে আপনি যদি বাগগুলোকে মাইন ভাবেন; তবে যেকোনো সময় আপনার মাইনে পা পরতে পারে, মানে বাগী কোনো ফাংশনের কারণে সফট্‌ওয়ারটা ক্র্যাশ করতে পারে। এবার আসা যাক আসল প্রসঙ্গে, আমার অনেকেই জানি যে, ফায়ারফক্সের পরবর্তী ভার্সন থেকে বাংলা ডিসপ্লে (জাস্টিফাই এবং স্পেসিং) সমস্যার সমাধান হচ্ছে। এটা সকল বাংলা ব্যবহারকারীদের জন্য সুখবর। আর আপনি যদি এখনই তা পরখ করে দেখতে চান তবে এই ঠিকানা থেকে মাইনফিল্ড ডাউনলোড করে ফেলুন। মাইনফিল্ডে কোনো সমস্যা ছাড়াই জাস্টিফাইড এবং স্পেসিং সহ বাংলা টেক্সট্‌ দেখা যায়। মাইনফিল্ডের আরেকটি ফিচার আমার খুব ভালো লেগেছে, সেটি হচ্ছে ডোম ইন্সপেক্টর। এই ভার্সনে ডোম ইন্সপেক্টরকে আরও শক্তিশালী এবং সমৃদ্ধ করা হয়েছে।

This is NOT A FINAL OR PRE-RELEASE VERSION
So please use it at your own risk.

With Font Fixer 1.0.5, you can set your favorite font as default for Bangla language, where Microsoft makes “Vrinda” default. Normally, there is no direct way to change this setting, as such things are hard coded.

Font Fixer 1.0.5 makes this easy for you, just select which font you want to make default for Bangla language, and with just a simple reboot, no patch and system file change, you get it, in a safe and easy way and restore the original setting anytime.

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ক্লাস নাইন-টেন এ পড়ার সময় গ্রাফিক্স ডিজাইনের কাজ শিখতাম। এবং সেই সময়, প্রায় নেশা হয়ে গিয়েছিল বিশেষ দিনগুলোকে কেন্দ্র করে বিভিন্ন ওয়ালপেপার বানানোর। এবার ছুটিতে বাসায় গিয়ে পুরোনো কিছু ফাইল খুঁজে পেলাম। সেগুলো হলো ঈদের জন্য তৈরী করা কয়েকটা ওয়ালপেপার। ভাবলাম আপনাদের সাথে শেয়ার করি। পূর্ণাঙ্গ সাইজ দেখতে ছোট ছবিগুলোতে ক্লিক করুন…

Mozilla Firefox has some specific problems/bugs for displaying Bangla web pages. One of them is, when you align texts as “Justify”, the text become broken (see the image). Webmasters / Bloggers often forget this issue and as a result, they loose a number of visitors who are using Firefox for browsing their site/blog.

BanglaFixer is a plugin for WordPress, that fixes broken Bangla texts in Firefox automatically. And visitors using other browsers also can see your Bangla WordPress blog seamlessly. This plug-in is theme independent, works with any WordPress theme, and doesn’t require any manual editing of the CSS or any other files.
(more…)