It was Iravatham Mahadevan’s ‘Early Tamil Epigraphy’ that opened doors to Tamil-Brahmi, the earliest script for old Tamil. But it was only after the development of a Unicode font that the script ...

The Unicode font system widely used across several platforms to type Tamil script may be misrepresenting the language. The system by listing Sanskrit letters as Tamil letters, is putting out an ...

Though Tamil Nadu is one of only three government members of the Unicode Consortium that sets digital standards for scripts and emojis, the State government has largely stayed away from actually using ...

“There is a need for a strong political will to implement this. States like Tamil Nadu are at least 15 years ahead of us on this issue,” said Jnanpeeth Dr Chandrashekhara Kambara. The writer was ...

DHARMAPURI: The founder of higopi.com, Gopalakrishnan also known as Thagadoor Gopi, died after suffering a cardiac arrest at his Hyderabad residence on Saturday. He was 42. He was the first software ...

HYDERABAD: The Unicode Consortium’s recent move to accept Tamil alphabets into Telugu Unicode block has sparked off a controversy, with many calling it an imposition of Tamil on Telugus. The move was ...