Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Regional font support in Opera Mini

If you are using your Opera Mini mobile browser to access regional websites, you might have faced this issue. Instead of seeing the proper regional content (in my case, its Tamil), you might have seen boxes all over there in that tiny mobile screen. This is because, by default, Opera Mini browser couldn’t be able to render the complex scripts, i.e. regional fonts.

So, to enable the regional (Tamil or Telugu or you name it!) language in Opera Mini browser,

Open the address about:config in your opera mini browser. This will open the browser’s option page.
Scroll down until you see something like this: Use bitmap fonts for complex scripts.
Set the above option value to yes and then click on Save button.

That’s it. Now you’ll be able to enjoy the local content from your Opera Mini browser.

Technicalities:

All the web traffic from Opera Mini browser goes through Opera’s proxy servers, which optimize the web content for mobile experience. As I said above, Opera Mini does not have the capability to render complex scripts in mobile. So, by setting the above option, we are letting the Opera’s proxy servers to render the complex scripts as images and send those images to mobile browser. Thus you’ll see the regional content as images, instead of fonts.

PS: came to know about this tip when I met the Tamil tweeters on last Sunday. Thanks to them for sharing this info.

{ 111 comments… read them below or add one }

anirudha August 31, 2010 at 12:55 pm

CSS also provide a trick to install the font who located at server temporary or permanently. css script look like

@font-face {font-family: “mildly-funky”; src:url(“http://
http://www.funky-fonts-are-us.com/newfonts/mild-funky“); font-style:
normal, italic;}
body {font-family: “mildly-funky”, normal}
h1 {font-family: “mildly-funky”, italic}

Veera August 31, 2010 at 1:03 pm

you are talking about the CSS3 feature for web fonts. To make this work, the server side code needs to be edited.

What I mentioned in my post was somewhat different problem. Its about displaying the complex scripts. Even if you download the complex fonts using the method you mentioned, Opera mini still won’t show the font, I believe. So, to make it work, the bitmap option needs to be enabled.

sundar July 7, 2011 at 6:36 pm: superb man….its working…thank u so much

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Adisbasil December 18, 2011 at 10:15 pm: Thanks veera. . . I got malayalam language support in my opera 6.5 by using about:config option as you told. Thanks again.

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Prem Anandh P. September 1, 2010 at 10:59 am

Hi Veera,

I use Opera 10 in Nokia expressmusic 5800. I couldn’t able to see the option mentioned in your blog. I did search through the available options but with no luck. Will update you in case I find something.

Regards
Prem

Veera September 1, 2010 at 11:46 am

may be because the above option works only in Opera *mini* browser and not in the normal Opera browser.

Prem Anandh P. September 2, 2010 at 4:03 pm

What I mentioned is for Opera *mini* browser only. That *mini* is specific for mobiles I guess

Veera September 2, 2010 at 5:07 pm

yeah. but got confused with the version number you mentioned. because Opera’s desktop version is 10.

and, guess what’s the version before Opera Mobile 10? It’s not Opera 9.. its Opera 5. that’s why i thought of desktop version when you said Opera 10!

Senthil September 14, 2010 at 2:39 pm: Opera Mobile 10 is latest apllication for mobiles. I am using this in 5800, as said i am unable to see the option, can any one help please.

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Rajesh November 22, 2010 at 12:19 am

Opera have two browsers for mobile. 1. Opera mobile 2. Opera Mini
The above mentioned options only available in opera mini. not in opera mobile browser.

This post explains with screenshots View Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam Fonts in Opera Mini

If you have nokia n900 mobile… you can install .ttf fonts to that mobile like PC. You can input in your language too.

Browse / Input Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati etc., Fonts in Nokia N900 Mobile

basheer November 26, 2010 at 5:41 pm

really saying thousand times of thanks for the opera mini tamil font… its working…. thanks veera…

Veera November 27, 2010 at 9:33 am: you’re welcome.

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Logi December 6, 2010 at 2:09 am

I have Nokia5800 and the option is working but you have to download opera mini 5.1 it has the “Use bitmap fonts for complex scripts” option not in the mini 10.1

Veera December 6, 2010 at 10:13 am: yes. Opera Mini 10.1 does not have the bitmap option. I don’t know whether the browser itself supports the Tamil font rendering or not. It should, otherwise there won’t be any way to read the regional content.

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ram January 8, 2011 at 4:27 am

Hi
whenever i tried to type about:config it is showing HTTP gaeway timed out and wrong web address message . plz inform me where i’m doing mistake
thanks
ram

Veera January 8, 2011 at 8:08 am

do not prefix it with http. just type “about:config” in URL bar. then you won’t be getting this error.

ashok April 25, 2012 at 3:43 pm: good job. its working thanks a lot

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Melvyn January 17, 2011 at 6:18 pm

Tamil news paper display in my Nokia X6 but not aligned properly. Some aligned left and rest scattered here and there.

Mel

pavithra January 21, 2011 at 7:47 pm

hello mr. senthil and veera. i have the same issue:
i use nokia 5233 in which i’ve installed OPERA 10.1.
and i’m not able to read tamil unicode fonts.
help me out to encounter this.
i will be grateful to you.

1984pavithra@gmail.com

Veera February 2, 2011 at 9:28 am: Unfortunately, Opera 10 does not have the option to enable Tamil bitmap font.

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ki2 March 1, 2011 at 6:41 am

grèát!!! ît wörks ya….

thiru@ramesh March 7, 2011 at 7:05 pm

my same2152 does not working it simply returns the oops(error) page unless it takes long time to load the page….can you say me the alternate option to this trouble…my browser is 5.1

Yogesh Patel March 26, 2011 at 2:02 pm

I was looking for a language converter tool in which I can write in Gujrati and then convert it to English. Is there any such tool?

krishna April 5, 2011 at 10:10 am

great job, after months of deliberation u finally showed the way 2 c tamil fonts.I m using opera mini 6 on nokia e63 . I have further 2 questions
How to save webpage as html file using opera mini 6
How to bring tamil fonts to nokia e63
Thanks a lot

bala August 15, 2011 at 4:25 pm: which version u r installed exactlly . pls help me for e 63 in tamil. i saw 2 version in mini opera 6….

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bala August 15, 2011 at 4:33 pm: mail me balasudharsan@gmail.com plssss

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Saleem April 10, 2011 at 4:08 am

Really Thanks, It is working in MY N8

saravanan April 13, 2011 at 2:14 pm

thank you..

Balaji April 19, 2011 at 2:49 am

How do i get tamil font in My Nokia E63?

Balaji April 20, 2011 at 4:55 am

Hi Veera,

Thanks, i got it.

bala August 15, 2011 at 4:26 pm: pls send the details to me, i am also using e 63 . i need tamil fonts.. if u using opera mini , whch is the suitable version ?? ? ?

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bala August 15, 2011 at 4:34 pm: mail me , balasudharsan@gmail.com plsssssssss.

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bala August 15, 2011 at 4:34 pm: mail me , balasudharsan@gmail.com plsssssssss.

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juansher April 24, 2011 at 3:28 am

I have a question

how the “Use bitmap fonts for complex scripts” affected on a traffic?
or the bitmap picture is also optimized for minimizing the traffic?

for example… how many bits would be the following message after ‘bitmapisation’ ?
“??????? ??????? ????????? ?? ??????????? ? ???????????? ?????? ??? ?? ????? ???? ??????????? ????????? 10 ?????????? ???? ????????”

Murali May 5, 2011 at 6:35 pm

Dear Veera,

I am using Lava A9 mobile with opera Mini 4, Need to download TAMIL font.. Can you help me..

Palani June 17, 2011 at 11:02 am

It worked well. Thanks for your tip

Preethiraj June 25, 2011 at 3:27 pm

Thanks a lot. It worked smoothly for me. Do you know android browser support complex scrpits? Or how to see the settings in android browser similar to “about:config” for Opera Mini?

sathish June 28, 2011 at 2:15 pm

Its working… thanks veera. but some users might have confused, so update this post once again with screen shots. because ur site only have solution for tamil font problem. thanks once again.

Veera July 1, 2011 at 10:59 am: let me update my post.

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sandy July 7, 2011 at 11:19 am

hi sir
I want kannada software for my nokia 5233 give instructions please

adithyajones July 9, 2011 at 4:39 pm

@Veera …

For desktop opera browser 11.5 on ubuntu 11.04, malayalam font is not displaying properly..Is there any solution?…Firefox is working fine..

Rhythm July 18, 2011 at 11:04 pm

thanks veera… its also true 4 gujarati fonts… thanks a lot…

dhileep July 19, 2011 at 12:55 pm

Thank you very much Now am enjoying to surf dinamalar site through my mobile

Ashiq July 20, 2011 at 9:48 am

Hii veera,

I am using Nokia E72 & looking for malayalam fonts with Opera Mini. But whenever I am trying ‘ about:config’ , the result showing as connection failed. Please help.

sreejith August 7, 2011 at 8:54 pm

thousands of thanks my dear frnd…………

ppsrsuresh September 8, 2011 at 1:04 pm

sir Iam using nokia E63 with opera 11.10.1605 need to download helf me tamil font browersing plz my mail ID and another software plz

ppsrsuresh September 8, 2011 at 1:07 pm

plz mail me nokia E63 tamil browsing software and link address

kamal September 13, 2011 at 6:32 pm

hi im using xperia x8….but i cant read the tamil fonts in my browser…..can u plz fix this problem??

Kingston September 14, 2011 at 7:01 am

Thankyou so much…

Mahy September 15, 2011 at 5:27 pm

I m using Nokia E-72 ….. I cant find this option in my mobile “Use bitmap fonts for complex scripts”. How can I get it?

Kalaimani September 23, 2011 at 1:34 pm

I am having nokia 5233 , and it not supporting tamil font ,,please tell me how to slove this promblem

sam September 30, 2011 at 4:56 pm

i want tamil font for nokia n72

Krishna May 14, 2012 at 11:22 am: Sir naan nokiaN72 use panren operamini tamil font venum help pannunga “about:config” pona invaild URL nnu varuthu operamini 5 use en email id ku annuppunga thengs

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usma October 5, 2011 at 5:39 pm

how to get tamil font of my 6120c 4n i hop u would like to send it problem

ath16 October 6, 2011 at 2:41 pm

thanx a lot…it worked in my opera mini…nw i can c malayalam fonts which earlier appeared as boxes…thousands of thanx to u…

jagadeesan October 10, 2011 at 6:17 am

hi veera,

i have been trying for this for 8months, now i got it. Thanks. Awesome tricks

Ritesh October 19, 2011 at 10:29 pm

When i typed “about:config” after that box displayed i am using n72 opera mini 8.65 sym

satya October 22, 2011 at 5:03 pm

Veera ji im using nokia n8 , i downloaded opera mini 6.1 for simbion 60 version but im not able to foud those bitmap option s pls help me sir i want to acces telugu web sites on mobile pls help me sir

umamageshwaraan October 25, 2011 at 11:05 pm

sir,i am using nokia n8. pls send tamil font.

umamageshwaraan October 26, 2011 at 12:35 pm

how to download tamil font pls explain deatail.

kavita November 10, 2011 at 3:38 pm

thanks a lot……for your regional language in opera mini tip….

latha November 16, 2011 at 10:09 am

Good job

surya November 23, 2011 at 4:36 pm: HAI opera users / Technicians PLEASE HELLP ME :: iam using opera mini 6.5 version on nokia 5800 ; i want telugu fonts how it possible please tell me . thank you

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kotresh November 26, 2011 at 12:04 am

Thanks boss.. Its best method in Android phones for providing font support without ROOTing the phone.. Thanks again..

raju December 1, 2011 at 10:52 am

Dear Veera,

I am using NOKIA 5233 mobile. I want help for u. Nokia 5233 mobile supports telugu language or not. If its supports how to installed plz tell me.

Prasantkumar March 8, 2012 at 8:58 am: Can you tell me plz how to install

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abdul December 2, 2011 at 1:16 pm

i have nokia e72 i installed opera mobile brouser 11.50 tamil language can’t view? pls help me

govinda December 4, 2011 at 8:18 pm

i use Nokia n70 and installed opera mini. how to set devnagari font in web page ?

govinda December 4, 2011 at 8:21 pm

i use Nokia n70 and installed opera mini 6.5. how to set devnagari font in web page ?

saravanan December 15, 2011 at 7:26 am

i used aundroid mobil. how to read the tamil fond in opera mini browser

Veera December 15, 2011 at 4:08 pm: If you do what I’ve explained in the above post, then the Tamil fonts will work in your android mobile.

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kaukab December 17, 2011 at 10:20 am

how i’ll use bangla in opera mini 6.5..plsss help meee……

Manish Pisharody December 18, 2011 at 9:09 pm

it was amazing……thank you very much….sir……………

Manish Pisharody December 18, 2011 at 9:11 pm

thank u…..it was amzing sir…………..

satya hanasoge December 20, 2011 at 11:36 pm

dear sir, today i’ve downloaded opera 11.1 version into my nokia E5.
in about:config i m not finding font settings. i want to read
my mails in kannada as i m getting lot of kannada mails.
how to set kannada font in Nokia E5? pls reply sir.

somesh December 22, 2011 at 8:02 am

thanks …buddy., its working..

Shiva December 24, 2011 at 8:10 pm

Hi veera,
This tip works fine for OperaMini. Am able to read Tamil fonts. Thank you!
Now I’ve downloaded OperaMobile 11.5 with Asian Languages Support.
In this OperaMobile browser’s config, I couldn’t find any option like “Use bitmap fonts for complex scripts”, like what we have in OperaMini.
Do u have any idea about how to read Regional languages font in OperaMobile browser?

Thanks in Advance,
Shiva

Anfas December 26, 2011 at 11:17 am

I’ve downloaded OperaMobile 11.5 with Asian Languages Support.
In this OperaMobile browser’s config, I couldn’t find any option like “Use bitmap fonts for complex scripts”, like what we have in OperaMini.
how to read Regional languages font in OperaMobile browser?
please reply me soon

Thanking
Anfas

raja December 28, 2011 at 7:49 pm

Hi veera,
This tip works fine for OperaMini. Am able to
read Tamil fonts. Thank you!

Anbu December 29, 2011 at 5:23 pm

thank you very much friend..previously I used bolt browser indic version to read Tamil web sites..

now bolt has stopped its free service …
I m searching for other browser..

your idea works well.. I will share this to all my friends

Dinesh. December 30, 2011 at 5:40 pm

I could not view tamil fonts in opera mini of my nokia 5233 . Any one HELP ME IN THIS. Please call me . My number is 9444682482

worked out for my nokia N8. January 9, 2012 at 12:20 pm

Phew… atleast i can view webpage in tamil. Hoping to view my entire Nokia N8 in tamil as i’m viewing my windows 7 in tamil {partially only }.

?????.

siva kumar January 14, 2012 at 8:43 am

hi, plese help me. While iam opening telugu font in my mobile. It was showing like in english languge, if any bdy have any idea please share.

kasaragadda January 15, 2012 at 2:50 pm

thank u brother. Now i am able to see telugu language

kasaragadda January 15, 2012 at 2:51 pm

i am able to telugu in nokia 5233

kasaragadda January 15, 2012 at 2:51 pm

i am able to see telugu in nokia 5233

kiranmodha January 16, 2012 at 1:47 pm

Thanks you, I can see Gujarati language

Joseph January 23, 2012 at 12:16 am

Hai Brother am Joseph frm Madurai. My device Nokia N97Mini.Now am using Opera mini 6.5 version. Now I’ve downloaded OperaMobile 11.5
In this OperaMobile browser’s config, I couldn’t find any option
like “Use bitmap fonts for complex scripts”, like what we have in
OperaMini.
Do u have any idea about how to read Regional languages font in
OperaMobile browser?

Veera January 24, 2012 at 10:03 pm

I’m not sure if it is possible to enable Tamil fonts in Opera Mobile 11.5 if the browser directly renders the site content.

It is possible is Opera Mini because Opera’s server sits in the middle which converts the Tamil scripts to an image and then sends it to Opera Mini which just shows the image.

Vasu January 27, 2012 at 5:06 pm

Veerasundar sir.you advice used to my opeara browser.thanks sir. continude…

Shade February 4, 2012 at 1:40 pm

Hi,please im using opera mini 5beta which has stopped opening.I have a lot of materials on my saved page that i dont want to lose.How can i start using it again?

Balu February 4, 2012 at 8:36 pm

Thanx you…

Raja February 17, 2012 at 5:15 pm

Thank u very much veera… this works in my HTC wildfire.

Thilahar.

ramu February 21, 2012 at 2:55 pm

hai, sir i am using operamini 6.5 i have changed the above suggested settings(Use bitmap fonts for complex scripts.). i have seen telugu in google translate but,i opned eenadu news paper it dosen’t shows telugu . it shows some numarical numbers and some symbols. Please tell me how to open telugu news in operamini 6.5. my mobile is nokia 5233. my email: ramumuk@gmail.com.

Thank you sir.

Jagmeet Singh February 23, 2012 at 3:08 pm

This works for me thanks a lot.:-)

swetha February 25, 2012 at 12:37 am

Thanks. it’s helping lot to me

karuppiah March 7, 2012 at 3:54 pm

Dear Veera,
I’m using n97 mini can’t read the tamil font which software support this model pls help me

lankanara March 10, 2012 at 5:22 am

great it works in my opeara mini next web browser(android platform).i read sinhala fonts through it…i hope it will work with other fonts…thnk u.

amit panday March 11, 2012 at 9:36 am

i am using nokia C-6,but not typing hera and also not good understading fonts…plz help

jakesh patel March 12, 2012 at 3:58 am

I am Using a Nokia N8 Mobile and required a gujarati fonts for massage reading.

karthik March 12, 2012 at 10:10 am

thanks

Zakariya(zak) March 15, 2012 at 1:11 pm

Hey thanks veer, its a great job,from months i’m trying to get malayalam font to my mobile..this worked nicely….BUT one thing, that the size of page which we use or read regional language is more….therefore more data usage..

Veera March 15, 2012 at 1:28 pm: of course yes.. because now the entire thing is being transmitted as images rather than text.

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mehul March 21, 2012 at 9:01 am

THANK U VERY MUCH VEERA
I GOT GUJRATI LNGUAGE IN MY E63
THANK YOU

kathiravan.vm March 24, 2012 at 4:14 pm

DEAR VEERA

THANK U AND HATSOFF TO U…..

-KATHIRAVAN.VM

shankar March 28, 2012 at 2:32 pm

Dear Veera,
As per ur advice i have installed opera mini on my samsung galaxy S2 and enabled the bitmap fonts for complex scripts. still i am unable to see tamil fonts on facebook. Pls help to get out this problem.

KIRAN April 4, 2012 at 6:04 pm