Windows and Tibetan script#
Windows Tibetan fonts#
Windows comes with a Tibetan font that has a very unusual property: it can render arbitrary complex Tibetan stacks (e.g. Sanskrit mantras) ‘on the fly’ without the requirement that a specific glyph is already part of the font.
Font name |
Sample |
Glyphs |
Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
Microsoft Himalaya |
|
unlimited |
Only font that can synthesize arbitrary stacks, works only on Windows |
Example:
Unusual stacks as in this Kālacakra mantra are no problem for Microsoft Himalaya.
For more fonts, see Tibetan Fonts.