This page contains detailed instructions and
all necessary files for viewing web pages on
Armenian
Windows users
Step 1.
Downloading Armenian fonts. Click
here to download Armenian fonts
Step 2.
Installing fonts. To install fonts, unzip file
armfonts.zip (using
WinZip)
to a temporary directory (for example C:\Temp). Open Control
Panel (Start->Settings->Control Panel). Double-click
Fonts icon, choose File -> Install New Font and select
folder (e.g. C:\Temp) where fonts are located. Click Select
All, then click OK. Now we have necessary Armenian fonts
installed on system.
Step 3. Configuring
Browser.Netscape (3.0 or higher)
Launch Netscape Program
Choose Edit ->
Preferences
Choose Appearance tab->Fonts
Select User
Defined from Encodings drop-down menu
Choose any variable
Armenian font (for example, DALLAK TIME) as a Variable Width
Font.
Choose any fixed Armenian font (for example, Courier
AM) as a Fixed Width Font
Click OK to close the
window
Note: Now, when viewing an Armenian web page,
select View -> Character Set -> User Defined
Internet Explorer (3.0 or higher)For IE
5.0 or higher verions - from Tools menu , choose Options,
for IE 4.x version - from View menu choose Options
(Internet Options).
Click Fonts button at the bottom of
Options window.
From Language Script drop-down menu, choose
User-Defined, Select any variable Armenian font (for example
Dallak Time) as "Web page font" and any fixed Armenian font
(for example Courier AM) as "Plain text font" then click
OK.
Note: Now, when viewing an Armenian web page,
select View -> Encoding -> User Defined.
Step
4. Adding Armenian support to email clients.Outlook Express. Open Outlook Express. From
Tools menu, choose Options. Click Read tab, then click Fonts
button at the bottom. From Font Settings list, select User
Defined. If not already set, choose Dallak Time as
Proportional font and ArmNet Courier as Fixed width font.
Click OK.
Netscape Messenger. As soon
as Netscape Messenger is tightly integrated with Netscape
Navigator, you can read and send emails with Messenger when
you set Navigator's Armenian support properly.
Overall. Typing and fill forms
in Armenian. Download
Armenian
keyboard driver. Run setup program and follow instructions
on screen. Note that you might be asked to restart your
computer.
Also, you can download
Armenian
National Language Support (ArmNLS)This software
package adds the following components to your Windows
operating system: two screen-optimized TrueType fonts --"Arial
AM" and "Courier AM" -- mainly intended for previewing web
pages and e-mail messages in Armenian a fast and efficient
keyboard driver (recoder) for typing in Armenian in any
application, including Internet browsers and e-mail agents
modifications in the configuration of most known Internet
applications so that you can preview web pages, send and
receive e-mail messages in Armenian timezone information for
Armenia with automatic DST (daylight saving time)
adjustment.
(For more information on this product visit
http://www.freenet.am/armnls/.)
MacOS users
Step 1.
Download this
file. It contains ArmNet Times and ArmNet Courier TrueType
fonts, and also 2 keyboard layouts: standard computer layout
and traditional typewriter layout. Netscape will expand the
Stuffit archive automatically for you.
Step 2.
Select all the files and drop them into System Folder.
Open
Control Panel -> Keyboards.
Select US-ArmSCII-8
(computer layout) or US-ArmType-8 (typewriter layout). Use
CapsLock key to switch between English and Armenian
keyboards.
Note: The suggested fonts and keyboard
layouts for Mac comply to ArmSCII-8 communication standard,
thus they are intended only for Internet web browsing and
mailing. Using this coding standard for other tasks in
MacSystem, (f.ex. word processing or desktop publishing), may
cause problems.