[ubuntu-in] Please help me typing in urdu

[Gora Mohanty]

On 28 January 2014 18:26, shariff <shariff at public-software.in> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I am Shariff from IT for change NGO, We work with Karnataka government
> school, We conduct the workshop for Urdu school Teachers on ubuntu. But in
> Ubuntu We are not able to type in Arabic , Using Ibus or Keyboard layout.
>
> In  Keyboard layout it has more options but if I type Arabic latter
> according to the keyboard layout, some letters i am able to type correctly
> but many letters I am not able to type instead of letters I get box or
> garbage letters.

You probably do not have a proper Urdu font installed, only one with
partial coverage of Urdu. Which is why you get some characters, but
others are garbage.

This article should be of help: http://sabza.org/ubuntu-installing-urdu-support/
Please ask here again if you are still facing issues.

Regards,
Gora