Download and install GujWritey
Install Gopika fonts
- Step1: Download GujWritey Save GW.EXE at, say, \WINDOWS\TEMP.
- Step2: Using 'My Computer' go to \WINDOWS\TEMP. Double click on GW.EXE. A prompt will appear for unzipping to the folder \WINDOWS\TEMP'. Click on 'Unzip'. When done, amongst other files you will see SETUP.EXE in \WINDOWS\TEMP directory.
- Step3: Double click on SETUP.EXE. This installs the software.
- Step4: Click on Start, Programs. You will see "GujWritey" in the list of installed programs. Right click, Create Shortcut. Drag the shortcut labeled GujWritey(2) to the Desktop and rename it from 'GujWritey'. Before you run the program, 'Gopika' font must be installed. See next.
If you look in the directory 'program files\Gujwritey' you will see a file gopika.ttf. Copy this to c:\windows\temp directory and foillow the instructions below.
A quick lesson
Step 1 Download Gopika fonts. On prompt, save it at c:\windows\temp directory. Step 2 Install fonts. Click on Start -> Settings-> Control Panel -> Fonts
Clik on File -> Install new fonts. An 'Add font' window appears on the screen.
Select drive C: from 'Drives:' subwindow.
Select folder "c:\windows\temp" from 'folders:' subwindow.
Gopika (True Type) appears in 'List of fonts' subdirectory. Highlight it. Click on 'OK'
- 1 Click 'GujWritey' from the Desktop . A 'yellow' pad will appear.
- 2 Type Gujarati text in English using K-Script on 'YellowPad'(input).
- 3 Press F5. Text in Gujarati characters will appea on the 'white sheet'(output).
- 4 Pressing F6 will toggle between the input and the output without doing anything else. This is used for correcting text on yellow page. Most frequent mistakes are writing an uppercase character where a lowercase one is needed and vice versa. F4 key corrects this nicely. The other common mistake is to miss an 'a'. For example, spelling manahar as manhar, bhAraTano as bhAraTno.
- 5 Finally, when all mistakes are taken care of, press F5 for revised Gujarati text.
- 6 'Help' gives all the information on Kscript and on using GujWritey.