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This site has been developed using TAB font for its asthetic beauty. You can download the font based on the operating system you are using. Then follow the given instructions to install the font in your machine.

Linux users: Click here to download tabanna or tabakaram font. Save the font in the directory of your choice. You may alternately save it in a separate directory within '/usr/local/fonts/'. You may now need 'root'  permission to install the font.
        Change your directory in which you have saved the font and type following commands from the shell.
           *  To create the fonts.dir file
                  $ mkfontdir
           *  To install the font
                  $ xset +fp <path of font file>
           *  To restart the fontserver
                  $ xset fp rehash
           *  You may type the following command to check whether the font has been installed
                  $ xlsfonts | grep 'tam'
           *  Change the browser settings to select the newly installed font. Follow the steps below for Mozilla & Netscape browsers
                    *    Choose 'Edit > Preferences > Appearance > Fonts'
                    *    Select the menu User Defined for the field 'Fonts For / Character Sets'
                    *    Select the TABxxx for the 'Font' field and save the settings and you may need to restart the browser
                    *    Go to 'View > Character Coding' and select User Defined
                    *    Now load the page by typing the URL in the address bar

Windows users: Download tabanna or tabmaduram font.
           *  Click the Start button and select the Control Panel in the Settings option. A window will pop up and now double click the Fonts icon.
           *  Now select the Install New Fonts option in the File menu. Select the downloaded font file and click the Install button.
           *  Change the browser settings to select the newly installed font.
                    For Netscape browsers
                    *    Choose
'Edit > Preferences > Appearance > Fonts'
                    *    Select the menu User Defined for the field 'Fonts For / Character Sets'
                    *    Select the TABxxx for the 'Font' field and save the settings and you may need to restart the browser
                    *    Go to 'View > Character Coding' and select User Defined
                    *    Now load the page by typing the URL in the address bar

                    For Internet Explorer
                    *    Choose 'View > Inernet Options > Fonts'
                    *    Set the 'Character Set' as Use Defined and the 'Font' as TABxxx and save the settings
                    *    Go to 'View > Fonts / Character Coding' and select User Defined
                    *    Now load the page by typing the URL in the address bar

For problems/suggestions/comments, mail to: ponniyinselvan_kalki@yahoo.co.in