At the top right-hand side of your menubar will be a little flag for your default keyboard. When you click on it, you'll now see the two Khmer scripts as options. I had to reset my mouse shortcuts (also in preferences) to the default so that I could press Command+spacebar to switch keyboards, but that makes it super easy in Excel and Word.
ៃដ ta-dah! That is the khmer word for hand. I think. The font in my dictionary and the font in the package (Battambang) are a little different.
If it looks like gibberish, you don't have your font properly installed. Or you're using Opera possibly.
If you're installing a font, make sure to download a layout map. Nokorsoft have a guide image, which I've uploaded here:
Right-click to save the full-sized image if you need it.
For all of the fonts, to type a khmer word you will need to use the shift and option/alt key often. Because some khmer words have bits on top, to the side and underneath, you'll need to type the main letter first, then type another joining key, then the little letter to create a join.
For example, ម្ថខ which is face (mOOk):
- First you type m which gives you: ម
- Then you have to join on the little bit underneath, so you press j to start the join
- And type f which gives you: ម្ថ
- And then the last bit which is x: ខ
It gets a bit easier as you start to remember the keyboard. In Cambodia you can buy keyboards with all the various signs painted onto the keys. My suggestion is to print out a reference sheet. I'm putting together one slowly for this font, and will upload it when it's fully done.
Some other font links:
Posts
Free Khmer Fonts for Mac and Windows from Mr. Danh Hong
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