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Cannot type Sinhala character well.

Q15 I installed Sinhala font. However, there are some characters which cannot type.
Why can't all the Sinhala characters be typed in my personal computer?

I mentioned about installing and typing Sinhala fonts , as Kandy or Kandy new etc. , former Q and A-12. Here, I mention to Sinhala typing again.
There are two way of typing for Sinhala fonts.
First is just typing the alphabet keys.
If you want type , type " A " key.
is " A + (Shift + 3) "
These typing rules are shown in the keypad. Please check keypad and key typing rules.
Second is somewhat troublelsome. We can not type out some characters which are " i -yannna " and " u-yanna ".
@For example, when you want to type out , it is not enough to type an alphabet key only. To type this character you must show the keypad on the screen and search the typing rule of on there. " Alt + 0191 " is the stroke rule of typing .
If you feel troublesome to stroke those number keys, you can copy the character which is shown on keypad. But some characters are not appear on the moniter even if you stroked correct key. I do not know the reason why.

<note>@There is new Sinhala font named Kaputa. I think this font is the best to type All most all Sinhala characters can be typed by alphabet keys only. You do not need to use function keys or another special keys nor you do not need Sinword 2000 pad.. You can down load kaputa font free from Divaina web sote or another Sinhala papers sites