Appointment of a Committee on Unicode Compatible Sinhala Fonts

The CINTEC Internet Committee agreed that one of the major impediments to the development and use of the Internet in Sri Lanka, especially into rural areas is the lack of local language content. The Committee agreed that the availability of a high quality, free, and standards-conformant Sinhala font would enable content providers to create Sinhala language content.As a first measure, the Internet Committee decided that a Committee on Unicode Compatible Sinhala Fonts should be formed.

This Committee would define the basic minimum requirements for Unicode compatible Sinhala fonts; define the essential features which should be present in a Sinhala character set, character combinations and their input, address the requirements for a standard Sinhala keyboard, key board stroke sequences, and issues relating to the glyphs and keyboard drivers.