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Write Urdu In Web Pages

Sep 8, 2008 Tools

Have you visited http://www.urdupoint.com or http://www.bbcurdu.com. I am sure you did. These websites use Urdu fonts. There are many ways of using Urdu in web pages. However whatever you do you will have to define charset UTF-8 in head section of web page for that like below.

<meta http-equiv=content-type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">

METHODS OF USING URDU IN WEB PAGES

One: Using Character Map

Write command charmap in run and press enter. Character map window will open offering you many characters to choose, write and copy. In figure below if you notice you can select words and write these by clicking and also it gives its utf value which is in numbers. You can write there urdu text and copy and then past in msword in form of Urdu.

write urdu in web pages by character map

Two: Using Numbers

Consider following Urdu Name
جاويد خليل

This was written using

&#1580;&#1575;&#1608;&#1610;&#1583; &#1582;&#1604;&#1610;&#1604;

Three: Using Urdu Keyboard Based Text Area

I have a text area in which we can write text in Urdu and English.

Demo: Launch Application

Download Urdu Typing Text area

Four: Using Phonetic Keyboard

By this method, you can type Urdu in any program, even in notepad or text pad or ms word. This keyboard is a software which installs language tool bar into your system and you will have to install extra fonts and language support for Urdu language and then you can switch between Urdu and English while typing.

urdu-in-notepad Type Urdu Or Your Native Language In Any Windows Program Or Application

To download software and detailed instruction follow the link below.

Phonetic Keyboard and Urdu language toolbar

Here is a tool you can use online to write Urdu and then copy paste that Urdu text in any program or email.
Urdu Typing Online Tool

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7 Responses to “Write Urdu In Web Pages”

  1. November 30th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
    shuja ullah Says:

    plz tell me the method how i can write urdu in notepad becoz i also want to write urdu text in my web page.


  2. November 30th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
    Hiroshi Says:

    @shuja ullah: You have to just follow the instruction above. Use Urdu text area here:
    http://www.techmynd.com/blogFiles/UrduTyping/
    or
    Download it for your PC.
    You can also download phonetic keyboard for language bar option in Windows which will enable you to switch between Urdu and English languages.


  3. December 5th, 2008 at 10:50 am
    shuja ullah Says:

    yes i can download but it is extension .rar what i do now.


  4. December 5th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
    Hiroshi Says:

    Just get the winrar or winzip software, unzip (extract) files and follow instruction.
    Details are also here:

    http://www.techmynd.com/type-urdu-or-your-native-language-in-any-windows-program-or-application/

    Tell me if you can not figure it out. I will post you detailed instruction about how to enable language bar.


  5. May 8th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
    shabih Says:

    Salam to all, can any1 can tell me that how i can write urdu in phpmyadmin??


  6. September 11th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
    Translation PK Says:

    It helped me a lot, very nice utility.


  7. December 27th, 2009 at 1:36 am
    Hasan Says:

    Thanx for sharing!
    @Shabih you can store the same string in database as well.


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