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==Between this template and IAST template==
...which one is more suited to render transliterated [[devanagiri]] script words on most computers? --<
The need for the Unicode template to display Devanagari is no longer as much of an issue as better support for Unicode is more widespread. The Unicode template is rarely used on the Hinduism pages that use Devanagari. The [[IAST]] transliteration method can be shown via the IAST template if IAST is used. The template I see most often on the Hinduism pages for Sanskrit is some variant of this: <nowiki>([[Sanskrit]]:{{lang|sa|गणेश पुराणम्}}; {{IAST|gaṇeśa purāṇam}})</nowiki> which displays:
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: Rather than attempt to make one size fit all with this template, or create the same problem with a similar untargeted unicode template, I suggest that you create a template specifically suited to the range(s) of characters that you want to handle. (If the characters are only used on one or two pages, you could of course simply apply a font-family style attribute using {{tag|span|o}} tags manually.)
: See {{Tlx|Script}} and, for example, {{Tlx|Script/Coptic}}, for an existing series of subtemplates which seek to do this.
: In case the browser already has a suitable default font, it might also help to specify a [http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/fonts.html#generic-font-families generic fallback] as the last item in the font-family list, e.g. <syntaxhighlight lang="
: — [[User:Richardguk|Richardguk]] ([[User talk:Richardguk|talk]]) 17:48, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
::{{tlx|Script}} mixes up ''scripts'' and ''languages''. It should not do when used for this purpose. -[[User:DePiep|DePiep]] ([[User talk:DePiep|talk]]) 19:05, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
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