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==Still having problems==

*[[Wikipedia_talkWikipedia talk:Sinhala_Font_GuideSinhala Font Guide|Inform the other users]] about the problems you're having. Sinhala Unicode is relatively new and it may take a while to have universal support.

*We have found '''[http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6]''' on Windows XP Service Pack 2 to deliver the best results.

*If you cannot read any Sinhala letters in the main page, correct the character encoding in your browser as we have explained.

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*Feel free to discuss these issues [[Wikipedia_talkWikipedia talk:Sinhala Font Guide|here]].

==Tips on Writing in Sinhala==

Following tips were formulated by looking at most common errors that has been done in writing using unicode sinhala. Please try to avoid the errors far as possible using the following tips. Feel free to add more tips on avoiding error as you find them (some of these are due to the lack of support for sinhala typing at the moment.)

* kombuwa (ෙ) should come after the consonentconsonant.

:eg: gedara (ගෙදර) is written as: ga + kombuwa + da + ra but '''not''' as kombuwa + ga + da + ra.

* kombuwa haa aela pilla (ො) is a single composite modifier.

:eg: kolamba (කොළඹ) is writenwritten as: ka + kombuwa ha aela pilla + la + mba but '''not''' as kombuwa + ka + aela pilla + la + mba.

* in the same lines all the modifiers ේ, ෛ, ො, ෝ, ෞ has their own single composites.