XeTeX

XeTeX
XeTeX is an extension of TeX with built-in support for Unicode and OpenType. For more details see http://scripts.sil.org/xetex

Creating documents using XeTeX

 * 1) Install TeX Live. Install latex and xetex. For ease of installation and configuration, we suggest to use a TeXLive version 2012 or above - either standalone TeXLive distribution or install from your distribution's package manager. Windows and OSX versions are also available. In Fedora, you can install the packages texlive-latex and texlive-xetex.
 * 2) Install Fontspec and Hyphenation packages. Install polyglossia and Indic hyphenation rules. In Fedora, the packages are texlive-fontspec, texlive-polyglossia and texlive-hyphen-indic
 * 3) Install the fonts. For Malayalam, let us try to use Rachana. In Fedora, the package is smc-rachana-fonts.
 * 4) Create your tex document. An example document is:
 * 5) Compile the document using XeTeX
 * 1) Compile the document using XeTeX