If you are a Desktop Publishing (DTP) professional working in Kerala or designing Malayalam documents, you likely rely on for its layout flexibility. However, PageMaker is a legacy application that lacks native Unicode support, meaning modern Malayalam fonts often appear as broken characters or question marks.
Before starting PageMaker, you must have the font installed on your Windows system. ml+revathi+font+for+pagemaker
Since PageMaker won't run natively, use on Linux or VirtualBox with Windows XP image. Alternatively, use PageMaker 7.0 Patch for NT. Note: Direct installation on Win11 often results in the font not rendering in the PageMaker font list. If you are a Desktop Publishing (DTP) professional
ML Revathi was designed for specific code pages (Windows-1252 or custom). If your Windows Regional Settings are not set correctly, the Malayalam characters will map to Latin letters (e.g., typing a Malayalam "ka" produces an English "A"). Since PageMaker won't run natively, use on Linux
Adobe PageMaker, particularly version 7.0, was the industry standard for layout design before InDesign took over. Its strength lay in its simplicity and its ability to handle long-form text. However, because PageMaker was developed before modern complex-script engines were integrated into operating systems, it could not "understand" Malayalam grammar or character joining rules.
Have you faced any specific issues with ML fonts in PageMaker? Let us know in the comments below, and we will try to help!