Installing Marathi fonts in Ubuntu and using them

follow following steps:

1. Install fonts:
             $ sudo apt-get install ttf-indic-fonts


2. Inputting Marathi Text: ( from Wikipedia)

• Go to Applications > Preferences > Keyboard.
• Select the "Layouts" tab.
• Select the keyboard for the language or script you wish to use from the "Available Layouts" frame and then press "Add".
• Press "Close" to discard the dialogue box.

• Right click on the main menu on your desktop and select "Add to Panel...".
• Select "Keyboard Indicator" and click "Add".
• Position the keyboard indicator on your menu bar and click it to switch between keyboard layouts.

Another option is to use SCIM, to enable that,

• Install Hindi font support, groupinstall hindi-support
• Then enable SCIM, and use Hindi phonetic support
• For more check http://www.ruturaj.net/fedora-6-hindi-support-scim

Get Fonts@: http://www.nutansavera.com/fontwin2000.htm

                     http://kiranfont.com/kf/

                     http://www.baraha.com/download.htm