After dillydallying for more than three years, the state government has finally decided to make Unicode fonts compulsory in Kannada software. It will be issuing an order to this effect by April 30.

Manjunatha R, 34, a resident of T Narasipur, and a lead designer serving in a firm in the city, has recently designed five new Kannada Unicode fonts with two styles. He has already designed a Kannada ...