Lao Compatible Software
Lao has been available for Linux for many years.
Lao was not officially released for Windows until Windows Vista. Although user generated fonts are freely available online, viewing them required the user to download the fonts; place them into the "Windows", "Fonts", folder; and then open an Internet Explorer window. The user would then navigate to the "Tools" menu, "Internet Options" option, "General" tab. They would need to click on the "Fonts" option and then select the font that they downloaded.
In December 2011 the Lao Ministry of Science and Technology in cooperation with the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications officially authorized the use of Phetsarath OT as the standard national font.
The Phetsarath OT font was already adopted by the government in 2009 but Lao users were unable to use it, as international software manufactures did not embed the font into their software systems. Mobile devices were not able to use or show Lao language; instead mobile phone users had to rely on Thai or English as language.
The Laos Ministry of Post and Telecommunications asked local technicians to develop a software system of international standard that would enable the Phetsarath OT font to be like other font systems that local users could access.
In March 2011 the Lao company XY Mobile presented the Phetsarath OT on mobile phones as well as tablet pc’s using the mobile device operating system Android.
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