How to type Telugu in LaTeX and genrate PDF using MiKTeX

Question

So far I have been using LaTeX for writing English documents. My favourite editor is TeXlipse in Eclipse. I am also comfortable with TeXnicCenter. My operating system is Windows. But now my intention is to write some short stories in Telugu. I want to write in my fav word processing tool LaTeX. How can do that? Please suggest me with some basic example. It will be great appreciation.

Answer 1

you need an OpenType or TrueType font which supprts that language, eg Code2000. Then the following works:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Code2000}
\begin{document}

తెలుగు

\end{document}

You have to run the example with xelatex or alternatively with lualatex; both are installed with every TeX distribution. Code2000 is available from http://www.fonts2u.com/search.html?q=Code2000

Answer 2

This is what I get compiling the following file with XeLaTeX:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Pothana2000}

\usepackage{polyglossia}
\setmainlanguage{telugu}

\begin{document}

చేయి అనగా మానవులు, చింపాంజీలు, కోతులు మరియు లెమూర్లకు గల శరీరభాగమునకు వేళ్లు
కలబాహ్యంగము. కోలా చేతికి ఎదురెదురుగా వున్న రెండు బొటనవ్రేళ్లు వుంటాయి కాబట్టి దాని శరీరభాగాన్ని
కూడా చేయి లేక 'పా'లు అంటారు.

\end{document}

(The text is what is taken from the main page of Telugu Wikipedia.) How to activate using XeLaTeX with TeXlipse or TeXnicCenter should be looked at in their manuals. But I wouldn't recommend the latter editor as it has Unicode support only in the most recent beta version. A UTF-8 capable editor must be used.