Tamil Font Installation on Debian
Download and copy Tamil fonts to /usr/local/share/fonts/truetype, open a console and do the following
sudo apt-get install x-ttcidfont-conf libft-perl
sudo defoma-hints -c --no-question truetype /usr/local/share/fonts/truetype/* > /etc/defoma/hints/localfonts.hints
sudo defoma-font register-all /etc/defoma/hints/localfonts.hints
sudo defoma-reconfigure
Logout and restart X (ctrl+alt+backspace)
