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+History
+=====
+
+This font is the first Unicode font in Malayalam.
+Initially it was named as Malayalam .
+It was created by Shaji N V in 2002 from TeX archive font created by Jeroen Hellingman using a tool named Pfaedit. In 2003 Baiju M added GSUB tables to the font and renamed it as MalOtf.ttf
+This was the default font in Sopananam GNU/Linux, (first GNU/Linux Custom destro with Malayalam Intefaces) released as a part of UNDP-KBIP-FSFIndia project
+In 2008 Hiran Venugopalan revamed font and added missing glyphs and featuretables.
+
+Relevant Links
+==========
+Initial Release http://groups.yahoo.com/group/malayalamlinux/message/52
+Initial Malayalam.ttf and MalOTF Download location http://malayalamlinux.sourceforge.net/downloads/downloads.html
+