The Raavi font is most appropriate and it has been implemented as part of e-governance initiative. Punjab health minister Brahm Mohindra, who on behalf of the CM, had announced in Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday about the implementation of Raavi font said, “It has been done for the betterment of the people as the Unicode can be read everywhere. Three month time is not enough to learn and practice another font,” said, Pankaj, an applicant from Patiala. Even in newspapers or other establishments Raavi-font is not used for Punjabi typing. “We have learnt the Punjabi typing in fonts like Asees, Joy and others but now the government all of sudden had announced a font that is used very rarely in the state. It has to be followed by all government offices, boards, corporations, and commissions. The standardization of character encoding is mandated by a notification of Union ministry of electronics and information technology. The government had recently announced to get conducted the all the exams or tests of Punjabi in Raavi font as it had been decided to enforce strict implementation of the Unicode compliant font in all official matters to ensure smooth e-governance transactions. Developed by the university faculty, the software can automatically convert content typed in any font into Unicode or Ravi. To help them out of this predicament, a professor of Punjabi University has now written a letter to the state government to help the candidates by adopting a new software. Many of the applicants had learnt typing in Joy, Asees, Sutlej, Anmol lipi, and other fonts. Concerned officials hinted that it could be conducted in October. The date for the test is yet to be announced. These posts were advertised in September 2016, however, after the imposition of code the test could not be taken. There are over 1,882 posts of clerks and clerks-cum-data entry operators for which over 50,000 candidates will appear to give the typing test in Punjabi. As they have learnt typing in other Punjabi fonts, these applicants are now finding themselves at a disadvantage. PATIALA: The decision of the state government to conduct Punjabi typing tests only in Raavi font for the post of clerks and clerk-cum-data entry operators in all departments, has sent thousands of applicants in a tizzy.

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