Farsi Help
If this isn't the word Farsi فارسی in Farsi, then your computer probably doesn't have a Farsi Unicode font installed, and you will have problems reading the Farsi section of this site.
Listed below are instructions for getting Farsi Unicode to display properly on various computer operating systems.
Micrsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista
The best Microsoft font for Farsi is the Tahoma font which is shipped with Windows XP and Windows Vista.
Microsoft Office XP
If you have a copy of Microsoft Office XP or Microsoft Publisher 2002, and Farsi is not displaying properly, you can install the Arial Unicode MS font which is distributed by Microsoft with these products.
Follow these instructions to install Arial Unicode MS.
Alternatively, please consult the Microsoft Help and Support website — try searching for "Arial Unicode".
Windows 98, Windows ME and Windows NT 4.0
Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 are not distributed with Arial Unicode MS so you will need to install an alternative Farsi font.
Nesf is a Unicode font based on Nimrooz, suitable for Farsi web pages. To install it please download the font here:
To install the font, use the font utility in the Control Panel. There are more detailed instructions on the installing fonts page.
Nesf is a font by Mehran Mehr and is made available as part of the The FarsiWeb Project.
Upgrading Internet Explorer
If you have installed the font and it is still not displaying properly this might be because you have an old version of Internet Explorer, if you are using a version older than version 5.5 then you will need to update it. To find out which version you are using, on your browser select Help, About Internet Explorer.
The easiest way to upgrade is to use the Windows Update icon in your start menu. Alternatively you could go straight to the Microsoft Internet Explorer Downloads website.
Mac OS X
Farsi is supported out-of-the-box in Mac OS X, but problems have been reported using Internet Explorer. Try using Apple's KDE-based browser Safari
Further help is available from the Iranian Mac User Group www.irmug.org/
Farsi letter Ye
There are well known problems with the Farsi letter Ye on Windows systems. In the first version of the keyboard layout in Windows 2000 it was not possible to type the Farsi letter Ye: it typed the Farsi version instead. Also, in the first version of the fonts the letter Ye would not combine correctly when used in the middle of a word.
Most problems were corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.
You can find more information and help about the Farsi letter Ye on the Open Road support site.