Bengali Font is a smart word processing application, specifically designed for writing Bengali documents. Bengali Font is entered using only the vowels (swarabarnas) and the consonant (banjonbarnos). The conjunct characters (juktho okkors) are placed automatically by the system if possible otherwise when indicated by the user. Bengali alphabet is mapped phonetically on to the standard QWERTY keyboard, independent of any Bangla font. This minimizes the initial learning curve and removes the need for physical layout template.
The Bengali characters are mapped on to the ‘QWERTY’ keyboard under their phonetically (similar sounding) equivalent English characters. For example L is mapped on to k and M is mapped under K (shift k). There are of course exceptions to this rule as not all Bengali characters have similar sounding English equivalent. For example a, b, c, d, etc. On the other hand, there are English characters that phonetically do not match any Bangla characters. For these non-matching characters, we have mapped them on the remaining unused keys. Hence, we advice all new users of Bangla Word to only memorise the non-matching keys. Following is a complete list of phonetically non-matching Keys:
