Try to use Unicode instead of a special Windows code page. 2) Indian fonts are not very common, I wouldn't expect to find any Indian fonts except perhaps Devanagari on a "normal" computer. You have to install the fonts. In Ubuntu (I guess you mean Ubuntu when you say Ubantu), some South Indian localizations are available for the system, I don't know for Kannada. Just install some of these localizations, and the respective fonts will also be installed. Then test with Firefox and a web page in that language. Oh, let's try: ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ