Click on the virama, called pulli in Tamil (diacritic in the center) to delete the inherent vowel a.

To type directly with the computer keyboard:

• Double consonants: tt   nn   ll   rr   ss   (or T, N, L, R, S) for: ṭ   ṇ   ḷ   ṟ   ṣ
• Triple consonants: nnn for: ṉ
• Type G or ng for ṅ & J for ñ
• Type aa, ii, uu, ee, oo (or A, I, U, E, O) for the long vowels ā, ī, ū, ē, ō
• Type K for ஃ (visarga)
• Type M for ஂ (anusvara)

Download the special font Latha



Copy [Ctrl]+[C] & Paste [Ctrl]+[V]