On Dec 3, 2012, at 2:33 AM, Sasi Kumar <sasi.fsf at gmail.com> wrote: > \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} > \setmainfont[Script=Malayalam]{Rachana Howdy, You need to use the fontenc package. Also, if you are going to use otf fonts there is no need for the fontenc package. Good Luck, Herb Schulz (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)