install the font :
$ unzip TibetanMachineUnicodeFont.zip
$ chkfontpath
catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d
$ ll /etc/X11/fontpath.d
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 2008-11-27 15:58 baekmuk-ttf-fonts-gulim -> ../../../usr/share/fonts/baekmuk-ttf-gulim
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 2008-12-09 17:39 cjkunifonts-uming -> /usr/share/fonts/cjkunifonts-uming
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2008-11-27 22:06 default-ghostscript -> /usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 2008-11-27 16:10 fonts-default -> /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2008-12-14 20:57 liberation-fonts -> /usr/share/fonts/liberation
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 2008-03-03 11:39 sazanami-fonts-gothic -> /usr/share/fonts/sazanami-fonts-gothic
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 2008-12-29 15:11 terminus-font:unscaled -> /usr/share/fonts/terminus-font
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2008-11-27 15:56 xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi:unscaled:pri=30 -> /usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2008-11-27 22:27 xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi:unscaled:pri=20 -> /usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2008-11-27 21:47 xorg-x11-fonts-misc:unscaled:pri=10 -> /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2008-03-03 11:45 xorg-x11-fonts-TTF -> /usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2008-11-27 21:10 xorg-x11-fonts-Type1 -> /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1
$ sudo cp TibMachUni-1.901b.ttf /usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF
$ sudo mkfontdir /usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF
start a terminal with utf-8 support : rxvt-unicode
sudo yum install rxvt-unicode
urxvt -fn "xft:Tibetan Machine Uni" -fb "8x16"
you should be able to see tibetan characters :
when opening the following file wylie.txt with vi editor
If you want you can create an alias that you could call tibterm (in you .bashrc for exemple) :
alias tib='urxvt -fn "xft:Tibetan Machine Uni" -fb "8x16"'
So to launch a tibetan terminal , simply type tibterm
You should also be able to open the file with open office :)
