Visible Mantra is created and maintained by 
- Jayarava as a resource for people who write or visualise mantras
To contact Visible Mantra or Jayarava email to:
Or you can leave a comment on the Visible Mantra blog
Copyright
Except where noted the calligraphy, artwork, and text on this site is my own work. Please respect this and ask me before using it on your website - I usually just ask for a link and an acknowledgement. Please also respect the copyright of other contributors. My preference is that you provide your own original material, and link back to Visible Mantra where appropriate. Note that Google produces a very low ranking for any site with copied text (especially if I report it, which I do), so it's in your best interests to say it in your own words.
Fonts and Keyboards
This site uses Unicode to display all of the diacritic marks without which Sanskrit and other Indic languages are gibberish. There's lots of information on the net about Unicode but I think the Internet Sacred Texts site has helpful information for the novice. You most likely have Unicode fonts on your computer already (such as Arial Unicode MS, or Lucinda Sans Unicode) but I offer a version of the font I use, Times Ext Roman if you want it (it's a self installing application).
I have created a keyboard map for diacritics if you want it. It's a modified version of the Windows English (United Kingdom) keyboard map. I've made a zip file with the files and some instructions. I now use it on these pages and it saves a lot of time! It also means I can use extended roman characters on Firefox for searching which is fantastic now that there are a number of Unicode Buddhist text resorces.
Questions
I regularly get questions about mantras, siddham and other scripts, and requests to identify images of scripts. I really enjoy this so please send them in.
Updates
The site is updated erratically and irregularly with major news being posted on the blog. I'm happy to be asked for things to be added.
Tattoos
Many people are keen to get tattoos and want me to provide larger images for this purpose. I'm not really interested in tattoos. But if you do decide to use one of my images for a tattoo please remember that I do make mistakes and that a tattoo is permanent. Do your own research before getting a tattoo!
Links
I don't maintain a separate links page. I link to relevant websites in context. For webmasters this is better for your Google rating, for readers you get links relevant to the subject. I'm open to requests to link to your website, but only if it is relevant to the subject matter of Visible Mantra.
Standards
To enhance your viewing pleasure this website is constructed to World Wide Web Consortium standards for HTML (4.01 Transitional) and CSS. Each page is checked using the W3C Markup Validator. This helps to ensure that the pages display as intended and that your browser does not become confused. My code is simple enough that it should display OK on any broswer although some variations are unavoidable.
As much as possible I try to allow you see the page the way you like it - screen sizes and fonts should scale OK. I design and look at the site in 1024x768 (quite small by today's standards). I use Unicode encoding (utf-8) throughout which means you can look at Visible Mantra in your favourite Unicode font. I use Times Ext Roman (or sometimes Arial Unicode MS) as my browser font. I use Firefox almost exclusively, but I have seen it in other browsers (including on Mac) and it seems OK.
All the HTML is created in Windows Notepad. There is minimal Javascript or Flash, mostly third party stuff like Feedblitz and Flickr.
I track usage using Google Analytics, and use Google Sitemaps to help ensure the site is indexed.
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