Khmer font
was first introduced to the computer world in 1984 by Professor Gerald
Difflot and Sokhuom Khek. At the time, the fonts were designed to be
used on the Apple Macintosh computer since the Macintosh is capable of
supporting more than 128 characters and is very accessible from the
keyboard. Then the first ever Khmer computer keyboard layout was
designed and configured to adapt to the Qwerty keyboard. Later on we
modified the keyboard layout. The revised keyboard is easier to learn
and remember. In addition, the Khmer characters bear similar
pronunciation and form to their counter-part, the English alphabet.
Today, this keyboard layout is known as the KHEK layout, widely adopted
by the industry.
