Greek fonts for B-Greek
Carlton Winbery
winberyc at popalex1.linknet.net
Tue Apr 20 19:48:29 EDT 1999
Daniel E. Buck wrote;
>
>I like your suggestion Wieland. Minuscle is what I read the most, thus it
>would be easier to read transliteration in. The only problem would come
>when we mix English and Greek in the same sentence. This could be solved by
>using some indication such as the underline ( _ ) _pro_ and _meta_ the
>Greek term(s).
>
I have been on b-greek for a considerable time now and have no problem
reading the transliteration scheme suggested in the faq. I can indicate
even accents, subscripts, and breathing marks if I need to. I like the use
of caps for most of the Greek because it makes it stand out from the
English. A large part of the problem in reading transliteration is how well
one knows the details of the Greek and especially the spelling of Greek
words and accents. I have often spotted mispelled Greek words in the
transliteration form and also misplaced accent marks. I favor the scheme in
the faq, but agree that we probably should not make it mandatory. Hopefully
we will find a Greek font that will work across all platforms, but for me
the transliterated Greek is no problem.
Dr. Carlton L. Winbery
Foggleman Professor of Religion
Louisiana College
winbery at andria.lacollege.edu
winberyc at popalex1.linknet.net
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