[B-Greek] Unicode for typing Greek

Kathleen Creager kathleen.creager at comcast.net
Tue Dec 7 19:14:33 EST 2004


I've been using the freeware version of Antioch with Windows 98 SE, and at
least in Word (from Office 2000) I am able to change to a different font (I
agree, Vusillus is kind of ugly!).  On the "Greek" toolbar menu button, go
to Preferences, then Text, and you can choose a font. I like Antioch's
mapping of the keypad for accents - it somehow makes more sense than other
Greek keyboards I've tried, and when I needed it recently I remembered where
everything was, even though I hadn't used it in a couple months and have
never used it extensively.

Kathleen Creager

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "R Yochanan Bitan Buth" <ybitan at mscc.huji.ac.il>
To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 3:58 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] Unicode for typing Greek


> >RE: Unicode for typing Greek (James Ernest)
>
> I'd be interested to know whether this works for any Mac users of
> MS-Word,
>
> and if so, with what operating system and Word version.
>
>
>
> I may have missed something but the original post did not refer to a
> functioning keyboard for extended writing in Greek. It was a click and
> punch tool for putting one or two words into an another language text.
> I know of three functional unicode Greek keyboards available on the
> web as freeware or bundled ware. I don't know if they have Mac
> versions, but I see links to such on some of the related classical
> sites.
>
>
>
> Windows XP has a polytonic keyboard. It follows the national Greek
> keyboard, plus classical accents. It also follows Gatesian tradition
> in doing some things bass-ackwards. There is no way to type iota
> subscript with a circumflex, one must write a macro within Word. Which
> leads one to ask, "After going to all of the trouble to create a
> polytonic keyboard, why create only 96% of one?" Please send
> disgruntled email to Microsoft. I suppose that they are to blame.
>
>
>
> Antioch offers a freeware that really works:
> www.users.dircon.co.uk/~hancock/antioch.htm.
>
> If this page doesn't come up, then try Google "Vusillus Greek unicode"
>
> The Greek font Vusillus looks terrible in my eyes but the keyboard is
> a gem. Really good, allows Greek national keyboard, and easy
> flexibility and custom changes. For $50 one gets better looking fonts.
> The drawback with the freeware is that it only type Vusillus and then
> one must manually reformat to other unicode fonts. There is an
> excellent conversion package as well.
>
>
>
> Finally Tavultesoft's Keyman product has a Greek keyboard designed by
> Lopez that I haven't used. One would have to re-configure the national
> keyboard. Personally, if going to the trouble to learn to use a Greek
> keyboard, I would recommend starting with one that you could live with
> everywhere. (In other words, use the standard Greek typwriter keyboard
> as the base rather than re-invent or perpetrate some non-Greek
> product.)
>
>
>
> Randall Buth, PhD
>
> Director, Biblical Language Center
>
> www.biblicalulpan.org
>
> and Director, Biblical Studies in Israel
>
> Hebrew University, Rothberg International School
>
> ybitan at mscc.huji.ac.il
>
>
>
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