[B-Greek] Re- Change of prefered Language

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Nov 22 05:33:58 EST 2004


At 12:24 AM -0500 11/22/04, gfsomsel at juno.com wrote:
>On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 22:57:26 -0600 "Steve Westfall"
><steve.westfall at comcast.net> writes:
>> Perhaps he means that he would prefer that the biblical languages be
>> represented in appropriate Greek and Hebrew fonts (presumably
>> Unicode)
>> instead of being transliterated into Latin characters?
>>
>> Steve Westfall
>_________
>
>That is the way I understood it.  This would be nice.  I'm not sure how
>technologically feasible this might be at the moment.  There is, of
>course, the problem of fonts which could be solved by linking to a font
>source appropriate to either the PC or the MAC platforms (Linux anyone?).
> Beyond that there is the problem of members who have older systems which
>may not be amenable to using these fonts.  Also, a matter of not
>inconsiderable concern, is the ability of all members to enter the text
>in unicode.  I happen to have a unicode word processor and so would have
>no trouble.  Additionally, there are quite a number of members who have
>computer Bible study programs with texts in unicode which could be "cut
>and pasted" into the text.  Nevertheless, some members would be
>disenfranchised by (1) their current computer (2) their resources on the
>computer (3) their facility with a computer.  I tend to think that though
>this is an admirable goal, its time has not yet come.

I think George has summarized what remains for now the thinking of the
administrative staff of B-Greek. Steve Westfall's guess about the intention
of the original poster is indeed correct, as was indicated to me in an
off-list posting. As of now we continue to forward messages to list-members
in plain-text ASCII only, and for that reason we continue to use the
standard transliteration scheme explained in the list's FAQ.
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
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