[B-Greek] Lunate sigma: a follow-up to Frustrated Greek Learner! question

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Sep 7 15:15:10 EDT 2004


CJ (good to see you back here though from a new e-address):

I don't know about what Windoze does, but on My Mac (OS X Panther) I'm
using the  GreekKeys Unicode(US) keyboard (part of the GreekKeys font
system) which has the diacriticals all in a row in the numeric tier to be
keyed in before a vowel); with that keyboard selected I can use an
option-key with "S" to produce a lunate sigma, or with shift-option, an
upper-case lunate sigma. I don't know, but my impression is that there's a
corresponding form of the GreekKeys fonts and keyboards available for
Windows. I've checked and this works (lunate sigma, lower and upper case)
with Arial Unicode just fine. At any rate, the character(s) is/are there in
the Unicode fonts.

At 11:26 AM -0700 9/7/04, Clinton J Armstrong wrote:
>Confused as I've been regarding fonts for Greek using
>my PC (though I've finally learned a rudimentary thing
>or two like the difference between unicode and
>packaged fonts), I've finally started using Windows XP
>happily, and now switch between English and Greek
>Arial Unicode at the touch of a button in my Microsoft
>programs.  I'm still not completely happy, though ...
>I'd really like my sigmas to be lunate instead of
>bothering with medial and final forms (which of course
>switch appropriately and automatically in the
>programs; thank goodness we have at least the
>technology for that!).  Is there anything to do for
>this except mourn the medial form or spend the next
>year writing my own font?  I'd appreciate a clue in
>the right direction from anyone who's as picky as me,
>or at least a word of comfort for the loss of my
>dream.  Thanks much!
>
>--CJ Armstrong
>
>Clinton J. Armstrong
>Christ Lutheran Church
>820 West Imperial Highway
>Brea, CA  92821
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Carl W. Conrad
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