[B-Greek] Free Polytonic Uncial Greek Unicode Font?

Steve Hulme stevehulme at stevehulme.com
Mon Aug 7 09:33:53 EDT 2006


All,

I've completed writing a Teacher's Supplement to Crosby and Schaeffer's 
/Introduction to Greek/.  I realized early on in the project (18 months ago) 
that I would need a convenient way to switch from typing English to typing Greek 
and back again, while typing in MS Word.  After some research  I came across 
Antioch 2.  I did purchase it, have used it daily for 18 months, and recommend 
it highly.  It was well worth the $50.

I also commend Mr. Hancock's support of the product and his willingness to work 
with other scholars.

best regards,

Steve Hulme

John McChesney-Young wrote:
> At 8:02 PM -0400 8/6/06, Jim Darlack wrote in part:
>
>   
>>  ... I am interested in finding a free font, because
>> I'm scanning in some old commentaries and resources
>> that use a polytonic uncial font face to highlight
>> various Greek words.
>>
>> The polytonic uncial font in Antioch is exactly what
>> I'm after, but I'd rather use a "free" font, so that
>> I can point a user to a free download that would let
>> them view the web page with as much clarity as possible.
>>     
>
> I had bcc'ed Ralph my post to the list, and he very kindly responded with:
>
> The 6th c Codex Claromontanus in the French Bibliotheque Nationale, 
> which is bilingual in Greek and Latin, is fully marked with 
> diacritics, and indeed I based the diacritics in my uncial font on 
> this.
>
> The uncial font isn't included in the *trial* version of Antioch that 
> you can download from 
> <http://www.hancock.dircon.co.uk/antioch.htm>www.hancock.dircon.co.uk/antioch.htm 
> (or the linked page  ... antioch2.htm for the newer version which 
> most people now need). People who pay for the program are offered it, 
> among a selection of other fonts.
>
> However, if any classicist needs this font, I'll be happy to supply 
> it to them directly, without the need to register Antioch. They 
> should write to me at my main email address 
> <mailto:hancock at dircon.co.uk>hancock at dircon.co.uk.
>
> (end quote)
>
> As I said, he's a prince of a fellow. :-)
>
> Note that according to Metzger's _Text of the New Testament_ the 
> diacritics in Claromontanus were added in the ninth century by the 
> fourth of at least nine (!) correctors (p. 51 in the first ed.).
>
> Rather than requiring a download of a new font, though, what about 
> simply using (say) all capitals for the highlighted words? Or just a 
> significantly different font for them if they're meant to be 
> distinguished in the context of other Greek words? Alternatively, 
> perhaps you could make the resources available in .pdf form, 
> embedding the fonts?
>
> Best,
>
> John
>   




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