[B-Greek] Greek font question

Randall Buth randallbuth at gmail.com
Wed Apr 9 16:57:15 EDT 2008


PS: when choosing Greek as an added input language
you may need to choose 'Greek' first, and then add a
keyboard where you will want to choose Polytonic
Greek or Greek Polytonic.
Like most computer stuff you may need to explore
and interpret this a little bit. I don't have an english
interface so everything is 'approximate'.


On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 11:48 PM, Randall Buth <randallbuth at gmail.com> wrote:
> >A question for the more technically-minded list members:
>  >
>  >Why do my Greek and Hebrew fonts keep falling out of my manuscripts?
>  >
>  >I'm using a school computer and school software. Word, MS Office 2003; I'm
>  >using the Scholars Press fonts, SPIonic, etc.
>  >
>  >When I open a document that was written on another computer, even though I'm
>  >using the same version of Word (not the same version of Windoze, our new
>  >computers have XP Pro) and the same fonts, all the Greek and Hebrew
>  >characters have been replaced by these little empty boxes.
>  >
>  >I'm trying to work with old documents, editing them into a new manuscript,
>  >and I need the Greek to work. Very frustrating. And there doesn't seem to
>  >be a way to recover the document with the Greek intact.
>  >
>  >What causes this? Is there a remedy, or a way to recover the inflected
>  >Greek?
>  >
>  >Are there Greek fonts that are more stable than SPIonic, which WON'T
>  >collapse and fall out of my documents?
>  >PLS
>  >Perry L. Stepp, Ph.D.
>
>  For Perry
>
>  You've just illustrated the importance of using UNICODE,
>  or not.
>
>  PWS ALLAKSAI; how to change?
>
>  First, make sure that your machine is properly configured.
>  (Then find out about whatever your friends have been sending you.)
>
>  Go to Control Panel
>  Open Regional Options and Languages
>  (or whatever close it's called in English)
>
>  Open Language folder
>  Open text and language details
>  click on add
>  Find "Greek Polytonic" or "Polytonic Greek" in language menu. click.
>  Add and apply.
>  At text and language details when Greek Polytonic is selected in the scroll
>  window, ADD keyboard.
>  Choose Greek Polytonic.
>  Apply, OK, etc.
>
>  Your computer will now have Greek as a second keyboard input option.
>  Left-Alt + shift will toggle between Greek and English input.
>  Go to Microsoft and download the Greek Polytonic Keyboard layout in
>  order to see all of the keystroke configurations.
>
>  Palatino will be on the computer and give you a good starting font.
>  Check out Gentium Alt on the web. Plus several others. Always
>  choose Polytonic fonts for your documents.
>
>  [[Between the lines: don't use SPIONIC or a non-unicode font,
>  and find a unicode conversion program for your old files,
>  there are several available. You will want to add
>  Unicode UTF-8 to your browser's encoding properties, too.]]
>
>  For Hebrew, repeat the above and 'add Right to Left support'. You may
>  need a Windows CD for this.Then 'ADD' input language and choose
>  Hebrew. It should add a keyboard but if you need to add one, choose
>  Hebrew, Hebrew standard, or Hebrew Israeli. (Don't choose
>  Hebrew-qwerty. If you do, you wont be able to touch type on a
>  Hebrew typewriter keyboard or Hebrew computer system, EVER. :-)
>
>  ερρωσο
>  ERRWSO
>
>
>  --
>  Randall Buth, PhD
>  www.biblicalulpan.org
>  randallbuth at gmail.com
>  Biblical Language Center
>  Learn Easier - Progress Further - Remember for Life
>



-- 
Randall Buth, PhD
www.biblicalulpan.org
randallbuth at gmail.com
Biblical Language Center
Learn Easier - Progress Further - Remember for Life


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