[B-Greek] Greek font question
Sarah Madden
sarah.r.madden at gmail.com
Wed Apr 9 17:56:56 EDT 2008
To all --
I particularly like using BibleWorks fonts (and I can provide a keyboard
conversion "map" if anyone so desires). The fonts are free from BibleWorks'
Web site -- or I can send them to you -- but they do need to be embedded to
port from one document to another. They are nice looking and easy to use.
Embedding would be a good solution particularly if someone has documents
from various sources, or a document composed of pieces that were cut and
pasted into it with various fonts.
Sarah
sarah.r.madden at gmail.com
On 4/9/08, Mike Holmes <holmic at bethel.edu> wrote:
>
> Sarah described nicely how to embed fonts--one good way to deal with this
> issue.
>
> A second way would be to install on the computer currently being used the
> same fonts used in composing the paper. If one no longer has access to the
> original computer (with its installed fonts), this may be the only way to
> recover the files in usable form.
>
> For new files, Unicode is the way to go, precisely to avoid this problem.
> (Randall's e-mail gives the details on this, including conversion programs
> for old files).
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Sarah Madden
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 3:19 PM
> To: Perry Stepp
> Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Greek font question
>
> Perry --
> The problem is that your fonts were not embedded. It is an easy thing to
> fix
> -- if you can first bring the document up on whatever computer has the
> fonts
> installed. The next steps are crucial.
>
> Click File / Save As.
> A dialog box will appear.
>
> Click Tools (in the upper right).
> A drop-down menu will appear.
>
> Click Save Options
> A dialog box will pop up labeled "Save."
>
> Click in the box next to "Embed TrueType fonts" so a checkmark appears.
>
> Click "OK" and "Save."
> *This embeds your fonts* in that document so you can read the fonts in
> that
> document on another computer. HOWEVER, I don't think you can create
> another
> document easily because I think it only saves the actual characters that
> were typed.
>
> Sarah
> sarah.r.madden at gmail.com
> Maryland - U.S.A.
>
>
> On 4/9/08, Perry Stepp <plstepp at kcu.edu> 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.
> >
> > Dean, Sack School of Bible & Ministry
> > Associate Professor, Bible & Theology
> > Kentucky Christian University
> >
> > scholarly blog: http://www.pastoralepistles.com
> > not: http://theophiluspunk.blogspot.com
> >
> >
> > "Every once in a while, you get shown the light In the strangest of
> > places, if you look at it right."
> > --Robert Hunter, "Scarlet Begonias"
> >
> >
> >
> > ---
> > B-Greek home page: http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek B-Greek mailing list
> > B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-greek
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Sarah
> sarah.r.madden at gmail.com
> work: 301.429.8189
> ---
> B-Greek home page: http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek B-Greek mailing list
> B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-greek
>
--
Sarah
sarah.r.madden at gmail.com
work: 301.429.8189
More information about the B-Greek
mailing list