[B-Greek] Greek font question
Cory Taylor
rebellion117 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 9 22:08:56 EDT 2008
One can use a default polytonic Greek keyboard map with both Windows
machines and Macs, using Unicode fonts which are already in the system.
For Windows:
http://www.biblicalgreek.org/links/fonts/keyboard.html
For Mac:
http://www.brynmawr.edu/llc/help/MacGreek/PolytonicGreek.shtml
I use a Mac, and this is how I ensure document portability between machines.
Ostensibly, if you're most comfortable with your TrueType font, you could
carry it on a flash drive or a CD and install it on any machine you're
working with, but this option is a little tedious and the system
administrators would probably frown on you doing such. In case you're
interested, though, here's instructions on font installation on both
systems:
Windows: http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/fixfonts/ht/install_fonts_w.htm
Mac: http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/fixfonts/ht/install_fonts_m.htm
Hope this helps!
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 8:09 PM, Daniel Nordlund <djnordlund at verizon.net>
wrote:
> Sarah et al.,
>
> I use BibleWorks on a regular basis (frozen at version 6 for the moment),
> so I am not anti-BibleWorks. But while BibleWorks fonts are freely
> available, encouraging the use of them, and embedding fonts of any kind in
> documents simply continues the madness that led Sarah to begin this thread.
> If you don't have the fonts used in the document, you can only read it if
> the fonts are embedded, and you still can't edit the document freely.
>
> The solution is to use Unicode fonts and UTF encoding. Then anyone with
> any Unicode font (not just the specific one used originally) that covers the
> language of interest can read and freely edit the document, using whatever
> keyboard they are used to. There are plenty of Unicode fonts available at
> no cost (well only the cost of a download), so you can probably even find a
> font that appeals to your own sense of style.
>
> Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. :-)
>
> Dan
>
> Daniel Nordlund
> Bothell, WA USA
>
> > -----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 2:57 PM
> > To: Mike Holmes
> > Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Greek font question
> >
> > 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"
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Sarah
> > > sarah.r.madden at gmail.com
> > > work: 301.429.8189
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Sarah
> > sarah.r.madden at gmail.com
> > work: 301.429.8189
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