[B-Greek] B-Greek Better fonts to use with Unicode
Ken Penner
ken.penner at acadiau.ca
Fri Apr 25 07:50:27 EDT 2008
We can put an end to this arguing by realizing that Microsoft has updated their core fonts (Arial, Times New Roman) to include the Extended Greek subset.
Oun wrote that he has Vista and Word 2007, so he has the updated fonts and has no problem with Arial; George wrote that he is using Word 2003, so he does not have the updated fonts and finds his Arial inadequate.
I hope this helps clear up some confusion.
Ken M. Penner, Ph.D.
Acadia Divinity College
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-----Original Message-----
From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of George F Somsel
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 7:17 AM
To: Oun Kwon
Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] B-Greek Better fonts to use with Unicode
Judge for yourself. Copy a passage in Greek into Word then format it as Arial. After you have done that select a vowel with an accent or a breathing, highlight it and check the font type. You will find that it is NOT Arial.
george
gfsomsel
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----- Original Message ----
From: Oun Kwon <kwonbbl at gmail.com>
To: George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com>
Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 12:11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] B-Greek Better fonts to use with Unicode
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:06 PM, George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I must have missed this post until Oun Kwon copied it in his post.
> Normally I don't use the "Insert Symbol" option but rather either type
> the characters myself or copy and paste them from another source. I
> therefore had to check this before I could respond. When I attempt to
> use "Insert Symbol" in MS Word 2003, I find the Extended Greek subset
> for Arial Unicode MS which I have frequently used. Plain Jane Arial,
> however, does not have the Extended Greek as you noted. I have never
> recommended plain Arial for polytonic Greek. If you attempt to use
> Arial, you will not succeed. It would be better for you to use Tahoma
> or to download another of the fonts supporting polytonic Greek which I and others have recommended.
>
>
> george
> gfsomsel
>
George, why do you say, 'you will not succeed (with Arial)'? I don't experience any trouble with it at all. What kind of problem you have in mind? I do not like Tahoma that it has the same shape for P in capital and small letter.
Oun.
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