
Why fonts matter ...
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				Jonathan Robie
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Why fonts matter ...
Courtesy of Hugh Donohoe:

			
			
									
									
ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες καὶ διηποροῦντο, ἄλλος πρὸς ἄλλον λέγοντες, τί θέλει τοῦτο εἶναι;
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				SusanJeffers
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Re: Why fonts matter ...
μη γενοιτο!
			
			
									
									
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				Jason Hare
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				RandallButh
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Re: Why fonts matter ...
Psalm 23:4.
Nice choice of a text. Why translation?
I hope the font/machine mixup wasn't permanent. You would think that they could have printed a test page first.
And yes, Jonathan, that is a very graphic reason why students and machines should only use Unicode. They might as well learn the Greek national keyboard while they're at it.
			
			
									
									
						Nice choice of a text. Why translation?
I hope the font/machine mixup wasn't permanent. You would think that they could have printed a test page first.
And yes, Jonathan, that is a very graphic reason why students and machines should only use Unicode. They might as well learn the Greek national keyboard while they're at it.
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				SusanJeffers
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I've received quite a few emails over the years asking me to help someone with their chosen Bible verse for a tattoo, in Greek or Hebrew.  I always send pdf (with embedded fonts) or jpg,  ink-ready so to speak.  
Sometimes I do a little pastoral counseling about choice of text and literary context on the body part, but usually I just send the person what they ask.

			
			
									
									
						Sometimes I do a little pastoral counseling about choice of text and literary context on the body part, but usually I just send the person what they ask.
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				Jonathan Robie
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For what it's worth, this has now been viewed 3811 times, extremely popular by B-Greek standards. And it resulted in a new record of simultaneous online users:
			
			
									
									Most users ever online was 81 on March 28th, 2012, 5:56 pm
ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες καὶ διηποροῦντο, ἄλλος πρὸς ἄλλον λέγοντες, τί θέλει τοῦτο εἶναι;
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				dwightnpeterson
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Re: Why fonts matter ...
Let's hope that this picture has been photoshopped. I honestly don't think I'd wish this disastrous tattoo  on my worst enemy.