Font-ProblemsIntroductionDue to unicode-formatting of Ancient Greek, Japanese, Latvian, and Russian it happens that some characters do not show up properly in these languages. This is so because even though many fonts do support unicode characters they do not necessarily support the entire range of letters. When browsing a corpus for one of these languages, we have tried to give the browser directives for using an appropriate font. The fonts we propose for each language and operating system can be seen below. However, if your computer does not have any of the proposed fonts installed, this does not work.Font testOne way of testing if an appropriate font is installed, is by running the slant-applet with a sentence looking distorted. The slant-applet automatically checks if all characters show up properly. If they do not, it will start a test of all fonts installed on your computer.Note; this test can take several
minutes. If the slant-applet finds an appropriate font, which we do not list below, we would be glad to hear from you. Please send an email to jazz@mip.sdu.dk. Otherwise you need to install an appropriate font. Tips/correctionsTips and corrections to this document are always welcome. To our best knowledge the information in this document is correct, but if you find an error, a font you think is better than what we propose, an easier way to install fonts, a better browser we don't list, etc; then don't hesitate to send an email to jazz@mip.sdu.dkOperating systemsWindowsSome unicode fonts follow with the installation of certain Microsoft products, typically Microsoft Office 2000, FrontPage 2000, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. Take a look at Alan Wood's Unicode Resources. It is of course possible to copy a font from one computer to another, but that is in general not legal. Anyway, 'Arial Unicode MS' is very large (around 23 MB), while 'Palantino Linotype' is faulty in early distributions (see Palantino Linotype), and besides this, good free alternatives exists.Install a fontWhen you have downloaded a font, you eventually need to unzip it, in case it came as a zip-file. You then activate the Windows start button, choose controlpanel and activate the font icon. This should open a folder with multiple font files.If you can see the font-files (in the folder where you downloaded and/or unzipped them) that you want to install, you now simply drag them onto the windows font folder opened from the controlpanel, and they will be installed. Otherwise, in the windows font folder choose File/Install New Font, and use the opened dialog box to navigate to the folder where you have the new fonts. Select the fonts and click the ok button. Enabling Unicode in BrowsersThe best resourse we know of is Unicode and Multilingual Web BrowsersGreekIn order to show the Ancient Greek corpora correctly, you need to have a font that supports Polytonic Greek, especially Greek extended. Some unicode fonts follow with the installation of certain Microsoft products as mentioned above. If you do not have access to these, you can try
Fonts Proposed by our sitePalatino Linotype, Arial Unicode MS, Athena Roman, Code2000, Titus Cyberbit Basic, Athena, Aisa Unicode, Vusillus Old Face, MgOldTimes UC Pol, Georgia Greek, Cardo, Gentium.JapaneseIn order to show the Japanese (not the roman-ji one) corpora correctly, you need to have a font that supports CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) Symbols and Punctuation, Hiragana, Katakana, CJK Unified Ideographs, Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms.Some free fonts are:
Fonts Proposed by our siteMS Gothic, MS Mincho, Bitstream CyberBit, Bitstream CyberCJK, Code2000, Arial Unicode MSLatvianFonts Proposed by our siteRussianFonts Proposed by our siteTimes New Roman, Arial, Lucida Sans, Lucida Sans Unicode, Microsoft Sans Serif, Tahoma, Arial Unicode MSUnix/linuxInstall a fontGreekIn order to show the Ancient Greek corpora correctly, you need to have a font that supports Polytonic Greek, especially Greek extended.Fonts Proposed by our siteCaslon, clealyUJapaneseFonts Proposed by our siteClearlyULatvianFonts Proposed by our siteRussianFonts Proposed by our siteCaslon, clearlyUMac OS XBesides using Macintosh fonts in Mac OS X, you also have the possibility of using TrueType fonts made for Windows. You do not have to convert it to a Macintosh font.Install a fontIf the font is an archive, use an unzip utility such as StuffIt to extract the font to a location that you can find later (it doesn't matter where; putting it on the desktop is easiest, but it can go in any folder you like).
GreekIn order to show the Ancient Greek corpora correctly, you need to have a font that supports Polytonic Greek, especially Greek extended.Fonts Proposed by our siteGentium, GentiumAlt, Everson Mono Unicode.JapaneseFonts Proposed by our siteHiragino Kaku Gothic Pro, Hiragino Kaku Gothic Std, Hiragino Maru Gothic Pro, Hiragino Mincho Pro, Osaka, Osaka-MonoLatvianFonts Proposed by our siteRussianFonts Proposed by our siteAppleGothic, AppleMyungjo, Beijing, Fang Song, #GothicMedium, #GungSeo, Hangang, Hei, Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro, Hiragino Kaku Gothic Std, Hiragino Maru Gothic Pro, Hiragino Mincho Pro, Kai, Lucida Grande, #MyungjoNeue, Osaka, Osaka-Mono, #PCMyungjo, #PilGi, Seoul, Song, #TaeGraphicMacintosh OS 9There is no unicode support for the Macintosh operating system previous to Mac OS 8.6. For Mac OS 8.6 and Mac OS 9 Unicode support is provided through the ATSUI libraries. However, the major browsers do not utilise this, instead they use Apple's WorldScript technology and the fonts designed for Apple's proprietary encodings. The Opera browser is capable of using Unicode resource-fork fonts. For a guide to set up a browser under OS 9, please refer to Alan Wood on Macintosh OS 9 web browsersGreekIn order to show the Ancient Greek corpora correctly, you need to have a font that supports Polytonic Greek, especially Greek extended. Of free fonts we only know of
Fonts Proposed by our siteGentium, GentiumAlt, Everson Mono Unicode.JapaneseFonts Proposed by our siteChuGothic, HeiseiKakuGothic, HeiseiKakuGothic, HeiseiMincho, Osaka, Osaka-Mono, SaiMinchoLatvianFonts Proposed by our siteRussianFonts Proposed by our siteLatinskij, PriamojProp, AppleGothic, AppleMyungjo, Beijing, , ChuGothic, Fang Song, Gumgseouche, #GothicMedium, #GungSeo, Hangang, Hei, HeiseiMincho, Kai, Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro, Hiragino Kaku Gothic Std, Hiragino Maru Gothic Pro, Hiragino Mincho Pro, Kai, Lucida Grande, #MyungjoNeue, Osaka, Osaka-Mono, #PCMyungjo, #PilGi, Pilgiche, SaiMincho, Seoul, Song, Tahoma, #TaeGraphic |
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