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====== Transliteration ====== | ====== Transliteration ====== | ||
- | Editing transliteration should be a simple affair. After all, it only use a few alphabetic signs. Alas, it isn't. | + | Editing transliteration should be a simple affair. After all, it only uses a few alphabetic signs. Alas, it isn't. |
In the MdC, a simple, ASCII-based standard was used. But this standard requires special fonts, where "a" are not "a" but "ayin". | In the MdC, a simple, ASCII-based standard was used. But this standard requires special fonts, where "a" are not "a" but "ayin". | ||
This lead to many problem when texts where exchanged. Passing from Mac to PC was a real problem, and publishers were very unhappy. | This lead to many problem when texts where exchanged. Passing from Mac to PC was a real problem, and publishers were very unhappy. | ||
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To use a unicode font, you need to have a font with the correct signs. Currently, the possible free fonts are: | To use a unicode font, you need to have a font with the correct signs. Currently, the possible free fonts are: | ||
- | * [[http://jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org/files_jsesh/JSeshFont.ttf|EgyptoSerif]], my own transliteration font. The signs are not very good looking, but they are in the correct place. | + | * [[http://jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org/pack_translit.zip|EgyptoSerif]], my own transliteration font. The signs are not very good looking, but they are in the correct place. |
* Gentium Plus | * Gentium Plus | ||
* New Athena Unicode (see the exact details) | * New Athena Unicode (see the exact details) | ||
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=== Capital H̱ === | === Capital H̱ === | ||
- | On some systems, H̱ (as in the ram-god //H̱nmw//) displays poorly. It depends on the font **and** on the software **and** on the system. In most cases, it's ok. One annoying exception is that it doesn't give a good result with JSesh **on Mac OS X**. Apparently, the rendering system gives better results on Windows. Note that, if you paste your text in a word processor, you will probably get a good result anyway. | + | On some systems, H̱ (as in the ram-god //H̱nmw//) displays poorly. It depends on the font **and** on the software **and** on the system. In most cases, it's ok. One annoying exception is that it doesn't give a good result with JSesh **on Mac OS X**. Apparently, the rendering system gives better results on Windows. Note that if you paste your text in a word processor, you will probably get a good result anyway. |
=== Yod === | === Yod === | ||
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Simply select your font (using "Choose font" in front of the Transliteration font), and then, in the advanced options, select "MdC (non Unicode) Transliteration font". | Simply select your font (using "Choose font" in front of the Transliteration font), and then, in the advanced options, select "MdC (non Unicode) Transliteration font". | ||
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