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[Richard Smith]

Thanks Andrew,

 I'll take your word for it!
but I'm not sure of the difference between "half ring below" and "ogonek" ?
(the definition of which i didn't find on my iMac dictionary)
Is there a special dictionary for linguistic terms?

I've had some success setting up a Wyandot keyboard with the UKELELE program
which is free, and allows for creating multiple keyboard layouts.
Its fairly simple for computer illiterates like myself. They don't always
email well
but for class handouts or for simply snap-n-drag .jpgs of the handouts
to email ...they are ok.

SOME fonts allow me to use a two step key stroke...for  á̜  others fonts
will mess with my "half ring",
so i've gotten accustomed to just running the three step process!
Verdana and Lucida Grande which i stumbled on by accident (I liked the
name!)
works great for a two stroke and leaves nice spacing between letters.
but it seems L.G. isn't a commonly recognized font on some tribal members
older computers.

Richard


On 2/26/08 6:21 PM, "Andrew Cunningham" <lang.support at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Hi Riachard, your character appears fine here. Interesting to note that
> you're using U+031C COMBINING LEFT HALF RING BELOW while Mia is using
> an ogonek. depending on how you're designed your keyboard layout you could
> reduce it two at least two keystrokes. One key stroke would also be
> possible, but probably result in a keyboard layout that's difficult to
> use. On 27/02/2008, Richard Smith <rzs at wildblue.net> wrote: > >  Mia , >
> yours seem to arrive fine on my iMac >  I'm curious since we use many of the
> same fonts >   can you read this rising "pointy-up-to the-right" over
> nasalized "a" ---> > á̜ >  It's a three key stroke effort >  and it sure would
> be nice to have it all on one keystroke. > >  richard > > >  Like: Here is
> Athapascan Naaki. I can install my template right here in the > email, and
> then use it to insert all the characters: ąęįæų (nasals); áéíóú > (rising
> tones with the little pointy-up-to-the-right guy); åëïöü (rt-n) see > how they
> combine the diacritics? Then there are the other specials: ä (The > "real"
> glottal that works as a character); ł (barred l); ń nasalized n, > borrowed
> somehow from the Spanish, I think. And of course everything comes > in
> CAPITALS: ĄĘĮÆŲÅËÏÖÜÁÉÍÓÚŁŃ >  Now if I send this, because I selected the
> Embed True Type fonts option, it > should come to you okay. (I made it big so
> its easier to see . . .  ) >  Mia > -- Andrew Cunningham Andrew
> Cunningham Vicnet Research and Development Coordinator State Library of
> Victoria Australia andrewc at vicnet.net.au lang.support at gmail.com 

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