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[Mia Kalish]

Hi, Richard, 

 

I got 2/3 of it, pointy up to the right and a; nasalized hooky thing didn’t make it. 

 

I have it all in one keystroke . . . well, sort of. It’s a template that uses the Office macro function to select the character. . .  which depends on the modified font. 

The fonts work on MAC, although I haven’t tested them with anything later than the early versions of OS X. The template also works in MAC, and you could download it from my site at http://learningforpeople.us/FontsForTribes.htm. Two fonts and the tool bar are there. I haven’t tested the toolbar with any of the Open software. It’s a simple Macro that you just dump into a directory, and then point Word to it. Works like any old other template, which means that if your security is too high, Word won’t let you access it.

 

Oooo, I just noticed the character is complete after I selected “Reply”. In the original input, it was a+pointy+unknown-character-box.

Hmmm, wonder what that’s all about!

 

Mia

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From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Smith
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 8:13 PM
To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: Re: [ILAT] forum

 

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 

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