IPA-SIL keyboard layout for Mac OSX v. 0.6 (alpha)

[Nick Thieberger]

I think you don't need to use specific IPA fonts anymore, but can use any
Unicode compliant font - Gentium is a good option. You can download it
from the web, and also get Ukelele, a program for assiging keys to
characters for your own needs and then having that all come up as a new
keyboard in your international options. So, instead of a flag in the top
right of your menu bar you will have a keyboard of your own design.

On the mac you can see unicode characters using 'character palette' and
insert them into your work directly, but this is a bit fiddly if you have
lots of IPA entry to do.

You will have to be using a recent version of MS Word to have unicode work
properly and use Toolbox and not Shoebox.

Nick

On Mon, October 23, 2006 3:24 pm, Frances Kofod wrote:
> I  too have tried to install DoulosSIL4 and CharisSIL4 in my new
> iBook G4 system 10.4.4 (not a new Intel Mac) so that I can use IPA. I
> followed the directions for installation and the font titles come up
> as possibility for choice in eg Microsoft word but remain looking
> like Times and some other normal font.
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Frances Kofod
>
> On 23/10/2006, at 12:28 PM, Lesley Woods wrote:
>
>> I have tried to install and use the above SIL program for keyboard
>> access to IPA, however it seems that my computer won't recognize it
>> (Mac OS X10.3.9). Does anybody have any clues or more information?
>>
>> cheers Lesley
>
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