koi8
John Dingley
jdingley at YorkU.CA
Thu Mar 9 00:53:49 UTC 1995
I would like to thank all those you replied to my request for help about
using koi8 fonts on the WWW. My colleague, Doug Gardner, did the heavy
lifting and I am glad to report that we now have a very acceptable state
of affairs, which up to now has been quite stable. Below I am posting
Doug's account of how this was achieved.
John Dingley
jdingley at yorku.ca
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How to get use Russian WWW on the Mac.
(You must be using System 7.0 or later)
1. Get the latest version of MacWeb.
This can be obtained at
http://galaxy.einet.net/EINet/MacWeb/MacWebHome.html
These instructions apply only to MacWeb. It is also
possible to use Netscape Navigator version 1.1b1 and higher. For
information on using Netscape Navigator, consult
http://www.pitt.edu/~mapst57/rus/mactcp.html
2. Get the True Type version of koi8
This can be obtained at
http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Abstracts/font/HyperArchive.htm
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Look for "koi8v2.cpt.hqx" This is available at many other sites.
3. Put Koi8 in the Fonts folder which is in your System Folder.
4. Launch MacWeb.
From the File menu, choose
Preferences...
Use the pull down menu to choose
Format
Set character translation to
None
Click on OK
Next, from the Edit menu, choose
Styles...
Select Koi8 in the font menu
Use the "Element" pull down menu to choose
Stylistic, then Plaintext
Again, Select Koi8 in the font menu
Again, use the "Element" pull down menu to choose
Stylistic, then Pre
Again, Select Koi8 in the font menu
Click on OK
Now you are ready to read Cyrillic and Latin text from web sites.
Here are a couple to try:
To see if it all worked, here's a site in Moscow
http://www.elvis.msk.su/koi8/home.html
For more help getting Russian on your Mac, including typing in Cyrillic, try
http://www.pitt.edu/~mapst57/rus/intro.html
Doug Gardner
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