Sioux language font

[Koontz John E]

On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Wablenica wrote:
> However these are useful links for fonts and keyboards:
> John Koontz. Siouan fonts:
> http://spot.colorado.edu/~koontz/fonts/ssfonts.htm - supports both Colorado
> and Buechel

It would be hard to improve on Constantine's advice.  I could add that the
fonts above include support for Riggs and variosu BAE schemes as well.
Some keyboarding schemes based on the Tavultesoft Keyman tool that SIL
recommends for Windows use are included, though the documentation is
stronger for the Standard Siouan font than it is for the Dakotanist
(Buechel & Riggs) or BAE fonts.

There is now a new version of Keyman from SIL (http://www.sil.org).
Keyman can be used with any font.  It can be set to convert usages like a~
to nasalized a. I'm less sure about aN, because it's been a long time
since I worked with the package.  It can be difficult to find convenient
key combinations that aren't already in use by Windows or WIndows
applications, not to mention plain old English (or Dakota).  Things like
,a for nasal a or .s for esh are a possibility.

JEK