Re: Greek charset

I use a different transcription that also handles the ones only used
for numbers(at least by the classical period.
123 456 789
abg dev zhc 1
ikl mnx opq 10
rst ufj yw& 100

v from old latin transcription archaic greek /w/
c,j as in Spanish
& arbitrary for sampi

>
>Date:    Thu, 30 Nov 2000 03:05:09 +0000
>From:    David Crowell <dpctrdk@...>
>Subject: Re: Greek charset
>
>Greek charset (without the accents) can be used with the Symbol font,
>which is one of the fonts that come with Windows 95 (or before) and
>many Mac OS's.
>
>Here is the order of the alphabet from alpha to omega:
>123 456 789
>abg de- zhq    *1
>ikl mnx op-    *10
>rst ufc yw-    *100
>
>Final sigma is represented by V.
>Note these differences:
>h (for eta, Greek Eta and Roman h have the same shape.
>q (for theta, capital Theta, like the capital Q, is a slighty modified O)
>x (for xi - transcription equivalent Xi)
>u (for ypsilon - transcription equivalent in the final part of diphthongs,
>the
>Greek alphabetic order has ypsilon after the tau/t )
>c (for chi - c is the first part of the digraph for its Roman
>transcription)
>y (for psi - need it some where, the capital Psi slightly resembles capital
>Y)]
>w (for omega - small omega resembles slightly small Roman w)
>
>
>The numbers (in the table) refer to the value the letters have when they
>represent numbers,
>like in the abjad alphabetic numbers values in Arabic.
>In some versions of the Hebrew Bible and other Hebrew texts, they sometimes
>use
>their letters for numerical digits.
>
>
>Oskar Gudlaugsson wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 14:03:23 -0500, John Cowan
><jcowan@...>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >The safest way, in the current state of the art, is "frangovlakhika"
>(i.e.
> > >using Latin letters).  The usual conventions are omega=w, eta=h,
>theta=q,
> > >chi=c.  Latin j and v are not used.
> >
> > Fair enough, thanks (and to the rest of you for your input :) But still,
> > even with that scheme, how do I fit acutes, graves, and circumflexes
>into
> > it? Not to mention breathings? Okay, I could do ê or â etc, but the
> > circumflex can't be put on w or h...
> >
> > And why not chi=x? Seems closer, graphically, right?
>
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