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?