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Re: MS-Word, Unicode, and IPA

From:Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 27, 1999, 22:15
Daniel A. Wier wrote:
>I have a few IPA fonts! I got a bunch from the SIL site (they're =
called SIL
>Sophia, Manuscript and Doulos -- Doulos is based on Times Roman while =
Sophia
>is similar to Arial; Manuscript is Courier. So you'd prefer Doulos if =
you
>want serifs. These are also traditional 8-bit fonts, no Unicode here. =
Just
>specify in your HTML document the name of the font you're using, and =
you're
>in business.
Thanks, but I already have the SIL fonts. Quite nice. But it can get = quite=20 tedious to switch from one font to another when using these in a = document.=20 That's why I'm interested in a unicode version - one font for the entire = document.
>These you can download from SIL's site; just follow the correct links. =
Or I
>can e-mail them to you. Also, I got a font called IPAPhon, which is =
based
>on Book Antiqua/Palatino (my personal favorite font). Strange thing =
about
>it is, you can make it bold or italic, but bold *and* italic results in =
a
>bunch of special diacritics and rare symbols. I forgot where I got =
this
>font, but I bet it's available from Dr. Berlin's Font Archive.
Thanks, I'll try looking for this IPAPhon. -kristian- 8)