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Re: Unicode, Amaya, Vector Tense

From:Danny Wier <dawier@...>
Date:Monday, July 17, 2000, 10:06
--- Gerald Koenig <jlk@...> wrote:

> I find that there is a way right now to use a broader range of > non-ascii symbols for conlanging on the web. Presently the Greek > alphabet and a nice set of math symbols are available. First, one has > to > download the free Amaya browser from the world wide web consortium > from: > > http://www.w3.org
Hey, free and open source; I gotta see it...
> I was able to fulfill a dream of mine to use logographic symbols > for vector tense using this small starter subset. It boggles the mind > to think that in a matter of months or a few years one will be able > to > conlang with most of Unicode, as I understand it. We probably will > have > an unprecedented mixing of fonts from all languages, with novel > uses. > > I just put my first scratch page up temporarily at: > > http://people.we.mediaone.net/koenig/combine.html > > Please take a look. (But it does require the Amaya Browser to see > the new letters.)
I use IE 5.5, and was able to view the page. I got Greek and mathematical symbols in Courier New and Andale Mono. You're using Unicode format, right? DaW. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail – Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/