Re: Is Microsoft conquering the world?! (Re: Orthographies with lotsa diacritics)

Danny Wier wrote:
>>From: Marcus Smith <smithma@...>
>>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>>Subject: Re: Is Microsoft conquering the world?! (Re: Orthographies with
>>           lotsa diacritics)
>>Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 17:05:15 -0700
>>
>>Danny Wier wrote:
>>
>> >>I was just surfing the web and found a site that claims to have
>> >>fonts for the whole world:
>>
>>None of the Zapotecan languages are listed there.  And if any language
>>family
>>needs its own font, its Zapotec.  They have to have all kinds of crazy
>>diacritics to represent their vowels, and IIRC the consonants are so
>>straightforward either.
>
>You should write them then and inform.  Those are Native American languages
>as well, just in a different part of America.  And of course there's South
>America with Quechua, Aymara, Tupi, Guarani...
These are written by using the Trans-Roman font according to the
site. Perhaps Zapotecan and other Oto-Manguean langs fall under
the same category? They just forgot to mention that?

-kristian- 8)