Re: Hooked o's and stuff.

Lars Finsen wrote:
> Den 5. okt. 2008 kl. 13.43 skreiv Mark J. Reed:
>
>> Get a better browser? :).
>>
>> Seriously, what platform are you using?
>
> I have both a Mac and a Windows machine online, but my Linux machine
> isn't online yet. Safari and IE both render the hooked o with a
> horizontal line above and the acute slashed o, while Firefox renders
> none of them. Safari shows the add-on accents that it cannot combine,
> while it seems IE misinterprets them. As usual, Safari is the best of
> the three. But not good enough. Neither of them make the IPA characters
> look good either.
>
> I'm working on the Azurian phonology now. If you have a better browser,
> you can test it on the (sketchy) page:
> http://www.ortygia.no/uriania/azuriansk-gmp-eng.html
>
> LEF
All the characters are readable (or seem so at least) on my Windows XP
with Firefox 3.0.1. It may depend on which fonts you have available and
which version of Uniscribe is installed on your Windows system (assuming
that your browser uses Uniscribe to display text). The acute accent on
the hooked o is a little off, but it's still visible. You could include
a list of suggested fonts (e.g. Aboriginal Serif, Charis SIL, Gentium)
in a style sheet for browsers that might not default to a suitable font.
I don't think there's much you can do about the lack of mark positioning
in early versions of Uniscribe, except to look for a font that by chance
has the combining marks in a position that looks good. (As far as Mac
browsers, I don't have any familarity with them.)

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