I read the following question on a local NG: Does is exist software which automatically adds vowel marks to Arabic and Hebrew text? I realize that such a thing...
Marco Cimarosti
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Mar 4, 2002 11:03 am
735
Hi, I have made an Arabic font for MS Windows. http://go.to/arabicfonts ===== Lateef Sagar Shaikh Lateef_Sagar@... ICQ: 21341287 ...
Hello, I read the following question on a local NG: Does is exist software which automatically adds vowel marks to Arabic and Hebrew text? Answer: Yes, we have...
MULTILINGUAL TRANSLAT...
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Mar 4, 2002 2:13 pm
737
For all script enthousiasts: A supplement (bekkan) to the Sanseido Encyclopaedia of Linguistics (Japanese: Gengogaku Daijiten) has appeared under the title...
Martin Heijdra by wa...
everson@...
Mar 7, 2002 12:42 am
738
... That's EUR 416.70, or USD 363.25. I'm serious about scripts and *don't* know Japanese, beyond being able to find things in a dictionary without any speed...
Michael Everson
everson@...
Mar 7, 2002 12:48 am
739
... Heh. It could take years before it finds its way to an Irish library.... Maybe the Chester Beatty Library (which everyone attending the IUC in Dublin in...
Michael Everson
everson@...
Mar 7, 2002 1:12 am
740
Review: I have the book being written about. While it is one of the best sources for the various TAI writing systems, and other writing systems of Southeast ...
... Nu, why don't all you Orientophones publish materials in Western languages/journals? ... I thought he was long deceased, since his articles appeared in the...
******** ANNOUNCEMENT ************ The ACA quarterly publication, The_Newsletter, is again seeking submissions for possible inclusion in our Summer 2002...
This came to me today from ABE Bookfinders, but I already have a copy. An interesting book about Arabic typographical experimentation. ... -- Michael Everson...
Michael Everson
everson@...
Mar 21, 2002 11:18 pm
745
Hello, Qalam fans!! What book would you recommend for me to read about the various Jewish languages that use the Hebrew alphabet (Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino,...
Robert Wheelock
rob_wheel12@...
Mar 22, 2002 2:28 am
746
Hello all, Does anyone have any insights and/or suggested reading for information regarding the use of Tifinagh in Tuareg decorative arts, especially in ...
Hello Robert, As I recall, Daniels' & Bright's "THE WORLD'S WRITING SYSTEMS " has a really good section on adaptations of the Hebrew script to various...
... If a question is on-topic and interesting (as in the present case) and if the answers do not contain private information, I would prefer if the answers...
... I guess that that in that "..." I may include Italkian (or Judeo-Italian): a southern Italian dialect used in the past as the culture language of Italian ...
Marco Cimarosti
marco.cimarosti@...
Mar 22, 2002 10:04 am
750
Hi all, I am looking for information on Georgian (mkhedruli) script having to do with good penmanship and specifically, tables of the different ligatures in...
A guy claims that a second "Phaistos disk" (or, rather, a "preparation copy" of it) was found in Vldykävkäz, Republic of Ossetia. Read more about the...
Marco Cimarosti
marco.cimarosti@...
Apr 3, 2002 3:51 pm
752
... What fun... -- Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com...
Michael Everson
everson@...
Apr 3, 2002 4:46 pm
753
I have a job in the shop requiring the use of the Lord of the Rings system. I have Michael Elliott's old shareware font Tengwar Gandalf which comes with...
If anyone is Interested, please take th etime to check this website: http://www.arabictypography.com Arabictypography.com is a communication platform for...
Where could I find a comparation of the different romanization system used for Cantonese? I am especially interested in a cross-reference table beween Yale and...
Marco Cimarosti
marco.cimarosti@...
May 10, 2002 10:50 am
758
... I have a chart I made months ago of a number of systems, but it didn't include Jyutping (U+7CB5 U+62FC). However, Yale and Jyutping are pretty similar: ...
Thomas Chan
tc31@...
May 10, 2002 2:08 pm
759
... Thank you, this helped a lot. ... I don't know myseklf what to ask for... I was trying to understand the kCantonese field in the Unicode's UniHan database,...
Marco Cimarosti
marco.cimarosti@...
May 13, 2002 12:00 pm
760
... No, it's written in a slightly modified Yale. The only differences between what we use and standard Yale are: 1) We do not differentiate between the high...
... I said so because of the tones indicated with digits, which I just discovered being the Yale's way. ... Thanks. Is a placename such as "Kowloon" spelled in...
Marco Cimarosti
marco.cimarosti@...
May 13, 2002 4:58 pm
762
... No. The oldest English place-names in Hong Kong are spelled with whatever romanization system happened to seem appropriate to the British at the time....
... Maybe these names are from the Postal Code system, like Soochow and Hangchow? I've never found a coherent explanation of this system, and perhaps there...
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