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What is the best font to use when typing latin?

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Times New Roman with caps lock on.
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Rhuiden wrote:What is the best font to use when typing latin?
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Well, yes, Times New Roman works pretty good. I miss the fonts Trajan and Delphi, that used to come with Wordl Palatino is not half bad.

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OK, I'll bite -- what makes one font better for Latin? Something to do with the macrons?

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Rhuiden wrote:What is the best font to use when typing latin?

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Try Gentium - a font that was designed for Latin. http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page ... tium&_sc=1

It's great for entering text/documents for your personal use; however, as with any font, any collaborative project requires all parties to have it, or else something is lost in the 'translation' of characters :lol:

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Carlin Script is nice as well (http://www.tdc.org/news/2003Results/Carlin.html), but Gentium is FREE to download and use.

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I downloaded Gentium, but I'm unsure how to make the macrons. I'm using OSX.
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Rhuiden wrote:What is the best font to use when typing latin?

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mine! ;)

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Which font is that or where can we get it?

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Rhuiden wrote:Which font is that or where can we get it?

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I gave it a silly name, easyfont2 I think, for easyfont1 was a terrible failure. :)
I made it myself. If you want it I can send it to you by e-mail, all you have to do is PM your e-mail address to me.

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Lucus Eques wrote:I downloaded Gentium, but I'm unsure how to make the macrons. I'm using OSX.
I know beans about OSX - hopefully someone else can help. Most Word processors have the ability to insert special characters - I simply create a new document, use the insert character tool to insert all the special (with macron) characters for 'A', 'a', 'E' etc then save it. I can have multiple documents open and just copy/paste when I need one. You can also create the macron character by holding 'ALT' and pressing 131 on the NUMERIC keypad, then letting up on the 'ALT' key.

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Lucus Eques wrote:I downloaded Gentium, but I'm unsure how to make the macrons. I'm using OSX.
Go into the System Preferences app. Choose "International", then pick the "Input Menu" tab. You want to make sure that not only is English (US-English, in my case) checked, but also US Extended. Also click "show input menu in menu bar."

Then you'll be able to switch back and forth between the basic entry mode and the extended system. ALT-A sets you up for the macron in Extended mode.
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How do I get the macrons with genitium in word? (WIN XP)

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Mofmog wrote:How do I get the macrons with genitium in word? (WIN XP)
Pick Gentium as your font. Hold down ALT or SHIFT ALT when you type your vowel.

This works for all but SHIFT ALT I for me (Win 98 SE). Even when i disable the corresponding keyboard shortcut it always selects a menu.

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