The LaserHebrew Converter for Windows and Macintosh has been updated. A new macro has been added for converting NewJerusalem (ASCII-encoded) text to the brand new NewJerusalemV (ASCII-encoded) font now included in LaserHebrew for Windows and Macintosh. The NewJerusalemV font allows Hebrew text to be transferred back and forth between Windows and Mac users with no conversion necessary. Released September 3, 2011.

LaserHebrew for Windows and Macintosh has been updated. A new font (NewJerusalemV) has been added to the product. This font is compatible between Windows and Macintosh so that documents typed using NewJerusalemV may be transferred back and forth with no data loss and without requiring any conversion, as long as both the Windows and Macintosh users own the latest version of LaserHebrew. Released May 28, 2011.

LaserYukon in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh has been upgraded with the addition of Kaktovik numerals used in the Iñupiaq language. Two forms of numerals are in the fonts, one with heavy top strokes and one with equal top strokes. Input is easy using a dead key input method. See samples on the product page. Released April 1, 2011.

LaserKurdish in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh has been released. This new product includes four Unicode-encoded, OpenType Kurdish fonts for typing Arabic-script Kurdish (Soranî), Roman-script Kurdish (Kurmanji and Yekgirtú), Cyrillic Kurdish, Arabic, Persian, English, and other west European Latin 1 languages. Kurdish (Soranî), Arabic, and Persian can be typed right to left with automatic contextualization of vowels and accents, full justification, and automatic line wrap. See the beautiful font samples. Released March 24, 2011.

Three new typestyles have just been added to the LaserSalish for Windows and Macintosh product. Garamond-, Palatino-, and Chancery-styles have been added to the already shipping Times- and Helvetica-styles. LaserSalish allows typing of many Salish (Salishan) languages with fonts encoded to support any application that allows you to select a font from the font menu. The product page now includes new font samples. Released February 22, 2011.

The LaserSalish Converter for Windows and Macintosh has just been released. Are you ready to move to the beautiful new LaserSalish in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh fonts (see below)? The LaserSalish Converter is a handy tool that will allow you to convert LaserSalish (ASCII-encoded) text in Word documents to the Unicode-encoding of the LaserSalish in Unicode fonts with a single mouse click. Simply copy the LaserSalish Converter macros into your Word Normal template file, open your old LaserSalish documents, and run the macros to convert just the SalishLS text to the SalishLSU fonts without changing any other formatting of your document. You do not need to know anything about macros to use this tool. Complete instructions are provided. Released February 18, 2011.

We are pleased to announce the release of LaserSalish in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh. This product, available in five typestyles, contains all the special characters needed to type the Salish (Salishan) languages of the Pacific Northwest of America. The product includes two keyboard drivers, one supporting an OpenType input method (letter, then accent, then accent), and the other supporting dead key input (accent key, then letter). The fonts are supported by any Unicode-compatible program. Now you can type Salish and have complete compatibility between Windows and Macintosh users. Released February 8, 2011.

A new keyboard layout supporting all Unicode-compatible applications has been added to TransIndic Transliterator in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh. Previously, only certain OpenType-compatible applications were supported by the keyboard input method, but the new dead key keyboard layout supports all Unicode-compatible applications. This means Word for Macintosh, along with many other applications, may now be used for transliterating Indic languages. Released December 20, 2010.

We just released the Greek New Testament in Unicode and the Greek Old Testament in Unicode, both formatted for use with the brand new New Testament Manuscripts Font Collection in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh (see the next item below). The texts are provided in three formats: with references, without references, and with references, accents and spaces. When you are representing the original hand of these early Greek manuscripts and inscriptions in your documents you now can copy portions of the New and Old Testaments and format them to represent these original hands using any of the Greek fonts in the New Testament Manuscripts Font CollectionU. Released November 2, 2010.

New Testament Manuscripts Font Collection in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh has been released. We are very excited to announce a series of Unicode-encoded font products providing faithful representations of the original hand of important early codices or papyri of the New Testament and distinctive character forms of inscriptions from that period. The New Testament Manuscripts Font Collection in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh includes fonts for the following codices or papyri of the New Testament or distinctive character forms of inscriptions from that period: Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus, Codex Bezae, Codex Bezae Latin, Codex Washingtonianus, P46, P66, P.Oxy.4401, P39, and the Konya inscriptions. The fonts are provided in Unicode-encoded TrueType format. All of these Greek fonts also include the extra characters (such as text-critical sigla, manuscript symbols, superscript or subscript numbers, and manuscript grain direction arrows) that are included in all Linguist’s Software Unicode-encoded Greek fonts (LaserGreek in Unicode, sold separately). Be sure to view the font samples to see the extraordinary representations of the original hand of these important documents that you can now include in your projects. (Released October 22, 2010.)

LaserAmharic for Windows and Macintosh has been upgraded. Two new fonts, EthiopicLS and EthiopicLSX, have been added to the product. These fonts have a popular modern handwriting style. The older AmharicPC and AmharicLSX fonts, still included in the product, have a typestyle commonly used in ancient texts. In addition to the new fonts, the Windows product is now Windows 7 and Vista compatible, and is now packaged in a self-installing program that puts all documentation on the Windows Start menu for easy viewing and/or printing. Be sure to see the new font samples. Released September 7, 2010.

TECH for Windows and Macintosh has been upgraded. Two new fonts, TechnicSans and TechnicSansLight, have been added to the product. These fonts are like Technic and TechnicLight, but have standard lowercase letter shapes for those who prefer that form. This product now includes ten engineering and scientific fonts which can be used in any software application. In addition, the Windows version of the product has been updated for Windows 7. Released August 11, 2010.

LaserPashto in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh has been released. This exciting new product includes four Unicode-encoded fonts for standard modern Pashto, Arabic, and Persian, for typing right to left with proper line wrap and full justification. The fonts include OpenType layout features which provide automatic contextualization of consonants and proper positioning of vowels and diacritic marks as you type. The product includes keyboard layouts for Pashto, Arabic, Persian, and English (plus the other Latin languages supported by the fonts). Be sure to see the product page for font samples and more information. Released July 8, 2010.

We are pleased to announce Linguist's Software has been authorized to sell an important new book on Codex Vaticanus. Le manuscrit B de la Bible (Vaticanus graecus 1209) has just been released by Éditions du Zèbre in Lausanne, Switzerland. Codex Vaticanus is the oldest surviving manuscript of virtually the entire Bible in Greek. It was written about A.D. 350 and is regarded as the most important manuscript of the Greek Bible. This new book by world-renowned scholars is probably the most important book on the history of Codex Vaticanus ever written. It includes Philip B. Payne's ground-breaking article providing statistical evidence that the 51 distigmai in Vaticanus matching its original ink color mark locations where other manuscripts had textual variants. Linguist's Software is selling the book at a discounted price of USD $49.95 plus shipping. See a photograph of the cover and read more about the book, including the complete Table of Contents. Announcement made July 1, 2010.

LaserHebrew in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh is now supported by Adobe InDesign CS4 and newer, and CS4-ME and newer, for vocalized text and most accented text. InDesign CS4 requires installation of World Tools or ScribeDOOR. The InDesign-compatible version was released June 24, 2010.

LaserTamil in Unicode for Windows has been released, joining LaserTamil in Unicode for Macintosh (released previously) in providing Unicode-encoded TrueType format OpenType fonts for typing Tamil plus Latin 1 languages. The product is available in both a serif and sans serif typestyle, or buy both typestyles together as LaserTamil Professional in Unicode for Windows or for Macintosh. The products include keyboard software allowing intuitive input of the Tamil language. The keyboard layout places the Tamil consonants, wherever possible, according to the sound of the English keys, making the font easy to learn and to type. Released May 5, 2010.

A new series of fonts has been added to LaserIñupiaq for Windows and Macintosh. The original fonts contain all the characters for English, the special characters for Iñupiaq, and a set of Kaktovik numerals for the base 20 number system. The new fonts are the same as the original fonts, but have Kaktovik numerals with heavy top strokes. LaserIñupiaq is available in six typestyles sold individually, plus the Professional version containing all six typestyles. See samples of both styles of the Kaktovik numerals in the InupiaqLSB (Times-style) font. The Windows version of the product now also supports Windows 7. Released April 28, 2010.

LaserYukon in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh has been changed. We have added special characters and a keyboard layout to support the Tewa language. The product now provides Unicode-encoded support for at least 12 Athapaskan languages. The Windows version of the product now also supports Windows 7. Released April 19, 2010.

Our Hebrew Scriptures product line has been updated. The Hebrew Scriptures (Consonantal, Without Sin and Shin Dots) for Windows and Macintosh has just been added to our collection of Hebrew Scriptures formats, bringing the total to five. The Hebrew Scriptures for use with our non-Unicode-encoded LaserHebrew, LaserHebrew II, and Semitic Transliterator fonts are now available in these five formats: With BHS Line Breaks; With BHS Line Breaks Without Accents; Consonantal; Consonantal Without Sin and Shin Dots; and Transliterated. This latest format (Consonantal, Without Sin and Shin Dots) will be of particular interest to those studying the Dead Sea Scrolls. All five formats can now be purchased together at a significant savings as Hebrew Scriptures Professional, for either Windows or Macintosh. Released March 3, 2010.

Note the same five formats, along with seven additional formats, are available for those using our Unicode-encoded Hebrew and transliteration fonts. See Hebrew Scriptures in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh.

LaserGreek, LaserGreek II, and LaserGreek Professional for Windows have been upgraded. The included keyboard driver has been changed to provide keyboard input through dead key input of the characters that previously required manual Character Code (Alt+0xxx) input. The installation and setup routine has also been simplified, and the product now supports Windows 7. Released February 26, 2010.

TransCyrillic in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh has been upgraded. Twenty-four (24) characters were added, or their shapes changed, to complete support for the Cyrillic section of the Unicode Standard, version 5.1 (up from 5.0). This adds support for two additional Cyrillic languages (Nivkh and Yupik). In addition, the OpenType input method for the Cyrillic stress mark is now supported by Microsoft Word 2007 (as well as 2003) plus OpenOffice.org 3.0. Released February 3, 2010.

TransRoman Dictionary in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh has just been released. This Unicode-encoded version of our TransRoman Dictionary product is available in two typestyles (Times- and Helvetica-styles). The fonts are TrueType (OpenType) fonts containing common dictionary pronunciation symbols used in the Merriam Webster® Dictionary, the Webster's New World Dictionary®, the Oxford English Dictionary, the Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd Ed., and the OED CD version. In addition, the fonts include the accents and other diacritics supporting Western European Latin-based languages, many American Indian languages, and many African languages. The product includes two keyboard layouts for easy input of the letters, diacritics, and other special symbols in any Unicode-compatible application. Released January 21, 2010.

LaserIPA in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh has been upgraded. The shape of the small letter t with retroflex hook was changed. In addition to Microsoft Office 2003, the font is now supported by Office 2007 and OpenOffice.org 3.0. Released January 4, 2010.

AfroRoman in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh has been upgraded. The shape of the small letter t with retroflex hook was changed. Released December 28, 2009.

Semitic Transliterator in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh has been upgraded. Subscripted numerals have been added to all of the fonts. The subscripts are primarily used in Akkadian transliteration. Released December 24, 2009.

LaserIban for Windows and Macintosh has been released. Now you can type Iban text with the beautiful character set designed by Dunging Gunggu in any Windows or Macintosh application. LaserIban™ includes four IbanLS™ fonts (plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic) in both TrueType® and Type 1 PostScript® font formats. The Iban character shapes were designed by Dunging Gunggu, and have been developed into fonts by Linguist's Software under the direction of Dr. Bromeley Philip (Senior Lecturer, UiTM Sarawak, Malaysia). The set of characters, technically a syllabary, contains the sounds for writing the Iban language. The LaserIban fonts have been arranged so they will sort in Microsoft Word in the Iban order depicted in the chart on the product page. LaserIban fonts for Windows and Macintosh are completely cross-platform compatible as regular Word files in the same manner as regular English (Latin 1) fonts. When you type your Iban document with the IbanLS font, save it normally and transfer it to any other Windows or Macintosh computer on which the IbanLS font is installed, and it will open and read correctly (if a compatible application such as Word is installed). Be sure to see the samples. Released December 21, 2009.

LaserHebrew in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh has been upgraded. The new version (and the correspondingly revised Hebrew Scriptures in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh) makes the fonts compliant with new Unicode developments, automatically positions furtive patahs properly, makes typing easier and more consistent, and resolves some incompatibilities with other Unicode fonts.

LaserGreek Converter for Windows and Macintosh has been updated. A new macro "CompositeUnderdots" has been added. This macro will allow those users who placed an underdot under some Greek letters in their ASCII text, and then converted that text to Unicode-encoded text, to convert separate letters with an underdot to composite forms that look much better than the separate letters. Be sure to see the product page for an updated list of the capabilities of this unique product.

TransIndic Transliterator in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh has been upgraded, and a new typestyle has been added. A condensed Helvetica®-style font (in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic) has been added, bringing the total available typestyles to six. The Windows product also is now Vista-compatible.

Greek New Testament and Greek Old Testament texts formatted for use with the fonts in the New Testament Manuscripts Font Collection have been released. If you have been working with the fonts representing the original hands of ancient manuscripts and inscriptions, and have needed to type Greek New Testament and/or Greek Old Testament text for your work, these two new products will make your work easier than ever. Released June 9, 2009.

LaserPunjabi in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh—LaserPunjabi in Unicode, previously available only for Macintosh, is now also available for Windows. The product includes the PunjabiLSU TrueType font in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic weights, supporting the complete Gurmukhi (Gurumukhi) script, plus English and other west European Latin-1 languages. The product includes two software keyboard layouts—phonetic and traditional. The phonetic layout places the consonants and vowels on the US keyboard phonetically as much as possible, while the traditional keyboard follows the Punjabi traditional layout. The keyboard software creates conjuncts, and automatically positions vowels and diacritical marks as you type. (The Windows product also includes a special English keyboard, while the Mactintosh product works with the Macintosh English keyboard.) More information, plus font samples, are available on the product page. Released 7/13/2007 (Macintosh) and 5/28/2009 (Windows).

LaserCheyenne in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh has been updated. The font now includes voiceless vowels represented by overdots, as well as by overcircles. A new keyboard driver (keyboard resource) has also been added. Released May 18, 2009.

LaserCambodian in Unicode for Windows has been released. The CambodianLSU™ Unicode-encoded standard classical Cambodian typeface includes all consonants, vowels and tone marks used in the modern Khmer language. The font is provided in plain (regular), bold, italic, and bold-italic styles in TrueType® OpenType™ format for Cambodian (Khmer) and English, plus other west European Latin-1 languages. This means you can type Cambodian and English (etc.) without changing fonts. The product includes keyboard software allowing easy, logical input of Cambodian. It automatically positions vowels, tone marks, and other diacritics as you type. The keyboard arrangement is phonetic (transliterated) with the Cambodian letters matched by sound as far as possible to the US keyboard. Keyboard support for English and other supported Latin languages is also provided. Released May 4, 2009.

LaserLaotian in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh has been released. Two typestyles are available: LaotianLSU is a sans serif font, and LaoSukanyaLSU is a font with contrasting stroke thicknesses. Keyboard software allows easy input of Laotian. It automatically positions vowels and tone marks as you type. The fonts also support English, plus west European Latin languages, and the Windows and Macintosh products are compatible, for easy transfer of documents. Released April 20, 2009.

LaserPaleo-Hebrew in Unicode, previously available only for Macintosh, is now also available for Windows. This exciting product contains ten Unicode-encoded TrueType fonts for typing ancient Hebrew character shapes. Included in LaserPaleo-Hebrew in Unicode are fonts containing the character shapes of the inscriptions found in level VI of the Arad excavations, the Gezer inscription, the Samaritan inscription, the Zakkur inscription, and the inscription in the Siloam tunnel. There is a font containing the character shapes of the Lachish letters written on potsherds, and there are three fonts containing the character shapes of Old Phoenician. Finally, while not Hebrew, included is a related font containing the character shapes of Imperial Aramaic. Since the fonts are Unicode-encoded, users can type right to left with proper line wrap and full justification of the Hebrew text. The fonts are compatible between Windows and Macintosh, and are also compatible with LaserHebrew in Unicode. Be sure to see the font samples. Released March 30, 2009.

LaserCheyenne in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh has been released. The CheyenneLSU Unicode-encoded font supports Cheyenne, English, and western European Latin-1 languages. The product includes a single software keyboard supporting deadkey input, making it easy to type all accented letters needed in the supported languages. Released March 13, 2009.

Two new keyboards for easy input of Yoruba have been added to AfroRoman in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh. The YorubaLSU OT keyboard takes advantage of the OpenType layout features in the AfroRomanU fonts for logical input of Yoruba accented letters (type the letter, then the accent). This keyboard is supported by a limited number of applications. (See the System Requirements for Windows or Macintosh on the product page.) The YorubaLSU Deadkey keyboard uses deadkey input (type the accent deadkey, then the letter), and is supported by all Unicode-compatible applications. These two YorubaLSU keyboards support a subset of the AfroRomanU fonts (letters and accents needed for Yoruba), and therefore do not support all AfroRomanU languages. The two original AfroRomanLS keyboards provide input support for all languages covered by the fonts. Released March 9, 2009.

A major upgrade of LaserGreek in Unicode has just been released. The Greek alphabet with underdots, used in epigraphical and textual studies and in Greek poetry, and previously included only in the OdysseaU, HellenicaU, and TeubnerLSU sets of fonts, has now been added to all fonts in the LaserGreek in Unicode product. In addition, metrical long and short marks with all breathing marks and accents have been added to the SymbolGreekU and GraecaUBSU set of fonts. These metrical notation marks were previously included only in the OdysseaU, HellenicaU, and TeubnerLSU sets of fonts. Released February 25, 2009.

Seven new fonts have been added to the LaserGeorgian in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh product line. LaserGeorgian in Unicode now includes two fonts. The GeorgianLSU font supports the modern Georgian secular Mkhedruli alphabet, which is caseless, and the old Georgian ecclesiastical Khutsuri alphabet (both the lowercase Nuskhuri and uppercase Asomtavruli). A new font, GeorgianCapsU, is a headline font in the same typestyle. A new product, LaserGeorgian Professional in Unicode, includes GeorgianLSU and GeorgianCapsU plus six additional fonts in three typestyles: MtskhetaCapsU, MtskhetaTextU, TelaviCapsU, TelaviTextU, BatumiCapsU, and BatumiTextU. These new fonts are all headline fonts supporting the modern Georgian secular Mkhedruli alphabet. Be sure to see the new font samples. Released February 3, 2009.

Hebrew Scriptures Professional in Unicode, available for either Windows or Macintosh, has been released. This new product includes all available formats of the Hebrew Scriptures in Unicode. Currently, there are 12 formats; 10 in Hebrew and 2 Transliterated. Released January 28, 2009.

LaserGujarati in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh has been released. The product includes the GujaratiLSU™ font in plain, bold, italic, and bolditalic weights, supporting Gujarati, English, and west European languages. The GujaratiLSU font contains hundreds of conjuncts including composite and half-form. The product includes a phonetic keyboard layout for easy, intuitive input of consonants, vowels, and conjuncts. The keyboard layout places the consonants and vowels on the US keyboard phonetically as much as possible, and provides four characters per key (instead of the normal two) for easy input of Gujarati. Be sure to see the beautiful font samples. Released December 11, 2008.

LaserArmenian in Unicode, previously available only for Macintosh, has now been released for Windows. Our beautiful Armenian font is now available in a Unicode-encoded version, supporting Armenian, transliteration of Armenian into the Latin alphabet, and English and other Latin 1 languages. The product includes four keyboard layouts for easy input. The keyboards support the Eastern Armenian standard, the Western Armenian standard, a phonetic Armenian keyboard layout (based on the US keyboard), plus an English keyboard providing access to the transliteration symbols needed to transliterate Armenian. Be sure to see the font samples. The Windows version was released October 16, 2008.

LaserArabic & Farsi in Unicode is now available for both Windows and Macintosh. The product includes right-to-left, Unicode-encoded, TrueType® OpenType™ fonts in 4 typestyles with all characters and diacritics for standard modern Arabic and Persian (not Koranic Arabic), plus English and other west European (Latin 1) languages. Four additional fonts allow the user to emulate texts that do not include dots on the regular consonants. The OpenType features of the fonts provide automatic contextualization of consonants and proper positioning of vowels and diacritic marks as you type. The product includes phonetically-arranged keyboard software for Arabic and for Persian. In addition, keyboard software arranged similar to the Windows and Macintosh Arabic and Persian keyboards is included. Be sure to see the beautiful font samples. Released September 11, 2008.

LaserThai in Unicode, previously available only for the Macintosh, is now available for Windows. The same eight beautiful typestyles available for many years in a non-Unicode format (LaserThai) are now available in Unicode format, which allows documents to be transferred between Windows and Macintosh computers without conversion or reformatting. (Released July 7, 2008.)

AfroRoman, previously available only in a Times®-style, is now available in four additional typestyles: Helvetica®-, Garamond-, Palatino®-, and Zapf Chancery®-styles. The AfroRoman series of fonts enables users to type more than 1540 African languages. Because these fonts are not Unicode-encoded (as are the AfroRoman in Unicode fonts), they may be used in any application. This makes them essential for publishers who cannot produce their work in Unicode-compatible applications.

AfroRoman in Unicode, previously available only in a Times®-style, is now available in four additional typestyles: Chancery-, Garamond-, Palatino®-, and Helvetica®-styles. The AfroRomanU series of fonts enables users to type more than 1540 African languages. Please see the AfroRoman in Unicode product page to view samples of these unique fonts.

LaserIPA for Windows is now Vista-compatible. The new version supports Windows Vista, XP, 2000, and NT4. To order an older version compatible with Windows Me/98/95 please contact the Sales office.

We are pleased to announce a series of products that have been released for the Macintosh, but which are not ready to be released for the Windows platform. The following products do not yet have their own product pages on this web site, but they can be ordered for the Macintosh from the Order Form, or by calling us at +1-425-775-1130. All of the following except the Spell Checkers will released for Windows in the future.

A Unicode-encoded version of our LaserCoptic fonts has been released! LaserCoptic in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh provides two professional-quality, Unicode-encoded fonts (CopticLSU plain and NagHammadiLSU plain) in TrueType® OpenType® format for typing Coptic (including letters derived from Demotic and the characters for Sahidic, Fayumic, Bohairic, and Old Nubian). The fonts also include full support for nomina sacra overbars, underbars, overdots, and underdots. They also support the Latin character set for English and other western European languages. Released November 7, 2006.

The exciting new LaserHebrew Converter for Windows or for Macintosh has been released. This time-saving product helps you do three things: 1) Convert LaserHebrew and/or LaserHebrew II ASCII-encoded text in Word documents to the Unicode-encoded format of the LaserHebrew in Unicode fonts; 2) Convert fully-pointed LaserHebrew and/or LaserHebrew II text either to Vocalized text (removing accents but retaining vowels) or to Consonantal text (removing both accents and vowels). When converting to Consonantal text you also can choose to have sin and shin distinguished or to remove their dots; and 3) Convert fully-pointed LaserHebrew in Unicode text to either Vocalized text (removing accents but retaining vowels) or to Consonantal text (removing both accents and vowels). When converting to consonantal text you also can choose to have sin and shin distinguished or to remove their dots. With just a little user input and a few mouse clicks you now can convert portions of Hebrew text into your desired format. Released November 12, 2007.

The beautiful new TeubnerLS typefaces, previously released as part of LaserGreek in Unicode (see immediately below), have now been released as part of the LaserGreek II product, available for both Windows and Macintosh. The TeubnerLS fonts are modeled after the classic Teubner design, but are modified for consistency. Like all LaserGreek and LaserGreek II fonts, the eight TeubnerLS typefaces include all 35 accents, breathing marks, iota subscripts, and diereses needed to type classical and Biblical Greek. These may be typed over any symbol in any combination. Each Greek font also includes the Nestle-Aland, UBS, Leiden text-critical symbols and sigla, and many of the and TLG symbols, as well as the Roman alphabet and French and German accents. Released October 17, 2007.

We are very excited to announce the release of the TeubnerLSU typefaces, now part of our LaserGreek in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh product line. The TeubnerLSU fonts are modeled after the classic Teubner design, but are modified for consistency. Like all LaserGreekU fonts they include all standard accents, breathing marks, iota subscripts and diereses used in Biblical and classical Greek, plus the Nestle-Aland, UBS, Leiden, and many TLG text-critical symbols and sigla. They also include extra characters used in epigraphical and textual studies, and in Greek poetry. In addition, all four TeubnerLSU fonts include 78 additional special characters not included in any other of the LaserGreekU fonts.

There are four fonts in the product. TeubnerLSU is modeled after the classic Teubner design. TeubnerLSCU is like TeubnerLSU but has crescent moon shaped circumflex accents (perispomeni). TeubnerVerticalU is a vertical form of TeubnerLSU, and TeubnerVerticalCU is a vertical form of TeubnerLSCU (containing crescent moon shaped circumflex accents). Released August 20, 2007.

The Greek New Testament with Grammatical Tags and Greek Old Testament (LXX) with Grammatical Tags have both been released formatted for use with our Unicode-encoded fonts. If you have purchased LaserGreek in Unicode for either Mac or Windows you will want to get these Unicode-encoded Tagged texts to help you in your studies. Released May 17, 2007.

The Hebrew Scriptures in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh are now available in twelve arrangements (up from seven a few months ago). All 12 arrangements are described here with samples shown for each arrangement. Released June 21, 2007.

LaserCherokee in Unicode, previously released only for Windows, is now available for Macintosh. This unique product allows the user to type Unicode-encoded Cherokee text and then sort it according to correct Cherokee sorting order. The LaserCherokee Converter is also included in the product, allowing users to convert their ASCII-encoded LaserCherokee files to the new Unicode-encoded LaserCherokee in Unicode font. See the product page for more information and font samples. Released March 15, 2007.

We are now providing the Hebrew Scriptures in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh in seven arrangements. The newest arrangement is a Consonantal Text, with the Sin and Shin Dots removed. The other six arrangements are 1) With BHS Line Breaks, 2) Consonantal, with Sin and Shin Distinguished, 3) Justified by Paragraph with Pe's and Samek's, 4) Justified by Paragraph with Pe's and Samek's Removed, 5) Justified by Verse and 6) Transliterated. Graphics demonstrating all seven arrangements are available here. Released October 19, 2006.

LaserHebrew in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh is now available in five typestyles! Originally available only in the NewJerusalemU typestyle, we are excited to release the MoriahU, RamahU, ShilohU, and ScriptHebrewU typestyles. These are the only fonts available today which reproduce all forms, properly positioned, that occur in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia/Leningrad Codex. Four of the typestyles contain all vowel points, accents, dageshim, and diacritical marks occurring in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS), plus other diacritical symbols and the additional characters needed for Yiddish. The last typestyle is consonantal only, but contains vowels for Yiddish. All of these Hebrew fonts also include the Latin 1 and Extended Latin character sets providing English and other western languages such as French and German, and they support the modern Hebrew code page 1255. Now you can type right to left accented Hebrew with proper line wrap, full justification, and automatic positioning of vowel points and accents/cantillation marks as you type. Be sure to check out these four new Hebrew fonts. Released October 5, 2006.

LaserGreek CrossPlatform Converter has been released, and is available for both Windows and Macintosh. This new product makes collaboration between Windows and Macintosh users of LaserGreek and LaserGreek II fonts much easier than before. Now you can simply run a Word macro to convert LaserGreek and LaserGreek II text in Microsoft Word documents between Word for Windows format and Word for Macintosh format. The converter is a series of macros embedded in a Microsoft Word file. You simply copy the appropriate macros into each of the Word files you receive that contain LaserGreek text and run the macros to convert the text to the LaserGreek arrangement of your computer platform. The macros do not affect any other text in your files except the LaserGreek (and/or LaserGreek II) text, allowing you to retain your file's original formatting. The LaserGreek CrossPlatform Converter makes a daunting task simple. Released September 5, 2006.

LaserAkkadian has been updated—a powerful Word® macro has been added to the product. The macro will convert transliterated Akkadian text to Akkadian signs. If you have Akkadian transliteration in your documents it is now fast and easy to convert the transliteration into Akkadian signs. Released May 16, 2006.

LaserPaleo-Hebrew for Windows and Macintosh has been released. This exciting new product provides ten professional-quality TrueType® and Type 1 (PostScript® format) Paleo-Hebrew fonts for typing ancient Hebrew character shapes. Included in LaserPaleo-Hebrew are fonts representing the character shapes of the inscriptions found in level VI of the Arad excavations, the Gezer inscription, the Samaritan inscriptions, the Zakkur inscriptions, and the inscriptions in the Siloam tunnel. There is a font matching the style of the character shapes of the Lachish letters written on potsherds, and there are three fonts with the style of Old Phoenician. Finally, while not Hebrew, included is a related font matching the style of the character shapes of Imperial Aramaic. The fonts are arranged phonetically, following the US keyboard as closely as possible; the font layouts are compatible with the LaserHebrew® and LaserHebrew II fonts; and the Windows and Macintosh products are compatible with each other. Released April 25, 2006.

The LaserArmenian Converter for Macintosh has been released, with a Windows version coming soon. Are you ready to move to the beautiful, new ArmenianLSU™ Unicode-encoded font? You can easily convert your ASCII-encoded LaserArmenian documents to our Unicode-encoded LaserArmenian In Unicode font using the LaserArmenian Converter. Released February 23, 2006.

LaserArmenian in Unicode for Macintosh has been released, with a Windows version coming soon. Our beautiful Armenian font is now available in a Unicode-encoded version, supporting Armenian, transliteration of Armenian into the Latin alphabet, and English and other Latin 1 languages. The product includes four keyboard layouts for easy input. The keyboards support the Eastern Armenian standard, the Western Armenian standard, a phonetic Armenian keyboard layout (based on the US keyboard), plus an English keyboard providing access to the transliteration symbols needed to transliterate Armenian. Be sure to see the font samples. Released February 20, 2006.

Two new macros have been added to the LaserGreek Converter. Have you ever received a Word-formatted file containing LaserGreek or LaserGreek II text from someone using the "other" computer platform from the one you use? (That is, you are in Windows and you receive a Word for Macintosh file, or vice versa.) When you open the Word file the Latin text and most of the Greek is fine but some of the Greek accents and breathing marks, and the text critical symbols and sigla have been corrupted. This is because Word's export/import filters are expecting all text in the document to be in the Latin 1 character set (English and west European languages), and Word does not know how to convert the LaserGreek text. Until now the only solution was to save the original document as plain text, transfer the document, and carefully reformat it. But the LaserGreek Converter now includes a macro that converts the Greek text in Word-formatted files, making it unnecessary to transfer files as plain text. This makes the LaserGreek Converter a valuable tool for those who are collaborating in a mixed-platform (Mac/Windows) environment. Released March 9, 2006; updated May 9, 2006.

The price of the New Testament Manuscripts Font Collection has been reduced! Each individual product now costs only $49.95. The complete collection of 11 product sets costs only $199.95. This important product line allows you to type faithful representations of the original hand of important early codices or papyri of the New Testament and distinctive character forms of inscriptions from that period! Be sure to see the font samples. Announced March 8, 2006.

We are very pleased to announce the release of LaserHindi Sanskrit in Unicode for Macintosh, which was previously available only for Windows. These products include the HindiLSU and SanskritLSU Unicode-encoded fonts in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic weights. Also included are two keyboard layouts for easy, intuitive input of modern Hindi and classical Sanskrit. The Phonetic layout places the consonants and vowels on the US keyboard phonetically as much as is possible. The Traditional layout in the Windows product follows the Hindi Traditional method of input used in Windows; in the Macintosh product the Traditional layout follows the Devanagari layout used in the Mac OS. Be sure to see the font samples and keyboard layouts. The Macintosh version was released January 24, 2006; the Windows version was released October 25, 2005.

We have just released the SuperHebrew and Hebraica Converter for Macintosh. This product will allow you to convert text typed with Linguist's Software SuperHebrew and/or Hebraica fonts to the beautiful fonts in LaserHebrew for Macintosh. The converter is a series of macros embedded in a Microsoft Word file. You simply copy the macros into each of your Word files that contain SuperHebrew and/or Hebraica text and run the macros to convert the text to either NewJerusalem or Hebraica II (HebraicaII). The macros do not affect any other text in your files, allowing you to retain your file's original formatting. The SuperHebrew & Hebraica Converter makes a daunting task simple. Released January 4, 2006.

We are excited about the release of LaserGeorgian in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh. The product includes the GeorgianLSU Unicode-encoded font and three keyboard layouts for easy, intuitive input of Georgian, Mingrelian, Svan, plus English and other Latin 1 languages. The font includes both the modern Georgian secular alphabet (Mkhedruli) and the old Georgian ecclesiastical alphabet (Khutsuri). The Khutsuri alphabet includes both the uppercase Asomtavruli and the lowercase Nuskhuri alphabets, the latter just recently added to the Unicode standard (Unicode 4.1.0). This sample shows all three alphabets (Mkhedruli, Nuskhuri, Asomtavruli). Be sure to see the larger font samples and keyboard layouts on the LaserGeorgianU product page. Released November 10, 2005 (Windows) and November 30, 2004 (Macintosh).

We are very pleased to announce the release of LaserHindi Sanskrit in Unicode for Windows, and the soon-to-be released LaserHindi Sanskrit in Unicode for Macintosh. Both products include the HindiLSU and SanskritLSU Unicode-encoded fonts in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic weights. Also included are two keyboard layouts for easy, intuitive input of modern Hindi and classical Sanskrit. The Phonetic layout places the consonants and vowels on the US keyboard phonetically as much as is possible. The Traditional layout in the Windows product follows the Hindi Traditional method of input used in Windows; in the Macintosh product the Traditional layout follows the Devanagari layout used in the Mac OS. The Windows product is available now; the Macintosh product is coming soon. Be sure to see the font samples and keyboard layouts, and please contact us if you would like to be notified when the Macintosh product is released. Released October 25, 2005.

We are excited to announce that LaserLakota in Unicode for Windows and for Macintosh has been released. The LaserLakota fonts are now available in a Unicode-encoded format, providing complete compatibility between the Windows and Macintosh versions. The fonts include OpenType layout features, which allow easy, intuitive input of all accents and diacritics used in the Lakota language. The product includes both OpenType and Deadkey keyboards, allowing the fonts to work in any Unicode-compatible application. Like the non-Unicode LaserLakota product, LaserLakotaU supports all of the most commonly-used Lakota orthographies, including the Albert White Hat, Sr., Eugene Beuchel, David Little Elk, and Paul Manhart orthographies. Be sure to see the font samples and descriptions of the keyboard input methods here. Released August 2, 2005.

Important changes have been made to the LaserLakota fonts: the LakotaLS fonts now support the popular David Little Elk orthography. This product now supports all of the most commonly-used Lakota orthographies, including the Albert White Hat, Sr., Eugene Beuchel, David Little Elk, and Paul Manhart orthographies. Be sure to see font samples and keyboard charts here. Released July 28, 2005.

TransIndic Converter for Windows and for Macintosh has been released. Are you ready to move to Unicode-encoded TransIndic Transliteration fonts? Do you have lots of files created using the TransIndic Transliterator (ASCII-encoded) fonts? With the TransIndic Converter you can convert each of your old Microsoft Word files containing TransIndic text to the new Unicode-encoded fonts in the TransIndic Transliterator in Unicode product with a single mouse-click. The TransIndic Converter makes a daunting task simple. Read more about it here. Released July 22, 2005.

Modern Greek Converter for Windows and for Macintosh has been released. Are you ready to move to Unicode-encoded Greek fonts? Do you have lots of files created using Modern Greek and/or Modern Greek II (ASCII-encoded) fonts? With the Modern Greek Converter you can convert each of your old Microsoft Word files containing Modern Greek and/or Modern Greek II text to the new Unicode-encoded fonts in the LaserGreek in Unicode product with a single mouse-click. The Modern Greek Converter makes a daunting task simple. Read more about it here. Released July 14, 2005.

Transliterated Greek and Hebrew Scriptures are now available. We have just released the Greek Old and New Testaments in Unicode, transliterated according to the SBL-convention, and the Hebrew Scriptures in Unicode (Transliterated SBL-style). You now may purchase Unicode-encoded versions of the LXX, GNT, and the BHS, transliterated and formatted with our wonderful TranslitLSU font (available separately, as part of the Semitic Transliterator in Unicode product). Available for both Windows and Macintosh. Released June 13, 2005.

AfroRoman Converter for Windows and for Macintosh has been released. Are you ready to move to Unicode-encoded AfroRoman fonts? Do you have a lot of files created using AfroRoman (ASCII-encoded) fonts? With the AfroRoman Converter you can convert each of your old Microsoft Word files to the new Unicode-encoded font in the AfroRoman in Unicode product with a single mouse-click. The AfroRoman Converter makes a daunting task simple. Read more about it here. Released May 27, 2005.

Semitic Transliterator Converter for Windows and for Macintosh has been released. Are you ready to move to Unicode-encoded Semitic Transliterator fonts? Do you have a lot of files created using Semitic Transliterator (ASCII-encoded) fonts? With the Semitic Transliterator Converter you can convert each of your old Microsoft Word files to the new Unicode-encoded font in the Semitic Transliterator in Unicode product with a single mouse-click. The Semitic Transliterator Converter makes a daunting task simple. Read more about it here. Released March 31, 2005.

TransIndic Transliterator in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh has been released. Our specialized font for transliteration of Indic languages is now available in a Unicode-encoded format with OpenType layout features added to the fonts. This provides unparalleled ease of use, an intuitive input method, perfect positioning of all diacritics, and beautiful printed output. Users can modify a letter with up to three accents above and two accents below the letter. As you type the diacritics are added and automatically repositioned, creating perfectly formed accented letters. Because these fonts are Unicode-encoded the Windows and Macintosh versions are compatible, allowing transparent cross-platform transfers in compatible applications. Available in five typestyles (Times®-, Helvetica®-, Chancery-, Garamond-, and Palatino®-styles). See font and keyboard samples. Released March 21, 2005.

LaserVietnamese Converter for Windows and for Macintosh has been released. Are you ready to move to Unicode-encoded LaserVietnamese fonts? Do you have a lot of files created using LaserVietnamese (ASCII-encoded) fonts? With the LaserVietnamese Converter you can convert each of your old Microsoft Word files to the new Unicode-encoded fonts in the LaserVietnamese in Unicode product with a single mouse-click. The LaserVietnamese Converter makes a daunting task simple. Read more about it here. Released March 11, 2005.

EuroSlavic Converter for Windows and for Macintosh has been released. Are you ready to move to Unicode-encoded EuroSlavic fonts? Do you have a lot of files created using EuroSlavic (ASCII-encoded) fonts? With the EuroSlavic Converter you can convert each of your old Microsoft Word files to the new Unicode-encoded font in the EuroSlavic in Unicode product with a single mouse-click. The EuroSlavic Converter makes a daunting task simple. Read more about it here. Released March 3, 2005.

LaserIPA Converter for Windows and for Macintosh has been released. Are you ready to move to Unicode-encoded IPA fonts? Do you have a lot of files created using LaserIPA (ASCII-encoded) fonts? With the LaserIPA Converter you can convert each of your old Microsoft Word files to the new Unicode-encoded font in the LaserIPA in Unicode product with a single mouse-click. The LaserIPA Converter makes a daunting task simple. Read more about it here. Released February 15, 2005.

LaserYukon in Unicode, previously available only for Windows, has just been released for Macintosh! The LaserYukon fonts supporting the Athapaskan languages have now been released in a Unicode-encoded format with OpenType layout features built into the fonts. This allows unparalleled ease of use, intuitive input order, and beautiful printed output. With our included keyboard software you type in a logical order (letter, accent, accent) and the letters with their accents are properly positioned automatically as you type. Available in five typestyles. Released November 30, 2004.

LaserIPA in Unicode, previously available only for Windows, has been released for Macintosh. Now you can easily type all characters and diacritics in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) standard in a Unicode-compatible font. Our original LaserIPA product includes the font used to publish the official Journal of the IPA. Now you can get the same font in a Unicode-compatible format, with exceptional ease of input provided by OpenType® layout features built into the font and supported by Microsoft Word 2003 for Windows and Mellel 1.8 for Macintosh. LaserIPA in Unicode provides a professional-quality IPA font in TrueType® OpenType format, in plain and bold weights. The font includes not only the standard Unicode "IPA Extensions" characters, but also the "Spacing Modifiers" and "Combining Diacritics" sections of the Unicode Standard. The font also includes many letters and symbols that were once part of the IPA but are now obsolete, and some letters and symbols that were used as IPA letters and symbols but have never been officially adopted into the IPA. The font also includes the Latin 1 and Extended Latin character sets providing English and other western languages such as French and German. Be sure to see the font samples, including samples of the easy input method for stacking multiple diacritics. Released November 9, 2004.

TransCyrillic Converter for Windows and for Macintosh has been released. Are you ready to move to Unicode-encoded Cyrillic fonts? Do you have lots of files created using Cyrillic II and/or TransCyrillic (ASCII-encoded) fonts? With the TransCyrillic Converter you can convert each of your old Microsoft Word files to the new Unicode-encoded fonts in the TransCyrillic in Unicode product with a single mouse-click. The TransCyrillic Converter makes a daunting task simple. Read more about it here. Released March 9, 2004.

The HellenicaCU font has been added to LaserGreek in Unicode, available for both Windows and Macintosh. This font is like HellenicaU, but with crescent moon shaped circumflex accents. This allows owners of LaserGreek HellenicaU in Unicode for Windows or Macintosh to create text with either crescent moon shaped or tilde-shaped (perispomeni) circumflex accents. Released December 15, 2004.

LaserYukon in Unicode for Windows has just been released! The LaserYukon fonts supporting the Athapaskan languages has now been released in a Unicode-encoded format with OpenType layout features built into the fonts. This allows unparalleled ease of use, intuitive input order, and beautiful printed output. With our included keyboard software you type in a logical order (letter, accent, accent) and the letters with their accents are properly positioned automatically as you type. Available in five typestyles. Released July 2, 2004.

LaserHebrew in Unicode, previously available only for Windows, is now available for the Macintosh. With the availability of the Mellel word processor, Mac users can now type Hebrew right to left in Mac OS X, with proper word wrap, full justification, and automatic positioning of vowel points and accents/cantillation marks as you type. The Hebrew Scriptures are also available in a Unicode-encoded format for use with these fonts.

LaserCherokee in Unicode for Windows has just been released! This unique product allows the user to type Unicode-encoded Cherokee text and then sort it according to correct Cherokee sorting order. The Windows Operating System by itself does not support the Cherokee sorting order, but our included keyboard software allows Cherokee text to be typed and then sorted in correct Cherokee sorting order using Microsoft Word (or any other Unicode-compatible application that uses Word's sorting order). The LaserCherokee Converter is also included in the product, allowing users to convert their ASCII-encoded LaserCherokee files to the new Unicode-encoded LaserCherokee in Unicode font. Files may also be converted back to the ASCII-encoded font, allowing sorted Cherokee text in non-Unicode programs like Quark XPress. See samples demonstrating the font and its use. Released July 12, 2004.

AfroRoman in Unicode, available for both Windows and Macintosh, has just been released. This remarkable product provides the professional-quality, Unicode-encoded AfroRomanU font in TrueType® OpenType® format (in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic styles) for typing more than 1450 African languages, plus English and other west European (or Latin 1) languages. This beautiful, unique font contains 1936 letters, accents, diacritics, and accented character combinations that are easily typed with the included keyboard software. The font is compatible between Windows and the Macintosh, making collaboration between the two Operating Systems easy. Be sure to see the font samples, to see the amazing variety of character combinations possible with this font. Released September 14, 2004.

LaserAmharic in Unicode, currently available for Windows, has now been released for Macintosh. This product provides 6 high-quality, Unicode-encoded Amharic (or Ethiopic) TrueType® fonts in two typestyles for typing at least 26 languages in the Hamito-Semitic family of languages which use the Ge'ez script. The LaserAmharic in Unicode fonts include separate composite forms of each character in the Amharic Syllabary. The text is therefore balanced in form and beautiful, both on screen and in print. The fonts also include the Latin 1 character set and additional Latin characters and diacritics covering many other Latin languages. Be sure to see the lovely font samples and read product details. Released August 6, 2004.

LaserVietnamese in Unicode, currently available for Windows, has now been released for Macintosh. This product provides professional-quality, Unicode-encoded Vietnamese fonts in TrueType® format. These Vietnamese fonts include all accents and special diacritics used in the Vietnamese language. Because the LaserVietnamese in Unicode fonts include separate composite forms of each vowel with each diacritic combination, every letter shape and diacritic position is perfectly positioned. Because the fonts are Unicode-encoded they are interchangeable with other Unicode fonts that support these languages. Be sure to see the lovely font samples and read product details.

EuroSlavic in Unicode, currently available for Windows, has now been released for Macintosh. This product provides professional-quality, Unicode-encoded TrueType® fonts in seven typestyles for typing all Western and Central European Latin-based languages, plus other languages. The fonts include all standard diacritics used in these languages. Because the EuroSlavic in Unicode fonts include separate composite forms of each vowel with each diacritic combination, every letter shape and diacritic is perfectly positioned. Because the fonts are Unicode-encoded they are interchangeable with other Unicode fonts that support these languages.  Be sure to see the lovely font samples and read product details.

Semitic Transliterator in Unicode, currently available for Windows, has now been released for Macintosh. Now you can easily transliterate Semitic languages plus Greek and Coptic using Unicode-encoded fonts, which provide perfect positioning of all accented letters needed in the 21 transliteration methods supported by the fonts. This product is available in six typestyles and includes two keyboard layouts. Users of all Macintosh Unicode-aware applications can use the Deadkey keyboard layout for easy typing of accented letters using deadkey input. Be sure to see the lovely font samples and read product details. Released June 9, 2004.

LaserGreek Converter for Windows and for Macintosh has been released. Are you ready to move to Unicode-encoded Greek fonts? Do you have lots of files created using LaserGreek and/or LaserGreek II (ASCII-encoded) fonts? With the LaserGreek Converter you can convert each of your old Microsoft Word files to the new Unicode-encoded fonts in the LaserGreek in Unicode product with a single mouse-click. Macintosh users can also convert first-generation Graeca files, and even old SuperGreek files, to the latest generation LaserGreek and/or LaserGreek II fonts, or to LaserGreek in Unicode fonts. The LaserGreek Converter makes a daunting task simple. Read more about it here. Released July 19, 2004.

Greek Epigraphy for Windows and for Macintosh has been released. Now you can type the Greek epigraphic alphabet, a complete set of standard Greek epigraphical characters, plus many specialized character shapes used in Greek epigraphy. Greek Epigraphy includes three fonts. Released  February 2, 2004.

LaserAmharic in Unicode for Windows has been released. Now you can easily type at least 26 languages in the Hamito-Semitic family of languages which use the Ge'ez script, including Amharic, Ethiopic, Ge'ez, Somali, and Tigrinya, using a Unicode-encoded Ethiopic font. This product includes two font typestyles that include composite forms of all characters in the Amharic Syllabary, plus the Latin alphabet for typing English and other western Latin-based languages. Included are two keyboard layouts supporting four-characters-per-key input (instead of the normal two), for Ethiopic and Latin languages. The two typestyles support both modern Ethiopic text and the typestyle commonly used in ancient texts. Be sure to see the font samples of these beautiful fonts. Released April 14, 2004.

For earlier product announcements, see What's New-2003, What's New-2002, What's New-2001,  What's New-2000, What's New-1999, What's New-1998,  What's New-1997 and What's New-1996.