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Now You Can Type
Unicode-encoded Cherokee Text and
Sort it in Correct Cherokee Alphabetic Sort Order!
LaserCherokee™ in Unicode
provides the high-quality, Unicode-encoded CherokeeLSU™ font in TrueType
format for typing Cherokee, plus English and Western
European Latin-based languages. The product includes software deadkey
keyboards that provide logical, phonetic input of the Cherokee Syllabary
in any Unicode-compatible application. For example
There are two unique features of
LaserCherokee in Unicode. The first is the ability to type and sort
Cherokee text. Your computer's present Operating System does not support the
Cherokee alphabetic sorting order, but LaserCherokee in Unicode includes a
keyboard input method that will allow you to type Cherokee text using
Microsoft Word and then sort the text
according to the standard Cherokee sorting order using Word's sort command. Thus, for the first time, users may
create lists of Cherokee words (needed to create a dictionary, for example),
and automatically sort them in correct Cherokee order. (Note you may do this
in any Unicode-compatible application that uses the same sort order as Word.) To see a sample of this unique capability with a short explanation see
this pop-up.
The second unique feature of this product is the
LaserCherokee Converter, which allows conversion of Cherokee text
back and forth between the Unicode-encoded CherokeeLSU
font and the non-Unicode CherokeeLS font (part of the older, ASCII-encoded
LaserCherokee). This allows users of the
older, non-Unicode font to convert their files to the new Unicode-encoded
font. It also allows those who must publish material in non-Unicode
applications to create sorted Cherokee text using the CherokeeLSU font, and
then convert it to the non-Unicode CherokeeLS font for import of sorted text
into non-Unicode applications like Quark XPress. (Note that the non-Unicode
CherokeeLS font is sold separately, as part of
LaserCherokee.)
The Cherokee language is spoken by
approximately 10,000 people in the Cherokee Nation (in Oklahoma), as well as
speakers in the homelands (of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, in North
Carolina). One of the most famous figures in Cherokee history is Sequoyah
(1760?-1843). The syllabary which Sequoyah devised for Cherokee between 1809
and 1821 is still considered one of the most impressive works of linguistic
analysis and invention ever created, and remains in use to this day. The
85-character syllabary differs from an alphabetic system in that each
character symbolizes a syllable, rather than a sound, in the language. See
the Cherokee Syllabary demonstrated using the CherokeeLSU font in this
pop-up.
Sample of Cherokee text typed with the
CherokeeLSU font:
Languages covered by LaserCherokee in Unicode:
 | Afrikaans |
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| Dutch |
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| Icelandic |
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| Spanish |
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| Basque |
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| English |
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| Indonesian |
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| Swedish |
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| Catalan |
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| Finnish |
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| Italian |
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plus
any additional |
| Cherokee |
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| French |
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| Norwegian |
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languages
covered |
| Danish |
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| German |
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| Portuguese |
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by code page
1252 |
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 LaserCherokee
in Unicode for Windows System Requirements:
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Fonts and keyboards: Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT 4.0. |
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Fonts alone: Windows Me, Windows 98, or Windows 95. |
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Please read the notes below to be sure you understand the
limitations if your Operating System is not
Windows XP, 2000, or NT 4.0. |
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| Applications
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Any Unicode-compatible application, such as Microsoft Word
2003, 2002,
2000, or 97 is compatible. Microsoft Publisher and Adobe®
InDesign® are compatible. |
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Microsoft Word 97 or newer is required to use the
LaserCherokee Converter, for converting files back and forth between
the Unicode and non-Unicode versions of LaserCherokee. |
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Older, non-Unicode applications such as Word 95 (Word 7) and Word 6 will
not work with these fonts. Corel WordPerfect (any version)
and Lotus Word Pro (any version) will not work with these fonts.
Quark XPress (any version), FrameMaker (any version), and PageMaker (any version) will not
work with these fonts. |
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Do you need a copy of Microsoft
Word 2002? We can provide the OEM
version at a discounted price. (Note you can use the deadkey input
with Word 2002, but Word 2003 is required to use the OpenType
keyboard layout method.) |
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Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 (included in Microsoft
Office 2003) is not compatible with LaserCherokee in Unicode
for Windows. All text is changed to the Arial font, whether typed
with the keyboard, input using Insert Symbol, or pasted from Word
using the Windows clipboard. PowerPoint users should type their text
in Word or another Unicode-compatible application, and save the text
as a graphic for import into PowerPoint. Users can also use WordArt
to create their text. To do this in PowerPoint go to Insert,
Picture, WordArt, and type your text, formatting it as desired.
Alternatively, users can type directly into PowerPoint using our
non-Unicode LaserCherokee fonts. (Earlier
versions of PowerPoint have not been tested for compatibility.) |
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Windows
XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT 4.0: To use the keyboards for easy
input of Unicode text you
must have Windows XP, 2000, or NT 4.0. The included keyboard drivers provide
four characters-per-key input (instead of the normal two
characters per key), following our paper keyboard layout chart. This
provides easy, intuitive input of all characters in the fonts. Complete instructions are
included in the User's Manual included with the product. |
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Windows Me/98/95: The fonts alone may be installed into
Windows Me/98/95, but the keyboard files do not install into or work in
Windows Me/98/95. This means you may install the Unicode-compatible fonts
into Windows Me/98/95 and open files that were created in Windows XP/2000/NT
using the fonts if you have a compatible, Unicode-enabled program, such as
Microsoft Word 2002/2000/97. In Windows Me/98/95 you will be able to edit
documents that use these fonts in several ways. In Word 2002 you may use
Insert Symbol or a built-in hot key feature to insert Unicode characters.
In Word 2000/97 you may use Insert Symbol or the Linguist’s Software
Word template included with the product. This template includes a macro
which duplicates most of the features of the hot key feature built into Word 2002. Using these
methods you can input characters one at a time in Windows Me/98/95. These
input methods are not as easy as using the keyboard driver in
Windows XP/2000/NT (see above), but are adequate for small editing
projects. Complete instructions are
included in the User's Manual included with the product.
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Windows 3.x: This product does not
install into or work with Windows 3.x. |
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LaserCherokee Converter: The
LaserCherokee ASCII-encoded fonts used in your documents must be version
3.0 (dated
September 16, 1997) or newer to be successfully converted. If your fonts are
older than version 3.0 you must first update
LaserCherokee and convert your documents to the new version of the
ASCII-encoded fonts following instructions in the Troubleshooting
Manual. Then the LaserCherokee Converter can be used to convert your
documents to the Unicode-encoded version of LaserCherokee.
How do I find the
version number?
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Printer: The fonts will print to any Windows printer at the highest quality allowed by your
printer.
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Documentation: All documentation,
including the Setup Manual, the User's
Manual, the Cherokee Syllabary Chart, and the Keyboard Layout
Chart (showing placement of the
characters on the keys), is in Adobe Acrobat™ PDF
format, included in the product, and installed to the Windows Start menu
for easy access. Users may view the documentation on screen
or print it, using Acrobat
Reader, available free online if you do not already have it. |
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These fonts are compatible with the
Macintosh
version of LaserCherokee in Unicode. No conversion of files is necessary
when transferring files to Macintosh if your applications are fully
Unicode-aware and LaserCherokee in Unicode fonts are installed on both systems.
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Cost: US$ 99.95
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 LaserCherokee in Unicode for
Macintosh
System Requirements:
| Operating Systems
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Mac OS X 10.2.8 (Jaguar) or higher |
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| Applications
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Any Unicode-compatible application. |
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The only Macintosh applications we are aware of that
support Unicode at this time are Microsoft Word 2004 and 2008, Nisus Writer Express, InDesign
CS,
TextEdit (included with Mac OS X), Mellel, BBEdit, and OpenOffice. We have only tested the fonts in
Word 2004, Mellel, Nisus Writer Express, InDesign 2.0 and TextEdit. (If you are aware of additional applications
please
let us know.) |
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Although the fonts may be typed in any
Unicode-compatible application, the LaserCherokee Converter included
in the product requires Word 2004, and does not work in any other
application, including Word 2008. If you need to convert old LaserCherokee for Macintosh
documents to the LaserCherokee in Unicode font you must have Word
2004. Word 2008 does not support Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
macros and therefore will not work. You must have Word 2004.
(Microsoft left VBA out of Word 2008.) |
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Even applications that claim to be Unicode
and OpenType compliant may only support a limited range of Unicode characters or
a limited set of OpenType features. Contact
Linguist's Software about compatibility questions and about the availability of
a non-Unicode version of this product that works in all applications.
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These fonts are compatible with the Windows
version of LaserCherokee in Unicode. No conversion of files is necessary
when transferring files to Windows if your applications are fully
Unicode-aware and LaserCherokee in Unicode fonts are installed on both systems. |
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All documentation is in Adobe Acrobat
PDF format, available for viewing and/or printing. |
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Cost: US$ 99.95
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Related Products:
For non-Unicode versions of related fonts, available for both Windows
and Macintosh, see:
Because Unicode fonts have different encodings than non-Unicode fonts,
the LaserCherokee in Unicode font is not interchangeable with the
LaserCherokee font. However, both Unicode and
non-Unicode fonts may be installed on your system (since they have
different file and font names) and may even be used in the same
documents.
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LaserCherokee in Unicode
