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LaserCoptic® in Unicode™
is available for both Windows and
Macintosh and
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.
LaserCoptic in Unicode includes two kinds of
keyboard resource/driver for easy input of the supported
languages. The keyboard layout charts provided with the product represent
the diacritics with dotted circles like these:
OpenType Input: The first kind of keyboard resource/driver
takes advantage of the OpenType layout features
built into the fonts. Input order is the letter followed by the diacritic (either
overdot, underdot, overline, underline), followed by a second diacritic, if
required. As the diacritics are typed they are perfectly positioned
automatically.
Typing is simple and logical, with lowercase
and uppercase, whether you need
a single diacritic
or two diacritics
In these examples the same overline key and
underdot key are typed each time. If you type a lowercase alfa followed by
the diacritic the font places a lowercase alfa with diacritic in your
document. If you type an uppercase alfa followed by the same diacritic key
the font places an uppercase letter with a perfectly positioned diacritic in
the document. You do not need to learn different keystrokes for lowercase
and uppercase diacritics.
It is easy to type nomina sacra, including two-letter nomina sacra.
Please see this pop-up window for samples of
two-letter
nomina sacra with the order of input displayed.
(The above OpenType layout requires specific
application support for both Windows and
Macintosh.)
Dead Key Input: The second keyboard resource/driver works with
any Unicode-compatible application and provides dead key input.
Dead key input order is reversed from the OpenType keyboard shown above. Users first type the
diacritic key (representing either the overdot, underdot,
overline, or combination of diacritics) and nothing appears to happen on screen. The user then types
the letter to be modified by the diacritic or combination of diacritics, and the
keyboard software inputs the pre-composed, modified letter.
This works for a single diacritic
or for double diacritics
Two distinctive things about Linguist's
Software keyboards are they are phonetic, based on the US layout (QWERTY)
and they support up to four characters per key instead of
the usual two. Complete instructions, including printable keyboard layout
charts, are supplied.
Following is detailed information about the
Windows and Macintosh
products, followed by font samples. Please be sure to read the System Requirements
for Windows or
Macintosh before ordering.
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LaserCoptic
in Unicode for Windows
LaserCoptic in Unicode for Windows includes
four keyboard
layouts that provide four characters per key input (instead of the
normal two characters per key) in Windows XP, Windows 2000 and
Windows NT4. The keyboards are phonetic, based on the US keyboard,
and allow easy input of all characters and diacritics supported by the fonts.
The
first keyboard layout (called the CopticLSU OT layout) takes advantage of the OpenType layout
features built into the fonts for the most logical, intuitive input
possible. Input order is letter, diacritic,
diacritic. The letter with its associated diacritics is
built up automatically as you type, with all diacritics perfectly
positioned. This keyboard layout requires Microsoft Word 2003, or
another component of Microsoft Office 2003 (see
System Requirements).
The included keyboard chart shows exactly what keystroke the user must
type.
The second keyboard layout (called the CopticLSU
Deadkey layout) works with any
Unicode-compatible application and uses dead key input to type letters
with their associated diacritics. The user first types the dead key
(representing the diacritic or diacritic combination) and nothing
appears to happen on screen. Then the user types the letter and the
pre-composed letter with its diacritic(s) appears in the document.
The third and fourth keyboard layouts are for typing
English and other Latin 1 languages supported by the fonts. One keyboard
supports the OpenType features built into the font and works only with
Word 2003, as a companion to the first keyboard (CopticLSU OT)
described above. The other English keyboard uses dead key input, allowing
it to work with any Unicode-compatible application. It is a companion
layout to the second keyboard (CopticLSU Deadkey) described above. Users
do not need to install or use these keyboards, but can continue to use
their own national keyboard, if desired, for typing Latin 1 languages.
Users can easily switch between keyboard layouts at
any time using a keyboard shortcut. Detailed instructions and printable
keyboard layout charts showing all keystrokes are included in the product.
Windows System Requirements:
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Operating Systems
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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 you will have 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
2007, 2003, 2002,
2000, or 97, is compatible. Adobe®
InDesign® and Microsoft Publisher are compatible. |
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Older, non-Unicode applications such as Word 95 (Word
7) and Word 6 are
not compatible. Quark XPress (through version 6.5), PageMaker, Corel WordPerfect,
and Lotus Word Pro are
not compatible. |
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Microsoft Word 2003 (or any other
component of Office 2003 except PowerPoint) is required to use the included
CopticLSU OT (OpenType) keyboard layout for the most intuitive input order
(letter-diacritic-diacritic). Users of any
other Unicode-compatible application (including Word 2007) must
use the CopticLSU Deadkey keyboard layout, which provides deadkey input
(diacritic-letter). Both keyboard layouts provide full access to all
letters and diacritics in the font; they differ only in input method. |
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Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 (included in
Microsoft Office 2003) is not compatible with LaserCoptic 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 LaserCoptic fonts. (Earlier
versions of PowerPoint have not been tested for compatibility.) |
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Notes
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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 printable keyboard layout charts. 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 very 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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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 a Setup Manual, a User's
Manual, and Keyboard Layout Charts (showing placement of the
characters on the keys), is in Adobe Acrobat PDF
format, and is installed into 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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Documents created with these fonts are compatible with the
Macintosh version of LaserCoptic in Unicode. No conversion of documents is necessary
when transferring documents to a Macintosh if your applications are fully
Unicode-aware, can read each other's files, and compatible fonts are installed on both systems. |
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LaserCoptic in Unicode for Windows
US$ 99.95
Order
(Have you read the System Requirements?)
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LaserCoptic
in Unicode for Macintosh
LaserCoptic in Unicode includes two keyboard layouts.
The keyboards are phonetic, based on the US keyboard, and allow easy
input of all characters and diacritics supported by the fonts.
The
first keyboard layout (called the CopticLSU OT layout) takes advantage of the OpenType layout
features built into the fonts for the most logical, intuitive input
possible. Input order is letter, diacritic,
diacritic. The letter with its associated diacritics is
built up automatically as you type, with all diacritics perfectly
positioned. This keyboard layout requires the Mellel
word processor (see
System Requirements).
The included keyboard chart shows exactly what keystroke the user must
type. To switch back and forth between Coptic and English (or other
supported Latin languages) press the CapsLock key.)
The second keyboard layout (called LaserCopticLSU Deadkey)
works with any Unicode-compatible application and uses deadkey input to type
letters with their associated diacritics. The user first types the
dead key (representing the diacritic) then the letter, and the
pre-composed letter with diacritic(s) appears in the file.
To switch back and forth between Coptic and English (or other supported
Latin languages) press the CapsLock key.)
Detailed instructions and a printable
keyboard layout chart showing all keystrokes are included in the product.
Macintosh System
Requirements:
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Requires Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) or higher. |
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| Applications
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Any Unicode-compatible application will support the
deadkey keyboard. The LaserCopticLS OT keyboard requires
Mellel 1.8 or higher. |
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The only Macintosh applications we are aware of that
support Unicode at this time are Microsoft Word 2004, Nisus Writer Express, InDesign
CS,
TextEdit (included with Mac OS X), Mellel,
Oxygen, BBEdit, and OpenOffice. We have only tested the fonts in Word
2004, Nisus Writer Express and TextEdit. (If you are aware of additional applications
please
let us know.) |
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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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Documents created with these fonts are compatible with the Windows
version of LaserCoptic in Unicode. No conversion of documents is necessary
when transferring documents to Windows if your applications are fully
Unicode-aware and compatible fonts are installed on both systems. |
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| LaserCoptic in Unicode for Macintosh
$99.95 Order |
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Mellel
$25
Order ($25
when ordered with this Macintosh product, $48 sold separately.
Mellel is non-refundable.) |
(Before you order be sure you have read the
System
Requirements, above.)
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Font Samples: CopticLSU, showing many of the characters and diacritics in
the font:
A sample of Coptic writing using the CopticLSU font:
NagHammadiLSU, showing many of the characters and diacritics in the font:
A sample of Coptic writing using the NagHammadiLSU font:
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Related Products:
LaserCoptic
- For a non-Unicode version of
LaserCoptic, available for both Windows and Macintosh, see
LaserCoptic. The non-Unicode font is not interchangeable with
LaserCoptic in Unicode, but contains a font with the same
typestyle, which will work in
non-Unicode applications, such as Quark XPress 6.5 and older, PageMaker, FrameMaker,
and WordPerfect. Both Unicode and non-Unicode versions of LaserCoptic may be
installed on your system (since they have different file and font names)
and may even be used in the same documents. They are not, however,
interchangeable. (You cannot type text with one font, highlight the text,
and change it to the other font.)
Here's what others are saying about LaserCoptic in Unicode:
"Thanks so much!
Your fonts, and your work in the texts of the Scripture, is excellent. Thank
you so much for both."
Albert Hembd, Trinitarian Bible Society, Plano, TX
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LaserCoptic in Unicode
