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LaserGeorgian in Unicode
provides a high-quality, Unicode-encoded Georgian
TrueType® font for typing the Georgian language plus west European
(Latin 1) languages. The font includes the modern
Georgian secular
Mkhedruli alphabet, which is caseless, and
the old Georgian ecclesiastical Khutsuri alphabet (both the lowercase
Nuskhuri and uppercase Asomtavruli). The font also includes
additional letters to support the Mingrelian and Svan
languages. It also includes archaic letters dropped from the Georgian
alphabet in the 1860s.
LaserGeorgian in Unicode includes three
software keyboard layouts
that provide four characters per key (instead of the normal two) for easy,
logical input of 1) the modern secular Georgian (Mkhedruli) alphabet
following a phonetic layout based on the US keyboard layout; 2) the Georgian
ecclesiastical (Khutsuri) alphabet, supporting both the lowercase Nuskhuri and the
uppercase Asomtavruli; 3) and the modern secular Georgian (Mkhedruli)
alphabet following the modern Georgian computer layout. Keyboard support for English and
the other
Latin 1 languages supported by the font is also provided. This makes it easy
to type Georgian, English, and other west European languages in the same
document using the same font by simply changing between keyboard layouts. Complete instructions
are provided.
Latin Languages supported by LaserGeorgian in Unicode:
 | Afrikaans |
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| English |
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| Indonesian |
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| Swedish |
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| Basque |
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| Finnish |
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| Italian |
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| Catalan |
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| French |
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| Norwegian |
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plus additional |
| Danish |
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| German |
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| Portuguese |
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languages
covered |
| Dutch |
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| Icelandic |
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| Spanish |
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by code page
1252 |
Continue down the page to see samples of the
GeorgianLSU font and pop-ups showing the keyboard
layout charts. At the bottom of the page are the
Windows and
Macintosh System Requirements, which you should read before ordering.
Cost:
$99.95 Order
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Samples
The modern secular alphabet (Mkhedruli) first appeared in the tenth
century and developed into a form close to its current form by the
thirteenth century. It has changed little since then. Mkhedruli is
caseless.
The Georgian
ecclesiastical
alphabet has two forms. The uppercase Asomtavruli (also called
mrglovani) was in use from the fifth to the ninth century, after which it
was gradually replaced by the lowercase Nuskhuri (sometimes spelled
nusxa-xucuri and also known as
kutxovani), used from the ninth to the eleventh century. The uppercase and
lowercase alphabets are never used together, except occasionally the
Asomtavruli is used as the initial letter of sentences or paragraphs.
Asomtavruli (uppercase ecclesiastical alphabet)
Nuskhuri (lowercase ecclesiastical alphabet)
Archaic letters These letters were removed from the Georgian alphabet
in the 1860s.
Additional letters for Mingrelian and Svan
Additional letters
Punctuation (the Georgian paragraph separator)
Georgian letter Nar (a modifier letter)
Sample text using the modern secular alphabet (Mkhedruli)
The same text in a larger point size
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 LaserGeorgian in Unicode includes software keyboards for easy input
of all the characters in the font. These two links will pop up in new
browser windows to show you the keyboard layouts for
Windows and for
Macintosh.
LaserGeorgian in
Unicode is available for both Windows and Macintosh
 LaserGeorgian
in Unicode for Windows
 LaserGeorgian in Unicode for Macintosh
LaserGeorgian
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 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
2003, 2002,
2000, or 97 is compatible. Adobe®
InDesign® is compatible. (Microsoft PowerPoint
2003 is not compatible.) |
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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) 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. |
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Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 (included in Microsoft
Office 2003) is not compatible with LaserGeorgian 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 LaserGeorgian 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 paper keyboard layout charts. This
provides easy, intuitive input of all characters in the font. 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 font
into Windows Me/98/95 and open files that were created in Windows XP/2000/NT
using the font 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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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, 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 installed.
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These fonts are compatible with the
Macintosh version of LaserGeorgian in Unicode. No conversion
of files is necessary when transferring files to a Macintosh
computer if your applications are fully Unicode-aware and compatible
fonts are installed on both systems.
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Cost: US$ 99.95
Order
Go back up to see Font Samples.
Go back up to see Keyboard Layout Charts.
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LaserGeorgian in Unicode for
Macintosh
System Requirements:
| Operating Systems
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Mac OS X 10.2 (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, 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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| Notes
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These fonts are compatible with the Windows
version of LaserGeorgian in Unicode. No conversion of files is
necessary when transferring files to Windows if your applications are
fully Unicode-aware and compatible fonts are installed on both systems. |
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All documentation,
including a User's
Manual and
Keyboard Layout Charts (showing placement of the
characters on the keys) is in Adobe Acrobat™ PDF
format, included in the product. Users may view the documentation on screen
or print it using Acrobat
Reader, available free online if you do not already have it installed. |
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Cost: US$ 99.95 Order
Go back up to see Font Samples.
Go back up to see Keyboard Layout Charts.
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For a non-Unicode version of LaserGeorgianU, available for both Windows
and Macintosh, see:
Because Unicode fonts have different encodings than
non-Unicode fonts, the LaserGeorgian in Unicode font is not interchangeable with the
LaserGeorgian fonts. 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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Here's what others are saying about LaserGeorgian in Unicode:
"I like your fonts very much. One Georgian
seminarian found a set of my typewritten prayers in Khutsuri to be
imminently more readable than the poor-quality from publishers that often
generate prayer books. Many of the special letters represented in your font
are precisely what is found in the better prayer books. The Mxedruli Unicode
fonts are extremely useful in transliterating from Old Georgian into Modern
Georgian. Diphthongs are easily represented with the additional letters from
the medieval alphabet and the images are distinctly clear on screen and on
paper. Thank you for your work in the support of my work."
Fr. Theodore Niklasson, Tbilisi, Georgia
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LaserGeorgian in Unicode
