LaserHindi Sanskrit in Unicode

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for Macintosh

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Now get LaserHindi Sanskrit® fonts
in a Unicode™-encoded version!

LaserHindi Sanskrit® in Unicode™ for Windows® or Macintosh® provides two professional-quality Unicode-encoded fonts in TrueType® OpenType® format, in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic weights, for typing modern Hindi and classical Sanskrit. The HindiLSU™ and SanskritLSU™ fonts include the complete Devanagari section of the Unicode Standard, providing fonts that are fully compatible with other standard Hindi fonts. LaserHindi Sanskrit in Unicode includes two keyboard layouts (Phonetic and Traditional) that provide four characters per key (instead of the normal two) for easy input of Hindi and Sanskrit. The keyboard layouts take advantage of the OpenType layout features built into the fonts for logical, intuitive input.

The HindiLSU and SanskritLSU fonts are essentially the same, except HindiLSU contains some conjuncts that are more horizontal, whereas SanskritLSU contains conjuncts that are more vertically arranged.

HindiLSU

SanskritLSU

The HindiLSU and SanskritLSU fonts, showing the difference between horizontal and vertical conjuncts.

SanskritLSU also has more delicate forms of the udatta and double udatta, though both fonts will produce these marks.

HindiLSU

SanskritLSU

The SanskritLSU font has more delicate udatta and double udatta marks than the HindiLSU font.

See below for additional samples.

LaserHindi Sanskrit in Unicode for Windows is available for both Windows and Macintosh.

LaserHindi Sanskrit® in Unicode™ for Windows® includes two keyboard layouts (Phonetic and Traditional) that provide four characters per key (instead of the normal two) for easy, intuitive input of Hindi and Sanskrit using Microsoft Word 2003 in Windows XP and Windows 2000 SP3. The keyboard layouts take advantage of the OpenType layout features built into the fonts for logical, intuitive input.

System Requirements:
bulletOperating Systems
bulletWindows XP or Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or newer is required.
bulletThis product will not work in any earlier version of Windows (NT/Me/98/95/3.x).
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Microsoft Word 2003 (or another component of Office 2003) is required. Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 is not compatible.

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No earlier version of Word (2002/2000/97/95/6), and no version of Corel WordPerfect (at least through v12) or Lotus WordPro (at least through v9.7) will work with this product.

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No version of QuarkXPress or PageMaker will work.

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These fonts include OpenType tables for proper positioning of characters and creation of conjuncts. Applications which will work properly will include or support a version of the Windows Uniscribe Unicode script processor (usp10.dll) that supports Hindi. The first version of Uniscribe that supported these features and shipped with Microsoft Word, Office, or Windows, is version 1.0471.4030.0. An appropriate version of Uniscribe is automatically installed when Office 2003 (or Word 2003) is installed. This may be true of other applications as well, but at this time no other program is known to support these features. If Word 2003 is installed this requirement is automatically satisfied.

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 (included in Microsoft Office 2003) is not compatible with LaserHindi Sanskrit 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 LaserHindi Sanskrit fonts. (Earlier versions of PowerPoint have not been tested for compatibility.)

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The fonts will print to any Windows printer at the highest quality allowed by your printer.

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These fonts are compatible with the Macintosh version of LaserHindi Sanskrit in Unicode. No conversion of files is necessary when transferring files between Word 2003 for Windows and Mellel for Macintosh, if LaserHindi Sanskrit in Unicode fonts are installed on both systems.

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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 installed.

bullet Keyboard Layouts The LaserLakota LakotaLS Keyboard
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Two keyboard layouts are included for typing 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 follows the Hindi Traditional method of input used in Windows. During setup the user may install one or both of the keyboards and switch between them at any time. Complete instructions are provided.

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View the keyboard layouts in this pop-up window.

Cost: US$ 99.95 Order
(Please be sure you read the System Requirements before you order. This font is not compatible with the non-Unicode LaserHindi Sanskrit for Windows font.)
 

See font samples  below.

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EuroSlavic in Unicode for MacintoshLaserHindi Sanskrit® in Unicode for Macintosh

LaserHindi Sanskrit in Unicode for Macintosh includes two software keyboard layouts (Phonetic and Traditional) that provide four characters per key for easy input of Hindi and Sanskrit using Mellel 1.8 or higher in Mac OS X 10.2 or higher. The keyboard layouts take advantage of the OpenType layout features built into the fonts for logical, intuitive input.

Macintosh System Requirements:
bulletOperating Systems
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Requires Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) or higher.

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Requires Mellel 1.8 or higher, also available from Linguist's Software.

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Microsoft Word 2004/2008 are Unicode-compliant, but do not support the OpenType features of these fonts. They will not work with LaserHindi Sanskrit in Unicode for Macintosh. (If you must work in Word see NewHindi Sanskrit for Macintosh.)

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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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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. 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 Windows version of LaserHindi Sanskrit in Unicode. No conversion of files is necessary when transferring files between Mellel for Macintosh and Word 2003 for Windows, if LaserHindi Sanskrit in Unicode fonts are installed on both systems.

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Keyboard Layouts The LaserLakota LakotaLS Keyboard
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Two keyboard layouts are included for typing 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 follows the Devanagari layout used in the Mac OS. During setup the user may install one or both of the keyboards and switch between them at any time. Complete instructions are provided.

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View the keyboard layouts in this pop-up window.

Cost: US$ 99.95 Order
(Please be sure you read the System Requirements before you order. This font is not compatible with the non-Unicode NewHindi Sanskrit for Macintosh fonts.)

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Samples:

HindiLSU text sample

Sample text using the HindiLSU Unicode-encoded font.

HindiLSU vowels and alternate SanskritLSU vowels

HindiLSU vowels and alternate SanskritLSU vowels

Alternate Consonants

HindiLSU

SanskritLSU

Examples of Alternate Consonants

HindiLSU, showing all four typestyles

HindiLSU, showing all four typestyles

SanskritLSU, showing all four typestyles

SanskritLSU, showing all four typestyles

Ka with vowels and diacritics

Ka with vowels and diacritics

Additional symbols

Additional symbols in the fonts

A few of the many Hindi conjuncts

A few of the many Hindi conjuncts

Additional conjuncts in SanskritLSU

Additional conjuncts in the SanskritLSU font

Sample half-conjuncts

Sample half-conjuncts

Back up to LaserHindi Sanskrit in Unicode for Windows product information and System Requirements.
Back up to LaserHindi Sanskrit in Unicode for Macintosh product information and System Requirements.
Back up to the Samples.

For non-Unicode Hindi and Sanskrit fonts see LaserHindi Sanskrit and NewHindi Sanskrit.

bulletLaserHindi Sanskrit for Windows
bulletNewHindi Sanskrit for Macintosh

These two non-Unicode products are not compatible with the LaserHindi Sanskrit in Unicode fonts shown on this page. However, if you must publish your work in software that is not Unicode-compatible and OpenType-compatible, such as QuarkXPress, PageMaker, or Word 2004/2008 for Macintosh, then you must use the non-Unicode products available at these two links.

What others are saying about LaserHebrew and LaserHebrew II Here's what others are saying about LaserHindi Sanskrit in Unicode:

"I am very happy with your LaserHindi Sanskrit in Unicode software. It is very user friendly. Your tech support is awesome."
Satish C Vyas M.D., Dearborn, Michigan

"I am very happy with all LaserHindi Sanskrit in Unicode's conjuncts. I can't wait to show it off to my classmates! Shabash!!"
Daisy Paradis, New York, NY

LaserHindi Sanskrit in Unicode provides a whole new level in Sanskrit on MAC OS X for me - thank you for the good work!!
Kai Hitzer, Indology Student at the University of Hamburg, Germany

 

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