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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. These
features include automatic conjunct formation and automatic vowel
positioning as you type. For example, typing "kal" produces the "kla"
conjunct, or typing "ki" produces "ik". Long and short "u" vowels are
also automatically positioned with the previous consonant. This allows
the typist to think and type phonetically while the OpenType features
properly arrange the characters.
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.
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SanskritLSU also has more delicate forms of the udatta and double
udatta, though both fonts will produce these marks.
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See below for additional samples.
LaserHindi Sanskrit in Unicode 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 2007 or 2003, or
OpenOffice.org 3.0, in Windows
Vista, 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:
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| Windows Vista, Windows XP, or Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or newer is required. |
| Requires Windows complex script Supplemental
Language Support in Windows XP and 2000. This requires your Windows
XP or 2000 installation CD. We show you how to install this feature
as part of setup. (This feature is built into Windows Vista and does
not need to be installed.) |
| This product will not work in any earlier version of
Windows (NT/Me/98/95/3.x). |
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| Applications
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Microsoft Word 2007 or 2003 (or another component
of Office 2007 or Office 2003) is required. Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 is
not compatible. The free
OpenOffice.org 3.0 is also 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) supports this product. |
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No version of QuarkXPress or PageMaker
supports this product.
(QuarkXPress 8.0/7.0 is Unicode-compatible, but does not support
the OpenType features of these fonts.) |
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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 2007/2003 or
OpenOffice.org 3.0 for
Windows and Mellel for Macintosh, if LaserHindi Sanskrit in Unicode fonts are installed on both systems.
(Word 2007 users must save files either in Word 2003 format
or as Rich Text Format documents.)
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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.
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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.)
Do you need to upgrade? Check the
current version number and a Release History.
See font samples below.
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 LaserHindi
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:
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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 (e.g., QuarkXPress 7.0 or InDesign) 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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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
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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. |
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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
HindiLSU vowels and alternate SanskritLSU vowels
Alternate Consonants
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HindiLSU, showing all four typestyles
SanskritLSU, showing all four typestyles
Ka with vowels and diacritics
Additional symbols
A few of the many Hindi conjuncts
Additional conjuncts in SanskritLSU
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.
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.
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