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Now You Can Type The Lakota
Language
Using Unicode-Encoded Fonts That Are
Cross-Platform Compatible Between Windows and Macintosh!
LaserLakota in Unicode
(LaserLakotaU) provides
professional-quality TrueType® fonts
in three typestyles (Times®-style, Helvetica®-style, and Palatino®-style) supporting the Lakota (or Lakota Sioux) language, including the Lakota,
Dakota, and Nakota dialects, plus English, French, Spanish, and other
languages supported by the Latin 1 character set. Now for the first time you
can get Unicode-encoded Lakota fonts providing all the special characters
and accents needed for the Lakota language, and files typed in Windows or in
Macintosh Operating Systems can be read on the other platform with no file
conversion necessary!
LaserLakotaU includes
both OpenType and Deadkey keyboard resources for easy input of all characters in the Lakota language. Typing order
for either method is easy to learn
since the keyboard layouts are based on the US keyboard and the accents for
each method are
always typed using the same keys, no matter which letter they modify. Nasal
hooks are easy to add to any vowel. See below for details on
LaserLakotaU for
Windows, LaserLakotaU for
Macintosh, font
samples, and descriptions
of the Windows and Macintosh keyboard input
methods.
The Lakota fonts include separate composite forms of each
letter with each
diacritic combination so that every letter shape and diacritic is
perfectly positioned (see
the
samples). The fonts
include the Latin 1 and Extended Latin character sets providing English
and other western languages such as French, German, and Spanish. This allows your
entire project to be typed in the same typestyle, with no need to switch
between fonts as you switch languages. LaserLakotaU is available in
three typestyles:
Times®-,
Palatino®-,
and
Helvetica®-styles. All typestyles are provided in plain,
bold, italic, and
bold-italic weights.
The Lakota
People (also known as the Teton or Titunwan) speak the Lakota dialect (also
spelled Lakhota). The Lakota include the Oglala, Sicangu or Brulé, Hunkpapa,
Miniconjous, Hohwoju, Sihasapa or Blackfoot Sioux, O'ohunumpa or Oohenupa (also
known as Two Kettle), and Itazipco or Itazipacola (also known as Sans Arc).
The Dakota People (also known as the Santee) speak the Dakota dialect (also
spelled Dakhota). The Dakota include the Mdewakantunwan or Mdewakantonwon,
Wahpetunwan or Wahpeton, Wahpekute and Sisitunwan or Sisseton. The Nakota
People (also known as the Yankton and Yanktonai) speak the Nakota dialect
(also spelled Nakoda and Nakhota). The Nakota include the Ihanktunwani (also
known as the Yanton), and in Canada, the Stoney and Assiniboine. The Sioux
name for themselves is Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires).
(These spellings are commonly used, but there are many different spellings
used for the Lakota language and tribal names. You may be familiar with
different spellings.)
The LaserLakotaU fonts
support several popular Lakota orthographies, including the Albert White Hat, Sr.,
Eugene Beuchel, David Little Elk, and Paul Manhart orthographies. No matter
which orthography you are familiar with, you will quickly learn to type
using LaserLakotaU fonts and keyboards. Keyboard layout charts are included
for your convenience while you learn the keystrokes.
In addition to Lakota, the
following languages can be typed with the LaserLakotaU fonts:
 | 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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plus additional |
| Catalan |
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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 the Latin 1 |
| Dutch |
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| Icelandic |
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| Spanish |
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Character Set |
It is very easy to type the accented letters
used in Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota, to produce text such as the
two samples shown here.
The input methods for Windows and
Macintosh are described below.
Lakota
Dakota and Nakota
Below is detailed information about the
Windows and Macintosh
products, followed by pricing information and links
to samples of each of the typestyles. Please be sure to read the System Requirements
for Windows or
Macintosh before ordering.
LaserLakota
in Unicode for Windows
LaserLakota in Unicode for Windows includes two 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 Lakota characters and symbols
supported by the fonts.
The
first keyboard layout takes advantage of the OpenType layout
features built into the fonts for the most logical, intuitive input
possible. Input order is letter-accent. 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).
On our keyboard charts the accent keys are represented
by bold black outlines, as shown here:
To type accented letters first type the letter then type
the accent key. For example:
To type nasalized vowels simply type the nasal hook accent key (the colon
key):
See the
LakotaLSU OT Keyboard Layout Chart in this pop-up.
The second keyboard layout included in the product works with any
Unicode-compatible application and uses deadkey input to type letters with
their associated diacritics. The user first types the deadkey
(representing the accent) and nothing happens. Then the user types the
letter and the accented letter appears in the file. (Note this is the
reverse of the OpenType input method, above.) For example:
To type nasalized vowels type the deadkey for the nasal hook (Ctrl-Alt+j)
or for the combined stress mark with nasal hook (Shift+Ctrl-Alt+J), and
then type the vowel. For example:
See the
LakotaLSU Deadkey Keyboard Layout Chart in this pop-up.
Users will choose between the two keyboards (OpenType or
Deadkey) based on the applications they and their collaborators will use.
The User's Manual gives complete guidance in deciding which keyboard to use. Users can easily switch
their input method from one keyboard layout to another at any
time using a keyboard shortcut. Detailed instructions and printable keyboard
layout charts showing all keystrokes are included in the product. This
documentation is installed to the Windows Start menu for easy access.
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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
2003, 2002,
2000, or 97, is compatible. Adobe®
InDesign®, Adobe Creative Suite 2 components, and Microsoft Publisher are compatible.
(Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 is not compatible.) |
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Older, non-Unicode applications such as Word 95 (Word
7) and Word 6 are
not compatible. QuarkXPress, PageMaker, Corel WordPerfect,
and Lotus Word Pro are
not compatible. If you must use these non-Unicode
applications please see our non-Unicode version of
LaserLakota. |
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Microsoft Word 2003 is required to use the included
LakotaLSU OT (OpenType) keyboard layout for the most intuitive input order
(letter-accent-nasal hook). Users of any
other Unicode-compatible application will use the LakotaLSU Deadkey keyboard layout, which provides deadkey input (accent-letter). Both
keyboard layouts provide full access to all letters and diacritics used
in Lakota; they differ only in input method (OpenType order is
letter-accent; Deadkey order is accent-letter).
Note that Word 2003 only installs into Windows XP or Windows 2000,
Service Pack 3 or higher, so the OpenType keyboard is available only in
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Do you own a Unicode-compatible word
processor? 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
method 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 LaserLakota 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
LaserLakota 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. 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, but are adequate for very small editing
projects. Complete instructions are
included in the Setup Manual and User's Manual included with the product.
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Collaboration with Macintosh users:
If you type documents in Word 2003 using the OpenType keyboard the
Macintosh user who receives your file must use
Mellel, or another Macintosh application that supports
the OpenType keyboard. Likewise, if a Mellel
user creates a document using the OpenType keyboard and sends the
file to you, you must open it in Word 2003. Documents created with
the deadkey keyboard may be transferred back and forth using any
Unicode-compatible application (including Microsoft Word 2004 for
Macintosh). All characters in the fonts are
accessible using either keyboard; only the input method differs.
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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 installed.
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LaserLakota
in Unicode for Macintosh
LaserLakota in Unicode for Macintosh includes two
keyboard layouts that provide four-characters-per-key input. The keyboards
are phonetic, based on the US keyboard, and allow easy input of all Lakota
characters and symbols supported by the fonts.
The
first keyboard layout takes advantage of the OpenType layout
features built into the fonts for the most logical, intuitive input
possible. Input order is letter-accent. 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).
On our keyboard charts the accent keys are represented
by bold black outlines, as shown here:
To type accented letters first type the letter then type
the accent key. For example:
To type nasalized vowels simply type the nasal hook accent key (the colon
key):
See the
LakotaLSU OT Keyboard Layout Chart in this pop-up.
The second keyboard layout works with any
Unicode-compatible application (such as Microsoft Word 2004) and uses
deadkey input to type letters with their associated diacritics. The user
first types the deadkey (representing the accent) and nothing happens. Then
the user types the letter and the accented letter appears in the file. (Note
this is the reverse of the OpenType input method, above.) For example:
To type nasalized vowels type the deadkey for the nasal hook (option+j)
or for the combined stress mark with nasal hook (option-shift-j), and
then type the vowel. For example:
See the
LakotaLSU DK (deadkey) Keyboard Layout Chart in this pop-up.
Users will choose between the two keyboards (OpenType or
Deadkey) based on the applications they and their collaborators will use.
The User's Manual gives complete guidance in deciding which keyboard to use. Users can easily switch
their input method from one keyboard layout to another at any time. Detailed instructions and printable
keyboard layout charts 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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The OpenType keyboard requires
the
Mellel word processor (or another
application that supports the OpenType keyboard). |
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The deadkey keyboard works with 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,
Mellel, InDesign CS, QuarkExpress 7.0,
OpenOffice, Pages, Nisus
Writer Express, TextEdit (included with Mac OS X), Oxygen, and BBEdit. We have
only tested the fonts in Word 2004, Mellel, 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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These fonts are compatible with the Windows
version of LaserLakota 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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If you type documents in
Mellel using
the OpenType keyboard the Windows user who receives your file must
use Word 2003 (or another component of Office 2003), which is the
only Windows application that supports the OpenType keyboard.
Likewise, if a Word 2003 user creates a document using the OpenType
keyboard and sends the file to you, you must open it in
Mellel.
Documents created with the deadkey keyboard may be transferred back
and forth using any Unicode-compatible application. All characters
in the fonts are accessible using either keyboard; only the input
method differs. |
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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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Product Sets Available in the
LaserLakota in Unicode Product Series:
(Click on a link to go to samples of that typestyle.)
Individual
typestyles cost US$99.95;
any two typestyles purchased for the same platform (Windows or Macintosh) at the same time is $149.95;
or purchase all three typestyles together for one platform as
LaserLakota Professional in Unicode for $199.95. Order
Do you need to upgrade? Check the
current version number and a Release History.
Font Samples:
A single font sample is shown below for each font. Links to additional font
samples will open in a new browser window. These additional samples will
show you all accented letters used in Lakota, in plain, bold,
italic, and bold-italic typestyles.
Be sure you read the System Requirements for
Windows or Macintosh
before ordering!
| LaserLakota LakotaLSU in
Unicode |
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$99.95
(or $50 when ordered with another full-priced set for that
platform) Order |
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| LakotaLSU, a Times-style Lakota font, in plain, bold, italic,
and bold-italic
(more samples) |
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| LaserLakota LakotaPalaU in
Unicode |
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$99.95
(or $50 when ordered with another full-priced set for that
platform) Order |
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| LakotaPalaU, a Palatino-style
Lakota
font, in plain, bold, italic,
and bold-italic
(more samples) |
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LaserLakota LakotaSansU
in Unicode |
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$99.95
(or $50 when ordered with another full-priced set for that
platform)
Order |
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| LakotaSansU, a Helvetica-style (sans
serif) Lakota font, provided in plain, bold, italic,
and bold-italic
(more samples) |
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LaserLakota Professional in Unicode $249.95 Order
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| Complete contents of all LaserLakota in Unicode product sets listed above
for one platform |
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Related Products: For non-Unicode versions of our
Lakota fonts, available for both Windows and Macintosh, see
LaserLakota. The non-Unicode fonts are not interchangeable with
LaserLakotaU, but contain fonts with the same
typestyles. Both Unicode and non-Unicode versions of LaserLakota may be
installed on your system (since they have different file and font names)
and may even be used in the same files. They are not, however,
interchangeable. The primary purpose for using the non-Unicode
LaserLakota is if you must use software that is
not Unicode-compatible, such as QuarkXPress.
Linguist's Software has
21 products that together support at least 86 Native American languages
(plus hundreds of dialects).
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LaserLakota in Unicode
