LaserOsage for Windows

Professional-quality, hinted, scalable Osage fonts in both TrueType and Type 1 formats in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic styles for writing in Osage (new phonetic and old style), Ponca, and English. When released, they will be available in serif (Times®-) or sans serif (Helvetica®-) style. Includes Keyboard Switcher. Includes User's Manual, Keyboard Layout Chart(s), ANSI Tables, and keycap sticker sheet.

The fonts install into Microsoft® Windows XP, 2000, NT, Me, 98, 95, or 3.1x and work with all Windows XP-, 2000-, NT-, Me-, 98-, 95- and 3.1x-compatible applications that allow the user to select fonts from a font menu. The Type 1 fonts require Adobe Type Manager® in Windows Me/98/95/3.1. The product includes a User's Manual, keyboard layout chart(s), and Character Code Tables showing every character in the font(s). The included Keyboard Switcher (keyboard driver) allows access to four characters per key (instead of the normal two) and alternate keyboard layouts. The fonts alone (without Keyboard Switcher) will install into Linux, but Linux users must provide alternate keyboard input for characters in the extended character set. These fonts will print to any printer at the highest quality allowed by your printer.

Cost: US$ 99.95 for either serif or sans-serif typestyle; $149.95 for both typestyles (LaserOsage Professional). Order

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LaserOsage for Macintosh

Professional-quality, hinted, scalable Osage fonts in both TrueType and Type 1 formats in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic styles for writing in Osage (new phonetic and old style), Ponca, and English. Available in serif (Times®-) or sans serif (Helvetica®-) style.

The included EuroScript Scripting System, together with the Osage scripts, allows easy typing of all the Osage special characters. Type the semicolon key after any vowel and you add the nasalization mark. Type the colon key after any vowel and you add the acute accent. Type the / key after any vowel and you add both diacritics at the same time. Type the semicolon key after c, s, z, d, k, g, or x and you get the special characters associated with each consonant. Thus, all the special characters for Osage can be typed using just the semicolon, colon, and slash keys. Type the apostrophe key for the glottal stop. A script is also included for easy typing of the old style of Osage. A Ponca script allows easy typing of acute, grave, nasalization, and the special consonants of Ponca.

System Requirements: The font may be typed with an included keyboard resource that installs into OS X 10.2 and above or System 7.1-9.x. (The alternate keyboard does not support OS X 10.0 or 10.1, which do not allow installation of alternate keyboard resources.) The alternate input method uses the EuroScript® scripting system, which installs into Classic mode running under OS X, or into Macintosh System 7.1-9.x. The EuroScript input method does not run on Macintoshes that do not support Classic mode. (EuroScript has been tested in OS X 10.3 Classic Mode). The product includes a User's Manual, a keyboard resource, and keyboard layout charts.

Cost: US$ 99.95 for either serif or sans-serif typestyle; $149.95 for both typestyles (LaserOsage Professional). Order

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LaserOsage Samples

LaserOsage (Times-style)

LaserOsage Sans (Helvetica-style)

For related products see Native American Languages.