LaserYukon in Unicode

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for Windows

for Macintosh

Now get LaserYukon fonts
in a Unicode™-encoded version!

LaserYukon™ in Unicode™ provides professional-quality, Unicode-encoded fonts in TrueType® OpenType® format for typing Athapaskan languages (also spelled Athapascan, Athabaskan, or Athabascan). The font also supports Iñupiaq and Western European Latin-based languages, including French, German, and Spanish, plus many other Roman-based languages. The font may also be used for some forms of Chinese transliteration. The font is available in five typestyles. Samples of each typestyle are below. Be sure you read the System Requirements for Windows or Macintosh (below) before you order.

Athapaskan Languages Supported By LaserYukon In Unicode:
Hän Navajo Tagish Tahltan
Gwich'in Northern Tutchone Tanacross Tlingit
Kaska Southern Tutchone Upper Tanana

Additional Languages Supported By LaserYukon In Unicode:
Albanian Finnish Italian  
Basque French Malay  
Catalan Galician Norwegian  
Danish German Portuguese  
Dutch Icelandic Spanish plus any additional*
English Indonesian Swahili languages covered
Faroese Iñupiaq Swedish by code pages 1252

*Many African, Native American, and other languages are also supported.

LaserYukon in Unicode fonts include OpenType™ layout features. A new font technology called OpenType extends the ability of fonts to support international character sets by allowing greater typographic control over letters and their associated accents. OpenType allows composite forms of accented letters to be input, built up, and properly positioned as the letter and its accents are typed by the user. Combined with the Linguist's Software keyboard software, this provides unparalleled ease of use, intuitive input methods, and beautiful printed output. The information that follows on this page will show you the wide range of characters supported by the font and the simple input method provided by our included keyboard software.

(OpenType fonts require the use of certain Operating Systems and applications. Be sure you read the System Requirements for Windows or Macintosh, further down the page, before you order.)

All vowels (Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, Uu, Yy) with all accent combinations are supported.

All vowels with all accents are supported.

Other special characters for Athapaskan languages are included.

Special characters used in Athapaskan languages are supported.

Typing accented letters is easy and intuitive. Just type the letter and then the accent key. LaserYukon in Unicode includes a keyboard layout chart showing how to type every letter and accent.

Typing accented letters is easy and intuitive.

Other examples:

Examples of typing accented letters

See the keyboard layout chart again to see how easy it is to type these accented letters. The final example above would be typed: a, shift+apostrophe, apostrophe, slash. All three accents are available using the little finger on the right hand. This makes learning how to build up accent combinations very easy. You will soon be touch-typing!

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Font Samples: All of the above samples are in the YukonLSU Times®-style font. We also offer Helvetica®-, Palatino®-, Garamond-, and Chancery-style fonts, described below. All typestyles contain the same complete character set.

LaserYukon in Unicode $99.95 Order (or $50 when ordered with another typestyle for that platform)
bulletIncludes the YukonLSU TrueType font in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic.
bulletThis is a Times®-style font, suitable when your needs call for a very readable serifed font, or to replace fonts such as Times® or Times New Roman®. It is the most popular style and generally the first typestyle purchased.
Sample of the YukonLSU Unicode-encoded font for Athapaskan languages.

LaserYukon SansU in Unicode  $99.95 Order (or $50 when ordered with another typestyle for that platform)
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Includes the YukonSansU TrueType font in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic.

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This is a Helvetica®-style, sans serif font, suitable to replace Helvetica, Arial®, Univers™ or other sans serif fonts. It is especially popular used for chapter titles, or for table or photo captions. It is the second most popular typestyle and often purchased together with the Times style.
Sample of the YukonSansU Unicode-encoded font for Athapaskan languages.

LaserYukon GaraU in Unicode $99.95 Order (or $50 when ordered with another typestyle for that platform)
bulletIncludes the YukonGaraU TrueType font in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic.
bulletThis is a Garamond®-style font, another popular serifed font.
Sample of the YukonGaraU Unicode-encoded font for Athapaskan languages.

LaserYukon PalaU in Unicode $99.95 Order (or $50 when ordered with another typestyle for that platform)
bulletIncludes the YukonPalaU TrueType font in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic.
bulletThis is a Palatino®-style font, another popular serifed font.
Sample of the YukonPalaU Unicode-encoded font for Athapaskan languages.

LaserYukon ChanU in Unicode $99.95 Order (or $50 when ordered with another typestyle for that platform)
bulletIncludes the YukonChanU TrueType font in plain style only.
bulletThis is a Chancery-style font, a decorative font.
Sample of the YukonChanU Unicode-encoded font for Athapaskan languages.

LaserYukon Professional in Unicode  $249.95 Order

bulletIncludes the complete contents of all LaserYukon in Unicode products listed above for one platform

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LaserYukon in Unicode is available for Windows and Macintosh.

EuroSlavic in Unicode for WindowsLaserYukon in Unicode for Windows
The product includes two keyboard layouts that support four characters per key (instead of the normal two) in Windows XP and Windows 2000 SP3. One keyboard supports the Athapaskan languages and the other optional keyboard supports English and other Latin 1 languages. Both keyboard layouts take advantage of the OpenType layout features built into the fonts for the most logical, intuitive input possible. Input order is letter, accent, accent, as described above. The letter with its associated accents is built up automatically as you type, with all accents perfectly positioned.

Windows System Requirements:
bulletOperating Systems
bulletRequires Windows XP or Windows 2000 SP3.
bulletApplications
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Requires Microsoft Word 2003 or another component of Microsoft Office System 2003. (Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 is not compatible.)

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Older versions of Word (including Word 2002 and Word 2000) will not work.

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Older, non-Unicode applications such as Word 95 (Word 7) and Word 6 are not compatible. Quark XPress, PageMaker, Corel WordPerfect, and Lotus Word Pro are not compatible.

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

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OpenType: The two primary components of OpenType are the Uniscribe shaping engine built into Windows by Microsoft and the OpenType layout features built into a font by its maker (like Linguist's Software). The Uniscribe shaping engine is updated periodically by Microsoft with new capabilities being added with each new release. The version of Uniscribe that ships with the Microsoft Office System (i.e. Office 2003) includes support for accents in Latin scripts for the first time. At this time only Office 2003 includes this version of Uniscribe (version 1.0471.4030.0). Therefore, installation of Office 2003 is required. However, any other applications which install and support this or later versions of Uniscribe will also work. If you discover another application which supports the OpenType features of LaserYukon in Unicode for Windows, please  us with the application's name and version number.

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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.

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These fonts are compatible with the Macintosh version of LaserYukon in Unicode. No conversion of files is necessary when transferring files to a Macintosh if your applications are fully Unicode-aware and LaserYukon in Unicode fonts are installed on both systems.

 

LaserYukon in Unicode for Windows LaserYukon in Unicode for Windows US$ 99.95 for any single typestyle; $50 for each additional typestyle for Windows purchased at the same time; $249.95 for LaserYukon Professional in Unicode for Windows (all 5 typestyles together) Order

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EuroSlavic in Unicode for MacintoshLaserYukon in Unicode for Macintosh
LaserYukon in Unicode for Macintosh includes two software keyboard layouts for use in Mac OS X 10.2 or higher. One has the Athapaskan characters on the regular keyboard with the English US keyboard available by pressing the caps lock key. The other keyboard has the English US keyboard as the regular keyboard with the Athapaskan keyboard available by pressing the caps lock key. With either keyboard typing order is letter, accent, accent, as described above. The letter with its associated accents is built up automatically as you type, with all accents perfectly positioned.

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

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

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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.

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These fonts are compatible with the Windows version of LaserYukon in Unicode. No conversion of files is necessary when transferring files to Windows if your applications are fully Unicode-aware and LaserYukon in Unicode fonts are installed on both systems.

 

LaserYukon in Unicode for Macintosh

LaserYukon in Unicode for Macintosh US$ 99.95 for any single typestyle; $50 for each additional typestyle for Macintosh purchased at the same time; $249.95 for LaserYukon Professional in Unicode for Macintosh (all 5 typestyles together) Order

 
Mellel word processor for Mac OS X

Mellel $25 Order ($25 when ordered with this Macintosh product, $48 sold separately. Mellel is non-refundable.)

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For non-Unicode versions of these fonts, available for both Windows and Macintosh, see:

bulletLaserYukon

The non-Unicode LaserYukon fonts are not interchangeable with LaserYukon in Unicode. Both Unicode and non-Unicode fonts, including Unicode and non-Unicode versions of LaserYukon, 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.

For a complete list of all Linguist's Software fonts supporting Native American languages see:

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Native American Language Products

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