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Now you can get Semitic
Transliterator fonts
in a Unicode™-encoded version!
Semitic Transliterator™ in Unicode™
is available for both Windows and
Macintosh and
provides professional-quality, Unicode-encoded transliteration fonts in
TrueType® OpenType® format for
transliterating Semitic languages, Greek, Sumerian, and Pashto (also called Romanized
phonetic transcription). The characters in the fonts
include all letters, accents, and other special characters required to
cover the following transliteration methods:
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Hebrew--Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), Lambdin,
Blau, Greenberg, Harrison, Kautsch & Cowley, LaSor, TWOT, TDOT, Marks &
Rogers, and Weingreen
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Arabic--American Library of Congress (ALC), European, ALC with
Persian, and European with Persian
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Aramaic--SBL
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Coptic--SBL
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Ugaritic--SBL
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Greek--SBL and Prentice-Hall
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Akkadian |
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Sumerian |
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Pashto
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Other methods of transliteration (Romanized phonetic
transcription) may also be covered
by the fonts.
Now it is easy to add transliterated text, such as
this sample of Genesis 1:1-2, to your documents.
The transliteration fonts include separate composite forms of each
letter with each
diacritic combination so that every letter shape and diacritic is
perfectly positioned. (See
Samples.) The fonts
include the Latin 1 and Extended Latin character sets providing English
and other western languages such as French and German. This allows your
entire project to be typed in the same typestyle. Semitic Transliterator
in Unicode is available in six
typestyles:
Times®-,
Helvetica®-,
Garamond-,
Courier®-,
Palatino®, and
Chancery-styles. All typestyles are provided in plain,
bold, italic, and
bold-italic weights, except for TranslitChanU, which is plain
only.
In addition to transliterating Semitic languages and Greek, the
following languages can be typed with the Semitic Transliterator in Unicode
transliteration 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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| Catalan |
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| French |
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| Norwegian |
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plus additional |
| Danish |
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| German |
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| Portuguese |
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languages
covered |
| Dutch |
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| Icelandic |
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| Spanish |
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by code page
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Below is detailed information about the
Windows and Macintosh
products, followed by pricing information and links
to samples of each of the six typestyles with
links to even more samples. Please be sure to read the System Requirements
for Windows or
Macintosh before ordering.
 Semitic Transliterator
in Unicode for Windows
Semitic Transliterator in Unicode for Windows includes
four keyboard
layouts that provide four-characters-per-key input (instead of the
normal two-characters-per-key) in Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows 2000. The keyboards are phonetic, based on the US keyboard,
and allow easy input of all transliteration characters and symbols
covered 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,
accent. The letter with its associated diacritics is
built up automatically as you type, with all diacritics perfectly
spaced. This keyboard layout requires Microsoft Word 2010, 2007, or Word 2003,
or InDesign CS4, or QuarkXPress 8.02 (see
System Requirements).
The second keyboard layout works with any
Unicode-compatible application (including the ones named above) and uses dead key input to type letters with
their associated diacritics. The user first types the dead key
(representing the accent) and nothing happens. Then the user types the
letter and the accented letter appears in the file. For example:
The remaining two keyboard layouts support English and
the other Latin languages supported by the fonts. There is no need to
have separate keyboards installed for French, German, Italian, and
Spanish, etc. With either of these two Latin keyboards installed you can
easily type all the Latin languages supported by the fonts.
Users can easily switch between keyboard layouts at
any time using a keyboard shortcut. Detailed instructions and printable
keyboard layout charts showing all keystrokes are included in the product.
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Windows System Requirements:
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Operating Systems
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Requires Windows 7, Vista, Windows XP, or Windows 2000. |
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Applications
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Any Unicode-compatible application, such as Microsoft Word
2010, 2007, 2003, 2002,
2000, or 97, is compatible. OpenOffice.org 3, Adobe®
InDesign®, QuarkXPress 7.0 and newer, and Microsoft Publisher are compatible.
(Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 and earlier is not compatible.) |
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Microsoft Office (Word) 2010, 2007, or 2003,
InDesign CS4, or
OpenOffice.org 3 is
required to use the included SemiticTranslitU OT and EnglishLS OT keyboard layouts for
the most intuitive input order (letter-accent-accent). Users of any
other Unicode-compatible applications will use the SemiticTranslitU
Deadkey and EnglishLS (deadkey) keyboard layouts, which provide deadkey input
(accent-letter). Both SemiticTranslitU keyboard layouts provide full access to all
letters and diacritics used in transliterating Semitic languages,
Greek, Sumerian, and Pashto; they differ only in input method. |
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QuarkXPress 8.02 supports the
SemiticTranslitU OT keyboard, but not the EnglishLS OT keyboard.
Quark users will use the EnglishLS deadkey keyboard for all Latin
languages. |
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Older, non-Unicode applications such as QuarkXPress (through version 6.5),
FrameMaker, PageMaker, and WordPerfect (tested through version 12) are
not compatible. |
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Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 and earlier is not compatible with Semitic
Transliterator 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
Semitic Transliterator fonts. (Earlier versions of PowerPoint
have not been tested for compatibility.) |
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Notes
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Collaboration with Macintosh users:
If you type documents using the OpenType keyboards the
Macintosh user who receives your documents must use
Mellel or InDesign CS5, which are the only Macintosh applications that
are known to support
the OpenType keyboards. Likewise, if a Mellel
or InDesign CS5 for Mac
user creates a document using the OpenType keyboards and sends the
document to you, you must open it in Word 2010/2007/2003, InDesign CS4,
QuarkXPress 8.02, or
OpenOffice.org 3. Documents created with
the deadkey keyboards may be transferred back and forth using any
Unicode-compatible application. All characters in the fonts are
accessible using either input method.
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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 Setup Instructions, 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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Converting files from TranslitLS to
TranslitLSU: The Semitic Transliterator
Converter is available to convert TranslitLS (ASCII-encoded)
Word files to the TranslitLSU fonts.
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 Semitic Transliterator
in Unicode for Macintosh
Semitic Transliterator in Unicode for Macintosh includes
four keyboard
layouts that provide four-characters-per-key input. The keyboards are phonetic, based on the US keyboard,
and allow easy input of all transliteration characters and symbols
covered 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,
accent. The letter with its associated diacritics is
built up automatically as you type, with all diacritics perfectly
spaced. This keyboard layout requires the
Mellel word processor or InDesign CS5 (see
System Requirements).
The second keyboard layout 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. For example:
The remaining two keyboard layouts support English and
the other Latin languages supported by the fonts. There is no need to
have separate keyboards installed for French, German, Italian, and
Spanish, etc. With either of these two Latin keyboards installed you can
easily type all the Latin languages supported by the fonts.
Users can easily switch between keyboard layouts at
any time using a keyboard shortcut. Detailed instructions and printable
keyboard layout charts showing all keystrokes are included in the product.
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 10.4 or higher. |
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| Applications
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The OpenType keyboards require
Mellel or InDesign CS5. At this time we are not aware of
any other Macintosh application that supports the OpenType layout
features in this font. |
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The deadkey keyboards work 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 2011/2008/2004,
Mellel, InDesign CS, QuarkExpress 7.0 or newer,
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 Semitic Transliterator 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 or InDesign CS5 using
the OpenType keyboards the Windows user who receives your file must
use Word 2010/2007/2003, InDesign CS4, QuarkXPress 8.02, or OpenOffice.org 3, which are the
only Windows applications we are aware of that support the OpenType keyboards.
Likewise, if a Windows user creates a document using the OpenType
keyboards and sends the file to you, you must open it in
Mellel or InDesign CS5.
Documents created with the deadkey keyboards may be transferred back
and forth using any Unicode-compatible application. All characters
in the fonts are accessible using either input method. |
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Converting files from TranslitLS to
TranslitLSU: The Semitic Transliterator
Converter is available to convert TranslitLS (ASCII-encoded)
Word files to the TranslitLSU fonts. |
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Product Sets Available in the
Semitic Transliterator in Unicode Product Series:
(Click on a link to go to samples of that typestyle.)
Individual
sets cost US$99.95;
each additional set purchased for that platform (Windows or Macintosh) at the same time is $50;
or purchase all sets together for one platform as Semitic
Transliterator Professional in Unicode for $249.95. Order Do you need to upgrade? Check the
current version number and a Release History.
Font Samples: A
small 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
accented letters used in the
transliteration methods supported by these fonts, including the accented
vowels not shown below, and some special characters in the fonts. You can
also see bold, italic, and bold-italic samples of all the fonts except
TranslitChanU, which is plain only. The
samples are on separate pop-up pages because putting all of the
graphics on this page would cause the page to open too slowly if you have a slow dial-up connection.
Be sure
to look at the additional samples to confirm the fonts have the
transliteration characters you need.
Be sure you read the System Requirements for
Windows or Macintosh
before ordering!
| Semitic Transliterator TranslitLSU in
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$99.95
(or $50 when ordered with another full-priced set for that
platform) Order |
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| TranslitLSU, a Times-style transliteration font, in plain, bold, italic,
and bold-italic
(more samples) |
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| Semitic Transliterator
TranslitChanU 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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TranslitChanU, a Chancery-style transliteration
font, in plain style only
(more samples) |
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| Semitic Transliterator
TranslitGaraU 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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| TranslitGaraU, a Garamond-style transliteration
font, in plain, bold, italic,
and bold-italic
(more samples) |
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| Semitic Transliterator
TranslitMonoU 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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TranslitMonoU, a Courier-style transliteration
font, in plain, bold, italic,
and bold-italic
(more samples) |
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| Semitic Transliterator
TranslitPalaU 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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TranslitPalaU, a Palatino-style transliteration
font, in plain, bold, italic,
and bold-italic
(more samples) |
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Semitic Transliterator
TranslitSansU
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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TranslitSansU, a Helvetica-style (sans
serif) transliteration font, provided in plain, bold, italic,
and bold-italic
(more samples) |
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Semitic Transliterator Professional in Unicode $249.95 Order
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| Complete contents of all Semitic Transliterator in Unicode product sets listed above
for one platform |
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Related Products: For non-Unicode versions of our
transliteration fonts, available for both Windows and Macintosh, see
Semitic Transliterator. The non-Unicode fonts are not interchangeable with
Semitic Transliterator in Unicode, but contain fonts with the same
typestyles. Both Unicode and non-Unicode versions of Semitic
Transliterator 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 other transliteration fonts see
Transliteration.
For language fonts covering the scripts (alphabets) of
the languages whose transliteration is supported by Semitic Transliterator in Unicode, see the
following:
Greek (Unicode) (non-Unicode)
Hebrew (Unicode) (non-Unicode)
Arabic (non-Unicode)
Aramaic (Imperial, Syriac,
Hebrew [Unicode], Hebrew
[non-Unicode])
Coptic (non-Unicode)
Ugaritic (non-Unicode)
Akkadian (non-Unicode)
The Semitic Transliterator Converter
is available to convert TranslitLS (ASCII-encoded) Word files to the
TranslitLSU fonts.
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