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LaserAmharic in Unicode

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Now get world-famous LaserAmharic fonts in a Unicode-encoded version!	for Windows
	for Macintosh
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LaserAmharic in Unicode provides 6 high-quality, Unicode-encoded Amharic (or Ethiopic) TrueType® fonts in two typestyles (EthiopicLSU and AmharicLSU) for typing at least 26 languages in the Hamito-Semitic family of languages which use the Ge'ez script. (See below for a list of languages). The LaserAmharic in Unicode fonts include separate composite forms of each character in the Amharic Syllabary. The text is therefore balanced in form and beautiful, both on screen and in print. The fonts also include the Latin 1 character set and additional Latin characters and diacritics covering many other Latin languages.

Ethiopic languages are commonly typed with either a wide blank wordspace or a wide space with dots (). In addition, modern and ancient Ethiopic text may differ in the width of the other punctuation (either narrow or wide). Currently, the Unicode standard only includes the narrow English space and the wide Ethiopic space with dots (and not the wide blank wordspace). Furthermore, Windows and the Macintosh Operating Systems will only justify text using the space that is in the regular English space position in the font. This means that Ethiopic text normally cannot be justified in your files. The LaserAmharic in Unicode fonts support the various requirements of Ethiopic text by having three versions of both typestyles of the fonts. The user can choose combinations of the wide blank wordspace, the wordspace with dots, and narrow or wide Ethiopic punctuation. One of the pairs of fonts even allows full justification of Ethiopic text, normally not supported by either Windows or the Macintosh.

LaserAmharic in Unicode includes two deadkey keyboard layouts that provide four characters per key (instead of the normal two) for easy, intuitive input of 1) the Ethiopic languages; and 2) English and other western Latin languages. The Ethiopic keyboard calls up the appropriate syllable as you type it. For example

You may choose to type Ethiopic text by following the included Syllabary Chart or Keyboard Layout Chart.

 

Languages supported by LaserAmharic in Unicode

Afar	Ethiopic Tigrina	Kebena	Somali
Agaw	Ge'ez	Kembata	Tigre
Amharic	Gedeo	Konso	Wolaita
Ari	Gumuz	Kunama	Tatar
Blin	Hadiyya	Me'en
Dizi	Harari	Oromo
Eritrean Tigrina (Tigriña, Tigrinya)	Kaffa	Saho

Plus additional languages that use the Ge'ez alphabet.

 

Latin Languages covered by LaserAmharic in Unicode

Afrikaans	English	Indonesian	Swedish
Basque	Finnish	Italian
Catalan	French	Norwegian	plus additional
Danish	German	Portuguese	languages covered
Dutch	Icelandic	Spanish	by code page 1252

Continue down the page to see samples of the Fonts and their use. At the bottom of the page are the Windows and Macintosh System Requirements, which you should read before ordering.

Cost: $149.95 Order

 

Fonts and their use

There are two typestyles in the LaserAmharic in Unicode product.

The EthiopicU typestyle is a modern form commonly used today.

The AmharicU typestyle was commonly used in ancient texts.

This extract from Matthew 5 shows how this typestyle was actually used. Notice it has a wide Ethiopic space with dots and the other punctuation is narrow.

The same ancient text typed with the EthiopicU typestyle:

As described above, in order to support both ancient and modern Ethiopic texts plus English, we provide the narrow (English-sized) blank space, the wide (Ethiopic-sized) blank wordspace (which is not yet in the Unicode standard), and the wide space with dots (which is part of the Unicode standard). We also provide the narrow Ethiopic punctuation commonly used today and the wide punctuation commonly used in ancient texts (as seen above). To do this we have created three versions of each typestyle. All six fonts are included in the product with instructions to help you decide which font to use for your projects. Following are descriptions of the three versions of the fonts.

The EthiopicLSU and corresponding AmharicLSU typestyles have a wide Ethiopic space with dots. All other Ethiopic punctuation is wide.

EthiopicLSU

AmharicLSU

The EthiopicLSspU and corresponding AmharicLSspU typestyles have a wide blank Ethiopic space. All other Ethiopic punctuation is narrow.

EthiopicLSspU

AmharicLSspU

The EthiopicOnlyU and corresponding AmharicOnlyU typestyles have a wide Ethiopic space with dots, and all other punctuation is narrow. The distinctive feature of these two -OnlyU fonts is that they also include a wide Ethiopic blank space that allows Ethiopic text typed with these two fonts to be fully justified, as shown here.

EthiopicOnlyU

AmharicOnlyU

Additional Font Samples: Small font samples have been shown above for each font. The following links will open in a new browser window and will show the entire Amharic Syllabary in each typestyle. The samples are on separate pages because the graphics are quite large and will open slowly if you have a slow dial-up connection. Note that these samples are low-resolution web samples (graphics). The actual fonts will always print to the highest quality your printer is capable of producing and will be consistently beautiful.

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LaserAmharic in Unicode is available for both Windows and Macintosh.

LaserAmharic in Unicode for Windows

LaserAmharic in Unicode for Windows

Windows System Requirements:

• Operating Systems
  1. Requires Windows 10, 8, 7, or Vista.
• Applications
1. Any Unicode-compatible application, such as Microsoft Word. OpenOffice.org 3.0 and newer, Adobe® InDesign® CS2 and newer, and QuarkXPress 7.0 or newer are compatible. (Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 and older are not compatible.)
2. Older, non-Unicode applications such as WordPerfect (tested through version 12), QuarkXPress (version 6.5 and older), Framemaker, and PageMaker do not support these fonts.
3. Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 and older are not compatible with LaserAmharic 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 LaserAmharic fonts.
• Notes
1. These fonts are compatible with the Macintosh version of LaserAmharic in Unicode. No conversion of files is necessary when transferring files to Macintosh if your applications are fully Unicode-aware and compatible fonts are installed on both systems.
2. Printer: The fonts will print to any Windows printer at the highest quality allowed by your printer.
• Documentation:
1. All documentation, including Setup Instructions, a User's Manual, the AmharicLS Syllabary Chart, and Keyboard Layout Charts (showing placement of the characters on the keys), is in Adobe Acrobat™ PDF or Microsoft Word format, included in the product, and installed to the Windows Start menu for easy access. Users may view the documentation on screen or print it.

Cost: US$ 149.95 Order

Do you need to upgrade? Check the current version number and a Release History.

LaserAmharic in Unicode for Macintosh

LaserAmharic in Unicode for Macintosh

Macintosh System Requirements:

• Operating Systems
1. Requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
• Applications
1. Any Unicode-compatible application.
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• Notes
1. These fonts are compatible with the Windows version of LaserAmharic 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.

Cost: US$ 149.95 Order

Also Available

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

• LaserAmharic
• AfroRoman
• LaserCoptic
• LaserSyriac
• LaserTifinagh
• You may also wish to see our LaserHebrew in Unicode for Windows fonts, as well.

Because Unicode fonts have different encodings than non-Unicode fonts, the LaserAmharic in Unicode fonts are not interchangeable with the LaserAmharic fonts. However, both Unicode and non-Unicode fonts may be installed on your system (since they have different file and font names) and may even be used in the same documents.

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