[Biblical-languages] Unicode for NT students (paper)

biblang at ntresources.com biblang at ntresources.com
Wed Jul 2 11:00:30 EDT 2003


Since this is a "standard" MS font, I would guess that it would be legal for
me to forward you copies of both weights if you'd like.

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Rodney J. Decker, Th.D., Associate Prof/NT
Baptist Bible Seminary, Clarks Summit, PA,USA
NTResources.com  PURL: purl.oclc.org/NT_Resources/
Email: <rdecker> at <NTResources.com>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Kirk 
> [mailto:peter.r.kirk.at.ntlworld.com at biblang.at.ntresources.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:03 AM
> To: Biblical Languages
> Subject: Re: [Biblical-languages] Unicode for NT students (paper)
> 
> 
> On 02/07/2003 06:22, Peter Kirk wrote:
> 
> > On 02/07/2003 05:56, biblang at ntresources.com wrote:
> >
> >> Peter,
> >>
> >> Thanks for your comments and corrections/clarifications. They are
> >> much appreciated. I'll revise accordingly. As to Tahoma, 
> I've no idea 
> >> where this one came from. It's what's on my XP box--has an 
> Open Type 
> >> icon. Here's some of the info from Windows font viewer:
> >>
> >> V. 3.05
> >> Creation date, 11/26/96
> >> Modification date, 1/15/2002
> >> 379,588 bytes
> >> Font encoding type: Unicode (ISO 10646-2)
> >> Contains a number of OpenType layout tables for Arabic
> >> S.v. "description": The Latin, Greek and Cyrillic characters were
> >> designed by world renowned type designer Matthew Carter, and 
> >> hand-instructed by leading hinting expert, Monotype's Tom Rickner. 
> >> The Arabic, Hebrew and Thai characters were designed by 
> the Monotype 
> >> Drawing Office to complement Carter's initial designs.
> >>
> >> Rod
> >>
> >> ====================================================
> >> Rodney J. Decker, Th.D., Associate Prof/NT
> >> Baptist Bible Seminary, Clarks Summit, PA,USA 
> NTResources.com  PURL: 
> >> purl.oclc.org/NT_Resources/
> >> Email: <rdecker> at <NTResources.com> 
> >> ====================================================
> >>  
> >>
> > Thanks, Rodney. For more details of the version of Tahoma which you
> > have, see 
> > 
> http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/font.asp?FID=19&FNAM
E=Tahoma, 
> though this doesn't say what the coverage is. At one time it was 
> possible to download updated versions of Microsoft fonts from a 
> Microsoft site, but I don't think this is possible any more. I guess 
> this version came with some software you installed or perhaps with a 
> Windows XP service pack. Well, perhaps you should warn your students 
> that they will not all have a compatible version of Tahoma.
>
I did find the Tahoma font on the Microsoft website at 
http://download.microsoft.com/download/office97pro/fonts/1/W95/EN-US/tahoma3
2.exe, 
but this is a 1998 version. Shame on Microsoft for distributing very old 
versions of fonts without any warning! See also 
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/default.htm, but it looks 
like the fonts are available, just old versions. I did find a version of 
Tahoma, apparently one distributed with IE6, at 
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/IELPKTH.CAB, but this is 
version 2.60 dated December 1999 and does not include polytonic Greek. 
Then I found version 3.00 dated 23 August 2001  at 
http://www.going-nowhere.org/download_tahoma.htm, but still no polytonic 
Greek.

Then BINGO! I found Tahoma v 3.05, complete with polytonic Greek, and on 
a Microsoft site -  at 
http://www.microsoft.com/vietnam/support/tiengviet.asp. Ignore the 
Vietnamese text and look for the section "Download Font Unicode". Plus 
other Microsoft core fonts. But apparently only the normal weight, so 
not as useful as I thought at first.

-- 
Peter Kirk
peter.r.kirk at ntlworld.com
http://web.onetel.net.uk/~peterkirk/


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