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

Peter Kirk peter.r.kirk at ntlworld.com
Wed Jul 2 08:09:33 EDT 2003


On 02/07/2003 07:00, biblang at ntresources.com wrote:

> 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.
>
> ====================================================
> 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>
> ====================================================
>  
>
> > -----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 
> <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/tahoma32.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/ 
> <http://web.onetel.net.uk/%7Epeterkirk/>
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Thanks, that would be useful though I don't like the look of Tahoma for 
Greek. More to the point, I guess it would be useful for your students. 
But then we may get a reaction to this from within Microsoft.

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




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