Diacritics font

Miroslav Rozehnal mirek at MS19.HINET.NET
Thu Nov 25 02:05:19 UTC 1999


>Ulrich T. Kragh wrote:
>
> >Dear List-members,
> >I am in need of computer fonts for writing both diacritics as well as
> >Devanaagarii.
> >
> >I am using a PC and have to write in MS Word 97 and MS Access.
> >
> >I have so far been using the Transliteration Vijay diacritics font, but
> >have discovered that it is not fully compatible with MS Word 97, since the
> >spaces between the letters are not recognized as such but as characters,
> >which gives problems with line wrapping, etc.
> >
> >Can you share your experiences with me? Which fonts are the best to use
> >with these PC programs?

As for transliteration, we are using the Foreign1 font. You can download it at

http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/SANSKRIT/foreign1.zip

Miroslav Rozehnal
The Institute of Buddhist Studies





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