[INDOLOGY] Help/advice

Mon Jan 16 01:30:34 UTC 2023

Thanks, Tim. Will give it a try. Often writing about Pāṇini, a need arises
to show triple marking - length, nasality and accent. Lately I have had
some difficulty in producing such triple markings.

Madhav

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]

On Sun, Jan 15, 2023 at 5:04 PM Lubin, Tim <LubinT at wlu.edu> wrote:

> Dear Madhav,
>
>
>
> As Suresh Kolichala says, several Unicode fonts include all the requisite
> glyphs.  I think you were also asking about a suitable keylaylout for Mac,
> to produce them.  EasyUnicode can handle that.  The basic repertoire of
> Indic transliteration characters are specially assigned to
> Opt+character+[letter] or Opt+Shift+[letter].
>
>
>
> But the full set of “Unicode Combining Diacritical Marks” (0301-0362) are
> also available with EasyUnicode.
>
> To add one to any letter, *first type the letter* destined to bear the
> diacritical mark, and then press *opt+1* (a ring will appear temporarily)
> and *then press the key assigned to the desired diacritical mark* per the
> chart below.  For example:
>    i. Type the letter "ā"
>
>    ii. Press "option+1"
>    iii. Press "e" which is assigned for the Unicode "Combining Acute
> Accent" (0301). Result: ā́
>
> Examples:Acute: "option+1" and "e", Greve: "option+1" and "@", Breve:
> "option+1" and "b", Caron: "option+1" and "v",Ring below: "option+1" and
> "r"
>
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> Alternative diacritical marks can be called by "option+1" and then
> pressing "shift" key.
> Examples: Breve Below: "option+1" and "shift+b", Caron Below: "option+1"
> and "shift+v":
>
>
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> Best wishes,
>
> Tim
>
>
>
> Timothy Lubin
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> *From: *INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> on behalf of
> INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
> *Reply-To: *Suresh Kolichala <suresh.kolichala at gmail.com>
> *Date: *Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 6:15 PM
> *To: *Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu>
> *Cc: *INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
> *Subject: *Re: [INDOLOGY] Help/advice
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>
>
> Dear Madhavji
>
>
>
> Every Unicode font that is well implemented should support all the
> combinations of diacritics. For instance, here is what I get with Times New
> Roman and Arial, with length, nasal, and accents.
>
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> Attached is the word document I used. Let me know if it doesn't show
> correctly on your machines.
>
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> Thanks,
>
> Suresh.
>
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> On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 11:28 PM Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
> What font/keyboard-layout will allow me to type multiple diacritics on
> vowels, i.e length, nasality and accent? I want to type the 18 varieties of
> avarṇa as discussed by the grammarians. Any suggestions are welcome. Best,
>
>
> Madhav M. Deshpande
>
> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
>
> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
>
> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
>
> Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India
>
>
>
> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA]
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