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Unicode Fonts

These are Unicode fonts which makes documents interchangeable with other Unicode fonts.

• Arial Unicode MS (Microsoft) - On most PCs, but not pretty
• Lucida Grande (Apple) - On most Macs, but not pretty
• TITUS Cyberbit - includes characters from many scripts such as Armenian, Cyrillic, Greek, Coptic and more.
• Doulos SIL - Includes Greek, Cyrillic
• Gentium - From SIL. Very readable.
• Junicode - Includes characters for medieval languages
• Aboriginal Serif - Includes Cherokee, Canadian Aboriginal, Central Asian Cyrillic
• Chrysanthi (Chryʃsanþi) - Includes ancient languages, and math/astronomical symbols

Insert Phonetic Characters

These utilities allow you to insert phonetic characters one by one.

• Character Map (Windows) - On most PCs already.
• IPA Character Map (Windows) - freeware from University of Washington
  Note: Requires .NET
• Character Palette (Mac) - On most Macs already
• IPA Pallette (Mac) - freeware from Brian Hall, Pitt

Type Phonetic Characters

These utilities allow you to type phonetic characters directly from your keyboard.

• UCL Phonetics Keyboard (Windows) - freeware
  • Instructions
  • Download
• IPA-SIL Keyboard
  • Instructions (scroll to "Macintosh")
  • Download
• Mac Extended Keyboard Accents - Good for many diacritics and basic English

Phonetics in the Labs

The following items are installed in the CLC Labs

• TITUS Cyberbit and Doulos SIL fonts
• Global Writer with IPA Keyboard
• Windows Character Map
• Mac Character Palette
• UCL Phonetics Keyboard
• IPA-SIL Keyboard