--- Forwarded Message from Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 10:27:32 -0700 >From: Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> >To: Laura Atkinson <[log in to unmask]>, LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #7404.3 Hindi documents shared between Macs and PCs (!) >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >References: <[log in to unmask]> > I cannot seem to type Hindi into TextEdit no matter what I try > (using the Devanagari keyboard). I just get little squares with a > single Hindi character. With Mellel, I get empty squares. I'm > running Panther. ???? It seems likely that the selected font doesn't include the characters that you need. Since Unicode can be used for (theoretically) any language, there is no automatic identification between font selection and a specific langauge. However, Unicode fonts don't contain all the possible Unicode characters. If they did, the font files would be very large. Most Unicode fonts contain the characters covering western Europe, plus, perhaps, characters for a specific language need, such as Russian or Devanagari. A few fonts, such as Lucida Grande, which comes with the Mac OS, try to cover a broader range of languages in one font. When you type the Unicode code numbers into a document, and the selected font doesn't contain characters that correspond to those code numbers, the program will usually display boxes, dashes or spaces. Selecting the text, and changing to a different font, may reveal the desired characters. Hopefully, you know what font you need, and already have a Unicode version of it. I know less than nothing about Devanagari (that is, most of what I think I know is actually wrong), so I can't give you much guidance. If you have the right font installed, select it in the font menu for TextEdit or Mellel. I'm guessing that one might come with the Devanagari input method, as an optional install. If you don't have a specific Devanagari font, try Lucida Grande. I hope this helps, Derek Derek Roff Language Learning Center, MSC03-2100 Ortega Hall Rm 129, 1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 505/277-7368, fax 505/277-3885 Internet: [log in to unmask]