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Posted by carolyn on 07/16/06 11:29
Andrew wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 06:16:21 -0400, carolyn <cajunk@marenger.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Andrew wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 09:45:02 -0400, carolyn <cajunk@marenger.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Andrew wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have set a small sample of Ancient Greek that I was hoping an
>>>>> obliging Linux user and an obliging Mac user could have a look at to
>>>>> see if it renders ok. Screen capture would be great:
>>>>
>>>>Here is the screen capture. I hope it helps!
>>>>
>>>>http://www.marenger.com/provinggrounds/ancientGreekSample.png
>>>>
>>>>Carolyn
>>>
>>> Hi Carolyn,
>>>
>>> Thanks very much for that! Your browser actually broke the text, so I
>>> have a little more work to do! Looks like it spat the dummy with every
>>> single accent and breathing mark and placed a box instead.
>>>
>>> "Bitstream Vera Sans" has been suggested to me so I have added this in
>>> the hope that the Linux browsers will have a bit more success :-)
>>>
>>> If you have the time, and I know I am pushing it a little here, can
>>> you have one more look for me with the new font added?
>>>
>>> Thanks very much for your trouble,
>>>
>>> Andrew.
>>
>>I do have the time, and I will take it a step further. As Toby stated, it
>>seems to be a konqueror issue, not a linux issue. Firefox, Epophany, and
>>Opera all seem to work just fine. My two text browsers choke on it too,
>>but that is probably a matter of what fonts are available to those
>>browsers.
>>
>>http://www.marenger.com/provinggrounds/ancientGreek-Konqueror.png
>>http://www.marenger.com/provinggrounds/ancientGreek-Firefox.png
>>http://www.marenger.com/provinggrounds/ancientGreek-Epiphany.png
>>http://www.marenger.com/provinggrounds/ancientGreek-Opera.png
>>http://www.marenger.com/provinggrounds/ancientGreek-Lynx.png
>>http://www.marenger.com/provinggrounds/ancientGreek-Links.png
>>
>>Good luck,
>>
>>Carolyn
>
> Hi Carolyn,
>
> Thanks again for this. I will admit to a moment of anguish when I saw
> the initial Konqueror screen capture :-) Opera has also mangled the
> letter mu for some reason, and distorted the letter pi.
>
> But basically it looks as if I can type Ancient Greek, place it on
> the web and be happy that it is reaching as many people as care to
> look for it. (Mac, Linux and Windows).
>
> There are many people doing this at the moment but I am hoping to
> place a full transcription of Jebb's Oidipos (Oedipus) the King
> online. It is out of copyright so no legal probs and this would be a
> tremendous resource. 1,500 lines though and I type Greek very slowly
> :-)
>
> Thanks for your help in this early part of my plan!!
>
> Andrew.
I am glad I could help. Good luck with the project.
Carolyn
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