Posted by Andrew on 07/16/06 05:36

On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:47:48 +0100, Sally Thompson <me2@privacy.net>
wrote:

>On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 12:54:33 +0100, Andrew wrote
>(in article <6ilhb2h9vma50bl9sp0g7lj2g68bqna8ge@4ax.com>):
>
>> 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:
>>
>> http://www.andrews-corner.org/ancient_greek.html#greektest
>>
>> I have tentatively set the fonts for the Greek at:
>>
>> Windows: "palatino linotype", "Vusillus Old Face" ,Vusillus,"Arial
>> Unicode MS",
>>
>> Macintosh:"Lucida Grande",
>>
>> Linux: Porson, "Athena Unicode", Gentium;
>>
>> Windows and Mac should be ok but I am definitely not sure about the
>> choice and order of the Unix fonts.
>>
>
>Here you are Andrew. All on a Mac:
>http://www.sallysweb.co.uk/andrewfirefox.jpg
>http://www.sallysweb.co.uk/andrewopera.jpg
>http://www.sallysweb.co.uk/andrewcamino.jpg
>http://www.sallysweb.co.uk/andrewsafari.jpg
>
>No doubt you can guess which browser is which :-) and they all render the
>Greek script OK.


Hi Sally,

Thanks for that very comprehensive set of captures!! Looks like Mac &
Windows are ok, just a few nagging problems with Linux. I am trying to
avoid pdf greek texts which I have used before, it is just a bit
tricky makinig the Greek readable on all OSs.

Thanks very much,

Andrew.
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Andrew
http://www.andrews-corner.org/

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