This document was originally distributed on Internet as a part of the
Electronic Buddhist Archives, available via anonymous FTP and gopher on
the node COOMBS.ANU.EDU.AU
The document's ftp filename and the full directory path are given in the
coombspapers top level INDEX file.
This version of the document has been reformatted by Barry Kapke and is
being distributed, with permission, via the DharmaNet Buddhist File
Distribution Network.
[This version: 13 October 1993]
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* ROMANISED SANSKRIT TRUE TYPE FONT FOR WINDOWS APPLICATIONS *
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About of the file "sanskrit.zip"
This is a simple Times Roman type of Font, but with the necessary
diacritical marks for printing Sanskrit and Pali text. It is TTF format,
and can be loaded using the normal Windows Control Icon Fonts manager.
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* ACTUAL POSITION OF LETTERS *
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The keys are actually laid out to avoid using common letters, so that,
if desired it can be used with other text too. In most cases there is an
easy association between the key the letter is on and the letter itself.
Alternatively you can use the more logically laid out WordPerfect for
Windows Keyboard I also include, but the font can, of course, be used
with any Windows application that can accept TrueType fonts.
Sanskrit WordPerfect Keyboard (in the same zip file)
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* POSITION ON WORDPERFECT FOR WINDOWS SANSKRIT KEYBOARD *
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You will find with the Sanskrit Keyboard the characters are allocated so
that long vowels are found on th CTRL-letter, as are the characters with
dots below (and m with dot above). The guttural n is found on the CTRL-K
and the palatal n on the CTRL-C. (This is logical to any Sanskrit/Pali
scholar.) Finally the s with stroke above is found on CTRL-Z, and the
extra capital letters are found on the CTRL-SHIFT of the appropriate
letter.
Sukhi hotu!
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John Richards Pembrokeshire (UK)
Internet - jhr@elidor.demon.co.uk CompuServe ID - 100113,1250
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