Re: Greek fonts
Mary A. Moody (marmoody@usaor.net)
Tue, 22 Oct 1996 11:30:59 -0400
>Somi asked:
>>
>>Does anyone know what the software program is called that gives me greek and
>>hebrew fonts for use with word 6.0? (Not the internet fonts. They place
>>all the vowels and accents very inaccurately which can be frustrating at
>>times.)
>
>
>The best commercial fonts for both Greek and Hebrew are from Linguist's
>Software, Dr. Phil Payne, PO Box 580, Edmonds, WA 98020, (206)775-1130,
>fax 771-5911--but they aren't cheap: list is about $100 each.
>
>A good alternative is to use the fonts that Bill Mounce provides with his
>vocab. software and textbook. The Greek font is a TrueType font and can be
>downloaded from:
>
> http://www.ior.com/teknia/
>
>His Hebrew font is only a bitmapped font, so is less useful.
>
>Other sources of useable fonts are the various Bible software programs:
>Accordance on the Mac platform and Logos on Windows (you didn't say which
>you used). Both have good Greek and Hebrew fonts if you have the modules
>that include Greek and Hebrew texts. (Logos has apparently even licensed
>the Graeca font from Linguist's Software for v. 2.) Others on this list use
>SMK Greek Keys (or some such name/font as that), but I'm not familiar with
>that font.
>
>Rod
>
>_________________________________________________________________
> Rodney J. Decker, Asst. Prof./NT Baptist Bible Seminary
> rdecker@bbc.edu Clarks Summit, PA
>_________________________________________________________________
Dear Somi and Rod,
If you are a member of SBL, the Linguist's Software fonts are 20% off at
the annual meeting.
Peace.
Mary A. Moody marmoody@usaor.net 1-412-266-4438
112 Broad Street; Leetsdale, PA, 15056-1112, USA
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