From: Edgar Krentz (ekrentz@lstc.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 22 1999 - 10:26:20 EST
Thanks to Rod Decker for this useful information.
I confess that I do not share the dissatisfaction with the Greek font in
UBS4 that so many have expressed. Part of studyding Greek is getting to the
point that fonts no longer matter. I agree that all italic fonts make for
slower reading--unless one gets used to them. But, as a regular user of
Linguist's Software fonts [primarily Graeca], I find their fonts well
designed and quite legible. [I also use other Greek font packages at times.]
I no longer own the 16th and 17th editions of Nestle, which I first used
back in the 1940s. Those older "Teubner fonts" gave me a bit of trouble at
first [coming from the font used in a text like Crosby and Schaeffer]; but
two weeks of translating removed the difficulties.
The solutiin seeems relatively simple to me. Don't use UBS4; read Aland 27.
Or get a copy of the old Alexander Souter text with its very clear type
font.
Anyway, thanks to Rod for the useful information.
>Another query (from a different post):
>>With all the complaints about the UBS4 font..., has a concerted effort been
>>made (e.g., e-mail or letter campaign) to ABS/UBS to fix the font in the
>>next edition of UBS?
>
>The fonts for both current editions (UBS4 and NA27) are produced by
>Linguists Software <http://www.linguistsoftware.com/lgk.htm>. Their
>descriptions of their various Greek fonts include the following (note the
>references to UBS and NA texts):
>
>>Fonts included in LaserGreek are
>>
>>SymbolGreek¨, a standard classical Greek typeface, in plain, bold, italic,
>> and bold-italic;
>>SymbolGreekP the font style of the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece,
>> with tilde-shaped circumflex accents, in plain, bold, italic, and
>> bold-italic;
>>SymbolGreekPMono, a monowidth version of SymbolGreekP, with all characters
>> having equal width, except overstriking characters, (especially
>suitable > for diagramming), in plain;
>>Graeca¨, a light text font similar to Rahlf's Septuaginta font;
>>Graeca italic, a light italic-style Greek font as found in the United Bible
>> Societies' Greek New Testament;
>>Graeca, in bold and bold-italic;
>>UncialLS, the same font style as SymbolGreek, except the lowercase Greek
>> alphabet has been replaced with uncial characters, in plain; and
>>GreekSans, a Helvetica¨- (Arial¨-) style (sans-serif) classical Greek font,
>> in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic.
>
>It appears that the Bible Society selected the light italic version of
>Graeca for UBS4. They have (presumably) already selected an alternative
>font for the next edition. I base that conclusion on the following
>information from a different page on the Linguists Software site
><http://www.linguistsoftware.com/lgk2.htm>:
>
>>Fonts included in LaserGreek II are
>>
>>GraecaUBS, a light text font similar to Rahlf's Septuaginta font. The
>> italic style matches the style of the regular text of the UBS Greek New
>> Testament, 1st through 3rd editions, and was created at their request for
>> future editions. GraecaUBS is provided in plain, bold, italic, and
>> bold-italic styles.
>>GreekSansII, a Helvetica¨- (Arial¨-style) sans serif Greek font with
>> classical accents and letters. It is provided in plain, bold, italic, and
>> bold-italic styles.
>>Hellenica, a new font optimized for classical Greek with similarities in
>> style to the SymbolGreek¨ font found in the original LaserGreek product.
>> Hellenica is provided in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic styles.
>>HellenicaExtras, a Hellenica-style font that provides extra characters for
>> epigraphical and textual studies not found in any other of the
>LaserGreek or
>> LaserGreek II fonts. HellenicaExtras is provided in plain, bold, italic,
>and
>> bold-italic styles.
>>OdysseaUBS, the font style of the bold text in the UBS Greek New Testament,
>> 1st through 3rd editions.
>>Odyssea, a standard classical Greek typeface. Odyssea is provided in plain,
>> bold, italic, and bold-italic styles.
>>Payne, an Attic-style Greek typeface. Payne is provided in plain, bold,
>> italic, and bold-italic styles.
>>PayneCondensed, in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic styles.
>
>
>Rod
>
>
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