From: Michael Holmes (holmic@bethel.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 28 2001 - 14:36:12 EDT
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<DIV>Rod Decker wrote,</DIV>
<DIV>>Don't try moving copies of the same document from Word 95, 97, or 2000
between any other version of Word. Disaster. L.S. claims that it is a Microsoft
problem. But it's odd that these are the *only* fonts that I know of that have
the problem.<</DIV>
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<DIV>Rod is right on target re moving between the various iterations of Word;
not even saving documents as .rtf solves the problem consistently. To add a
note, I've experienced the problems he describes with other fonts as well; the
problem is not restricted to L.S. fonts.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>If anyone knows of a slick solution for moving between the versions of Word
(other than the obvious one of abandoning Word), I'd like to hear about
it.</DIV>
<DIV>Mike Holmes</DIV>
<DIV>Bethel College</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:rdecker@bbc.edu" title=rdecker@bbc.edu>Decker, Rodney</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu"
title=b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu>Biblical Greek</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 28, 2001 12:54
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [b-greek] Re: Technology and
teaching Greek</DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Clay,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>You will discover problems if you use Ling. Soft. fonts. They
print in high quality, but they have some major problems. One being that the
font is flagged as "Do not embed." This was not true of older versions of
their fonts. They now want an *additional* *annual* lisc. fee for an
embeddable version--another $50/year after you've already shelled out
$100/font. Their fonts also have major problems with Windows Word. Don't try
moving copies of the same document from Word 95, 97, or 2000 between any other
version of Word. Disaster. L.S. claims that it is a Microsoft problem. But
it's odd that these are the *only* fonts that I know of that have the problem.
That's why I decided to create my own Greek fonts (and probably my own
problems!) for class and Internet use: <<A
href="http://faculty.bbc.edu/rdecker/galilee.htm"
target=_blank>http://faculty.bbc.edu/rdecker/galilee.htm>>. (The beta
release of my font is designed for larger display sizes, particularly OHs and
video projection--say 14 pt and up--and for screen legibility, not for use as
a text font at this point, though I hope that will come in time.) In any event
it gets me away from the Ling. Soft./Graeca problems. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>============================================</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Rodney J. Decker, Th.D.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Associate
Prof./NT</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Baptist Bible Seminary</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2><A
href="http://faculty.bbc.edu/rdecker/default3.htm"
target=_blank>http://faculty.bbc.edu/rdecker/default3.htm></FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>============================================</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>From: c stirling
bartholomew [<A
href="mailto:cc.constantine@worldnet.att.net">mailto:cc.constantine@worldnet.att.net</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 12:49 PM</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>To: Biblical Greek</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Subject: [b-greek] Re:
Technology and teaching Greek</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>That is a very useful bit of information. All the fonts I use
are Adobe</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Type1 and they distill and embed just fine.
For biblical languages I use the</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Linguists Software
Greek and Hebrew and the fonts that come with Accordance.</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Have not run into the problem you mentioned.</FONT> </P>---<BR>B-Greek
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