Unicode Input and Display
Select this option if your browser supports input in Unicode Polytonic Greek and you wish to input and display your searches in Unicode Greek fonts.
Summary of browsers that support input in Unicode Greek
| Windows 98/2000/XP | MAC OSX (10.2) | Unicode Font |
| Input | IE Explorer 5 and 6
Netscape 6 | Netscape7
Mozilla
Omniweb
Safari
Camino | Any |
| Display | IE Explorer 5.x
Netscape
| Netscape 7
Omniweb
Safari | Any
See details below |
Unicode support is fully usable on Windows (but not Windows 3.1 or 95), Unix, and MacOSX (but not earlier versions).
Users will need to indicate the polytonic Greek Unicode font of their choice in their browser preferences. Given the number of existing browsers or browser versions users may need to seek help locally or consult their browsers' web page for more up-to-date information.
Greek Display with Unicode fonts
- Windows
- Netscape
Set Edit --> Preferences --> Appearance --> Fonts --> Unicode --> Variable Width Font to the Unicode font of your choice. Set the encoding of your page to Unicode:
View --> Character Set --> Unicode (UTF-8).
- Internet Explorer
Version 5.x (and later): Setting Tools --> Internet Options --> General --> Fonts --> Web Display to your chosen Unicode font.
Earlier versions: Explorer's Greek extends only to monotonic Greek, so it may not work for TLG® texts. Set either Latin-based or User-Defined script to the polytonic font (Tools --> Internet Options --> General --> Fonts --> Latin based or User Defined --> Web page font).
The words retrieved from the word index are displayed in a menu in monospace Unicode. Since no monospace polytonic Unicode fonts are currently compatible with this browser, the accented characters are missing. This is NOT in error; please select words using the numbered alternatives displayed next to the menu.
- Macintosh
- Netscape: View --> Character Set --> Unicode (UTF-8)
- Internet Explorer: View --> Encoding --> Unicode (UTF-8) or View --> Encoding --> User Defined).
- Mozilla
Specify your polytonic Greek font in Mozilla --> Preferences
--> Appearance --> Fonts --> Unicode --> Serif.) Two problems
currently obtain with Mozilla:
- OmniWeb
OmniWeb only uses one font regardless of encoding; therefore you will
need to specify the appropriate font in OmniWeb --> Preferences
--> Font & Color --> Fonts --> Choose proportional font
--- bearing in mind that this font will be used for anything you view using
OmniWeb.
- Safari
Safari only uses one font regardless of encoding; specify the appropriate font in Preferences --> Appearance & Standard Font.
Input in Unicode Greek
- Windows
To type Unicode Greek, you need: a Greek polytonic Unicode keyboard (available in Windows 2000 or XP). You will need to add it as with the Monotonic Greek keyboard (Start Menu --> Settings --> Control Panel --> Keyboard --> Input Locales --> Add --> Greek Polytonic). Outside Windows 2000, or as an alternative to the Microsoft keyboard, you can also use a program like Tavultesoft Keyman to create your own custom Unicode keyboard. There are three keyboards available for Keyman:
- MacOSX
To type Unicode Greek on MacOSX as of Jaguar (system 10.2), one need only have a Unicode font, and a Greek Unicode keyboard. The font Lucida Grande, included by default with Jaguar, is the Macintosh default font for Unicode, and covers Greek Polytonic. A Greek Monotonic keyboard is included with the system (Apple Menu --> System Preferences --> International --> Input Menu --> Greek). For Polytonic Keyboards, users will need to consult third-party tools; Donald Mastronarde has created a GreekKeys-compatible keyboard as part of the American Philological Association-sponsored GreekKeys Unicode release.
Created: April 28, 2003
Last Modified: March 12, 2009
Maintained by tlg@ptolemy.tlg.uci.edu