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How do I make IPA symbols?
I do not find the IPA symbols for vowel sounds included in the special
character choices for any of the three fonts I wish to use. Examples are the oo with the bar over it, as in the word "moon," the oo with the arc above it, as in the word "look," and so forth. I'm using Microsoft Office Word 2003. |
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How do I make IPA symbols?
On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 18:51:00 -0700, Lee wrote:
I do not find the IPA symbols for vowel sounds included in the special character choices for any of the three fonts I wish to use. Examples are the oo with the bar over it, as in the word "moon," the oo with the arc above it, as in the word "look," and so forth. I'm using Microsoft Office Word 2003. Hi, Here is from http://www.sil.org/computing/catalog...ame=Supported: "Doulos SIL Font A Unicode font with a comprehensive set of characters needed for almost any Roman- or Cyrillic-based writing system (including IPA), whether for phonetic or orthographic needs. Gentium Supports a wide range of Latin-based alphabets and includes glyphs that correspond to all the Latin ranges of Unicode." These fonts are free. -- Cheers Robert |
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How do I make IPA symbols?
Most fonts have only the schwa from the IPA Extensions character subset. If
you want more, you'll have to use another font, such as Arial Unicode MS, that has the complete set. But the characters you describe are not, I think IPA symbols (see http://www.antimoon.com/how/pronunc-soundsipa.htm). These characters are, however, included in the AHD Symbol font (supplied with American Heritage dictionary add-ins). It is available in both serif and sans serif forms, and both bold and italic are available. You might want to search online for free downloads of these fonts, though I haven't actually found any that seem to contain these forms. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Lee" wrote in message ... I do not find the IPA symbols for vowel sounds included in the special character choices for any of the three fonts I wish to use. Examples are the oo with the bar over it, as in the word "moon," the oo with the arc above it, as in the word "look," and so forth. I'm using Microsoft Office Word 2003. |
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How do I make IPA symbols?
Those are not "IPA" characters. Those are from the so-called "American
dictionary pronunciation key" symbols. I know of one font-seller who made an "American dictionary" font (Times Roman), long before Unicode, but you might have to do quite a bit of searching. "IPA" refers to the International Phonetic Association and to the International Phonetic Alphabet that it has been developing since 1888: it is a specific set of phonetic symbols intended to be able to record every sound in every one of the world's languages, so long as that sound makes a difference in at least one language between two different words. The IPA symbol for "oo with macron" [bar] is simply u (the letter u), and the IPA symbol for "oo with breve" [arc] is a u-like letter with two upper "serifs" pointing outward and no serif at the bottom right. A small capital u used to be used for that sound (and you'll still find it in some speech textbooks). Sets of IPA characters are included in fonts like Tahoma that try to provide full Unicode coverage. The font called Gentium (available as a free download from the Summer Institute of Linguistics) was created for use by linguists and includes the complete IPA character set. On Apr 5, 9:51*pm, Lee wrote: I do not find the IPA symbols for vowel sounds included in the special character choices for any of the three fonts I wish to use. *Examples are the oo with the bar over it, as in the word "moon," the oo with the arc above it, as in the word "look," and so forth. I'm using Microsoft Office Word 2003. |
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