Re: Beowulf

R wrote on 12 Jun 2008 11:09:32 -0700:

James Silverton filted:

You may know that several word processors, like Microsoft
Word, have keystrokes to produce what they call
"International Characters". Many of the additional letters
needed for Old English are present Though they are probably
made available for current Icelandic and Scandinavian, the
Anglo-Saxon eth (ð or Ð) and ash (æ or Æ) are there. However,
thorn (þ, Þ) requires the sequence (ALT + 0254 or 0222) in MS
Word.

Or you can just use the AltGr+T sequence (shifted for Þ,
unshifted for þ)...if you don't have an AltGr key, hold down
the right-hand Alt and Ctrl keys, or just the right-hand Alt
key if you've defined your keyboard layout as "US English
International"....

The eths are on the D, and the ashes are on the Z...there
doesn't seem to be any simple way to produce a yogh....r


I'm not qualified to take part in a discussion of the need for yogh or its accuracy in Unicode but there is a way to insert Unicode characters outside the "Insert Symbol" route in MS Word. It's a bit cumbersome and someone who needed the letter frequently might prefer to use an autocorrect or macro method. Anyway, the upper case yogh is given by typing its Unicode number 021c and then ALT+x. Lower is 021d but I gather from Wikipedia that there is some argument as to whether these are the authentic letters. Other word processors probably have equivalent methods.
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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

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