Type in Polytonic Greek in Linux
I have written a series of guides on best practices for typing in Greek. The trick is to use Unicode. Though it requires some initial struggle the payoff is enormous, and will save you frustration down the road.
There is a new guide out for Linux users, and it looks excellent (pretty pictures). Find that here.
For Windows setup follow this guide. For fonts, check out my review here. And if you need a font with text-critical glyphs, try this.
Related posts:
- How to Type in Greek Part IV: Polytonic Greek, Linux Edition (Ubuntu)
- How to Type in Greek Part II: Setting Up the Microsoft Greek Polytonic Keyboard
- New Polytonic Greek Font
- How to Type in Greek Part I: An Introduction to Unicode
- How to Type in Greek Part III: The Best Greek Fonts
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Hello Tommy,
Just ran across your blog. Happy to meet my Ubuntu counterpart.
Here's my version of enabling a Unicode keyboard on the Mac side of things:
http://macbiblioblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/enterin...
Cheers.