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Typing Trans Literate D Text in Macos X

1. The document provides instructions for typing transliterated text in Mac OS X using different keyboard layouts and fonts. 2. It recommends installing the Gentium font and one of several keyboard layouts: the built-in US Extended, the American Diacritics layout for Arabic/Hebrew, or EasyUnicode for Sanskrit/Pali. 3. Instructions are given for enabling the keyboard layouts in System Preferences and selecting them using the Flag menu to type transliterated text.

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Typing Trans Literate D Text in Macos X

1. The document provides instructions for typing transliterated text in Mac OS X using different keyboard layouts and fonts. 2. It recommends installing the Gentium font and one of several keyboard layouts: the built-in US Extended, the American Diacritics layout for Arabic/Hebrew, or EasyUnicode for Sanskrit/Pali. 3. Instructions are given for enabling the keyboard layouts in System Preferences and selecting them using the Flag menu to type transliterated text.

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Typing Transliterated Text in Mac OS X

compiled by José C. Rodriguez, Emory College Language Center, Emory University 2009

These are instructions that we have used for Emory faculty and students needing to
type transliterations and diacritics in Mac OS X (10.5 Leopard) in languages such as:
Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Sanskrit.

You will need 2 things:

1. A unicode font that has an extended range of latin letters and IPA diacritics.

Gentium is a good, free font to use in


Transliteration. Download for Mac, Windows, or
Linux at: http://sil.org/computing/catalog/
show_software.asp?id=83 . On the Mac simply
double-click the font after downloading and
click the Install Font button and the font will
be loaded in the Font Book and ready for
use. (NOTE: Gentium also has Italics versions
and you can install these the same way)

2. A keyboard layout that allows you to type the


characters you need. There are several options and some may suit your needs better
than others. The only way to know is to install keyboards, look at the keyboard
layouts for each, and try them out to see. At the end of this document I have provided
screenshots of the following keyboard layouts.

A. US Extended Keyboard in Mac OS X. Many diacritics can be typed using this


keyboard which comes free with OS X and simply requires enabling in the System
Preferences --> International Preferences.

B. American Diacritics Keyboard. This extended latin keyboard is particularly


useful for Arabic and Hebrew transliteration (but try it out on other languages!):

Download it free from: http://www.smi.uib.no/ksv/diacs.html#mac


(see the link under “Forward On: The Modern Way of Unicode”)

C. EasyUnicode Keyboard. From Toshiya Unebe, this keyboard layout is


particularly useful for Sanskrit and Pali transliteration:

http://www.ebmp.org/p_easyunicode.php (information and mapping chart)


http://www.ebmp.org/p_dwnlds.php (downloads page)

Keyboard layouts will generally also come with a Read Me file that instructs you on
manually installing the keyboard layout file. But if not: Drag the the .keylayout file to:

Your Harddrive --> System --> Library --> Keyboard Layouts


Typing Transliterated Text in Mac OS X
compiled by José C. Rodriguez, Emory College Language Center, Emory University 2009

Once you have the font(s) and keyboard layout(s) installed, follow these steps to enable
the new keyboards and type your transliterated text:

Locate the System Preferences


1 under the Apple in the uppermost left
area of the Finder menu.

Click the International


2 preferences.

3
Click on the Input Menu tab and scroll
down to select your keyboard(s). The
list is alphabetical, so you will see
American Diacritics first, then
EasyUnicode, then US Extended
towards the bottom.
Typing Transliterated Text in Mac OS X
compiled by José C. Rodriguez, Emory College Language Center, Emory University 2009

You may also want to select the


4 Keyboard Viewer for when you want
to see an On-Screen image of the
keyboard layout mapping.

Once youʼve selected all your


5 keyboards, you will find them and
the keyboard viewer located
under the Flag icon in the Finder.

To type your transliterated text, open


a blank document in a word-
6 processing application, select the
Keyboard layout you want to use from
the Flag menu and begin typing.

7
The keyboard maps on the next page will
help you find the keys you need for certain
characters. The orange-highlighted keys
are “dead keys”. These are keys that you
type first, then type a letter to get an
accented or diacritic-marked letter, such as
ñ š ḥ
Typing Transliterated Text in Mac OS X
compiled by José C. Rodriguez, Emory College Language Center, Emory University 2009

US Extended
(Option Key)

American Diacritics
(Option Key)

EasyUnicode
(Option Key)

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