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==Coptic keyboard layout== |
==Coptic keyboard layout== |
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Coptic uses the Greek alphabet for the majority of the letters. Due to this, in Unicode 3.x?, Coptic letters appear in the Greek |
Coptic uses the Greek alphabet for the majority of the letters. Due to this, in Unicode 3.x?, Coptic letters appear in the Greek |
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Since Unicode 4.1, Coptic has its [http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2C80.pdf own Unicode block]. While Greek has precomposed letters (codepoints for individual letters but codepoints also for each variation with accent marks), Coptic in Unicode 4.1 does not. It is achievable to |
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Existing Coptic use (AFAIK) does not use Unicode while there are attempts to start using Unicode. For some contacts, see [http://www.copticchurch.net/coptic_fonts/ Coptic Church]. |
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There are several Coptic Unicode fonts available here: |
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[http://www.moheb.de/unicode_coptic_fonts.html]. |
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There exist [http://www.travelphrases.info/gallery/Fonts_Coptic.html Coptic Unicode 4.1 fonts], one of which has a FLOSS license and is already in the Debian repositories. |
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The issue is with the keyboard layout. To the best of my knowledge there is no Coptic Linux keyboard for Unicode 4.1 Coptic. |
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Revision as of 20:53, 11 April 2007
Coptic keyboard layout
Coptic uses the Greek alphabet for the majority of the letters. Due to this, in Unicode 3.x?, Coptic letters appear in the Greek