Font mapping question

["Enrique Lynch" <lynch () telefonica ! net>]

Does anybody out there know how to tell Windows XP to use Times New Roman
when I hit Crtl-Shift-G to insert some Greek text? Steve says (see our brief
exchange below) that this should be done automatically by Windows but the
true fact is that it doesn't. In fact, Windows does some the following when
I switch to Greek:

On my desktop machine, using Adobe Garamond Pro as default typeface, it
produces blank spaces.
  "    "     "           "         , using Adobe Garamond as default
typeface, it produces blanck square boxes.

On a Vaio laptop, using Adobe Garamond Pro as default typeface, it produces
blank spaces again.
  "        "       "     , using Adobe Garamond as default typeface, it
produces the desired Greek set inTimes New Roman.

Now this can only mean that in the VAIO there is something which is actually
missing in the desktop PC. I found an area in the desktop WIN.INI which is
assigned to "Fonts". It is on the "16 bit applications support" section, but
it is empty.

I'd very much appreciate some help from an Windows experienced user.

Best,

Enrique


--
Dr. Enrique Lynch
Departamento de Historia de la Filosof?ía, Est?ética y Filosof?ía de la Cultura
Universidad de Barcelona

http://www.enriquelynch.com/
http://www.lasnubes.net/
 

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Beta Report [mailto:betareport@notabene.com] 
> Enviado el: s?ábado, 18 de marzo de 2006 15:25
> Para: lynch@ub.edu
> Asunto: RE: Fonts: a suggestion
> 
> Dear Enrique,
> 
> Something like this should already be working.  If you are in 
> Adobe Garamond for the Roman alphabet, and switch to Greek 
> (Ctrl + Shfit+ G), this is what should happen:  NB will 
> retain the currently active font, but set the Greek character 
> set code.  If that character range is not available in the 
> current font, the Windows font mapper should find and use the 
> next closest font (based on their internal font mapping 
> rules), which should probably be Times New Roman.  NB and 
> Windows together should be doing this automatically for you 
> (without you needing to change the typeface each time).  Is 
> this not the way it works for you?
> 
> Steve
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Enrique Lynch [mailto:lynch@ub.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 9:30 AM
> To: 'Beta Report'
> Subject: Fonts: a suggestion
> 
> 
> Dear Steve,
> 
> Would it be possible to add some routine to NB design 
> allowing user to choose a particular typeface to use 
> automatically with Greek, Cyrillic and/or Hebrew in Lingua so 
> that, for instance, whenever one switches to Greek within a 
> mainly Roman text, NB would type the Greek word using that font?
> 
> I am suggesting this because I work with Adobe Garamond 
> typefaces, which are particularly neat for print-outs but 
> come with no Greek typesfaces so everytime a type Greek I 
> have to change the font to Times New Roman and then change 
> again back to Adobe Garamond.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Enrique
> 
> 
> --
> Dr. Enrique Lynch
> Departamento de Historia de la Filosof?ía, Est?ética y 
> Filosof?ía de la Cultura Universidad de Barcelona
> 
> http://www.enriquelynch.com/
> http://www.lasnubes.net/
> 
> 
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