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Galatia SIL Greek Unicode Fonts
Overview
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Documentation
Known Issues
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Overview
Galatia SIL is the second release of a Biblical Greek font package from SIL International. The typeface is almost identical to the original SIL Galatia font, but is now encoded according to Unicode 3.1.
The Galatia SIL fonts contain most of the symbols defined in Unicode 3.1 for Latin-1, Greek (excluding Coptic), Macintosh Character Set (US Roman), and 850WE/Latin-1 and are supplied in Regular and Bold weights.
The associated files with this package constitute the Galatia SIL Greek Unicode Fonts.
SIL International (SIL) is an organization of linguists dedicated to the study and promotion of the thousands of languages around the world. SIL's Non-Roman Script Initiative serves SIL by developing products to assist in the publication of linguistic texts.
As a service to the general academic community, we are happy to make this package available at no charge. You may (and are encouraged to) share this package with your friends and co-workers, but with the following restrictions:
- All files must be copied together, including this one.
- No fee may be charged for the fonts.
- They may not be used as a basis for other fonts.
Even though these fonts are “free,” SIL retains all copyright and ownership of the included fonts and reserves the right to restrict their use and distribution at any time. They may be placed on websites, etc. but cannot be included in (or bundled with) any commercial product including hard disks or CD-ROMs without specific written permission.
Features
The Galatia SIL Greek Unicode Fonts are a new version of the SIL Galatia font released by SIL in 1997.This new font package differs from the previous ones in the following ways:
- They are Unicode fonts. The encoding is entirely different from the old fonts. Data typed with the old fonts will have to be re-typed or converted before it will display with the Galatia SIL fonts. The Galatia SIL fonts will only work in applications which support Unicode.
- The name was changed to “Galatia SIL” to reflect new SIL font naming conventions.
- The Latin-1 codepage (“A-Z”, “a-z” plus some punctuation, etc.) is included in the font. This is to assist with viewing Latin or Roman text. The Macintosh character set for US Roman and the 850 WE/Latin-1 encodings are also included.
- You will need to use a keyboard program, but can use any Greek Unicode keyboard you prefer. No keyboards are provided (but see Resources). There is a
Keyman keyboard provided here: Greek (polytonic precomposed) Unicode Keyman keyboard.
The following glyphs were added:
03D7 GREEK KAI SYMBOL
03F3 GREEK LETTER YOT
03F4 GREEK CAPITAL THETA SYMBOL
Combining Diacritics
Latin-1 (MS Windows CP 1252)
The following glyphs were revised:
03DD GREEK SMALL LETTER DIGAMMA Shape changed to more standard form. f-like shape retained as potential presentation form.
0384 GREEK TONOS Redesigned to add slight tilt toward right;Old shapes not retained; (note: this affects all monotonic composites); period, colon, semicolon, greek question mark all enlarged
The fonts are provided only in raw TrueType format (usable in Windows/Mac OS X).
Requirements
These fonts were designed for the following systems:
- Windows 9x or greater
- Mac OS X
- Linux
- Applications must support Unicode in order to use the fonts
Users should download and install Adobe Acrobat to read and print the documentation.
If you have text files from pre-Unicode systems such as SIL Galatia, the files will have to be converted to Unicode to use with these fonts. Two draft conversion programs have been included with this package. One is for Consistent Changes© and the other is for TECKit©. Neither of the Greek mappings have been extensively tested. We will make Greek conversion programs available via the Mapping Files page as they are developed.
Documentation
Installation Guide
The Installation Guide for the Galatia SIL Greek Unicode Fonts provides:
- Brief distribution and licensing details
- Installation instructions for font
Documentation Files
The Galatia SIL Greek Unicode Fonts package includes the following documentation files:
- Installation Guide.pdf
- Readme.txt
- Filelist.txt
Release History
Version 2.0.1b released, 7 May 2008 - removal of Keyman keyboard
Version 2.0.1 released, 30 June 2005 - bug-fix for issue causing crashes on Linux.
Windows Unicode Version 2.0 released; October 2002.
Known Issues
The Galatia SIL font is not compatible with Microsoft Word 2004. The Galatia SIL fonts were developed before Word 2004 was released, so it was not possible to test them with Word 2004 prior to their release. We have encountered incompatibilities between Word 2004 and other SIL Unicode fonts as well, and have not determined the causes or cures.
In testing we found it was possible to type text in TextEdit, then cut and paste it into a Word 2004 document.
Please refer also to the information available on using SIL fonts on non-Windows operating systems.
Support
As these fonts are distributed at no cost, we are unable to provide a commercial level of personal technical support. We will, however, try to resolve problems that are reported to us.
Please note that these fonts are intended for use by experienced computer users. If you download these fonts, please check out all the links on the web pages for them, and read all the information and instructions they contain. Installing and using these fonts is not a trivial matter. Additional information is also available on the general Font FAQ page.
See the documentation for installation and usage. If that fails to answer your question, you can contact us at:
User Support
SIL International
Non-Roman Script Initiative
7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd.
Dallas, TX 75236
USA
Email: 
SIL_fonts@sil.org
Distribution Restrictions
Note
Before downloading the Galatia SIL Greek Unicode Fonts package we ask that you read the following distribution restrictions and license.
You may freely share this font with others, but with the following restrictions:
- All files must be copied together, including this one.
- No fee may be charged for the font.
- They may not be used as a basis for other fonts.
Even though these fonts are freely distributable, SIL retains all copyright and ownership of the included font and reserves the right to restrict their use and distribution at any time. They may be placed on websites, etc. but cannot be included in (or bundled with) any commercial product including hard disks or CD-ROMs without specific written permission.
License
You may freely share this font with others, but with the following restrictions:This is a legal agreement between you and SIL International (SIL) covering your use of the Galatia SIL Greek Unicode Fonts. Be sure to read the following agreement before using the software. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT USE THE SOFTWARE AND DESTROY ALL COPIES OF IT.
This copyright software is distributed as freeware. You may use this software without any charge and may distribute to others. The software is owned by SIL and is protected by United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions. Therefore, you must treat the software like any other copyrighted material (e.g. a book or musical recording).
Commercial distribution of the software is restricted without permission of SIL. If you wish to distribute this software contact SIL for details on obtaining a license.
You may not rent or lease the software, nor may you modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the software.
If you violate any part of this agreement, your right to use this software terminates automatically and you then must destroy all copies of this software in your possession.
THE SOFTWARE AND RELATED DOCUMENTATION ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND AND SIL EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL SIL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE OR RELATED DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF SIL HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of this Agreement, or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision of the Agreement shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of the parties, and the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
The software and documentation is provided with RESTRICTED RIGHTS.
Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subdivision (b)(3)(ii) of The Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at 252.227- 7013.
Manufacturer is SIL International, 7500 West Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, Texas, 75236, United States of America.
Agreement
If you agree to the above license and distribution restrictions, please continue on to the Fonts Download instructions.
Fonts Download
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If you are uncertain what to do with a .zip file, see Decompression Utilities and Downloading & Installation Tips. Within the archive is the font file and documentation. This font can be installed using standard font installation procedures for the given operating-system platform. Note that certain applications may not see the new font immediately. You may have to quit and restart the application for the font to become available. |
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This package contains the same files as GalSILv201v.zip. This installer is only for Windows users. Once the package has been downloaded, you can double-click on it to install the font file and documentation. After installing, you can read the documentation files at . Note that certain applications may not see the new font immediately. You may have to quit and restart the application for the font to become available. |
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