January 1997 Dear Linguist, The enclosed files constitute the SIL Encore IPA93 Fonts. They are provided in TrueType format only. Please read the accompanying electronic documentation for more specific information on the fonts. The Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) is an organization of linguists dedicated to the study and promotion of the thousands of minority languages around the world. International Publishing Services serves SIL by developing products to assist in the publication of linguistic texts. We are happy to make these IPA fonts available to the general linguistic community at no charge. More SIL fonts, containing a much richer phonetic character set (1600+ characters), can be obtained at a reasonable cost by using the order form provided in the electronic documentation. You may (and are encouraged to) share these fonts 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 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 not be used as a basis for other fonts. They may be placed on bulletin boards, etc. but cannot be included in (or bundled with) any commercial product including hard disks or CD-ROMs without specific written permission. SIL International Publishing Services User Support 7500 West Camp Wisdom Road Dallas, TX 75236 Voice (972) 708-7495 Fax (972) 708-7388 fonts@sil.org INSTALLING IN WINDOWS The SIL IPA93 Fonts 2.0 package automatically installs the TrueType fonts and documentation when accessed through Microsoft Windows. Do NOT attempt to run SILIPA93.EXE from the DOS command line. SILIPA93.EXE is a Windows program; it will not run under DOS. While in File Manager or Explorer select the drive icon where the SILIPA93.EXE file is located. Find SILIPA93.EXE in the directory window and double-click on it. If you downloaded the fonts from the Internet or CompuServe or another on-line service, then you will select the drive:\directory where you placed the file SILIPA93.EXE. Example: C:\DOWNLOAD\SILIPA93.EXE In this case, the file was placed in the \DOWNLOAD directory on drive C. (Select the actual drive and directory where you placed your files.) If the SILIPA93.EXE file is located on a floppy disk Example: A:\SILIPA93.EXE then select drive A:. In this case, the fonts are being installed from drive A. After double-clicking on SILIPA93.EXE follow the instructions and respond to the dialog boxes. The installation will automatically terminate when finished, with either a message stating that the fonts were successfully installed or that there was an error. If there was an error, you will get a message before exiting informing you of what went wrong. CHANGES FOR VERSION 1.20 ***Linking Character*** Character 237 in the original (1.0) IPA fonts was a non-spacing diacritic. This really should have been a spacing character. Although the IPA calls that character a "Bottom Tie Bar" (analogous to the Top one in code 131), it signifies "Linking (absence of a break)" and is used to link two sounds that are written with a space between them. Hence, these fonts have 237 as a spacing character. ***Doulos Character Spacing*** After a number of comments from users, we have "relaxed" the spacing of the SILDoulosIPA font to conform to that of the SILDoulos fonts in the SIL Encore Fonts. This means that there will be more spacing between the characters, making the text easier to read. This also means that texts set in the original SILDoulosIPA will have different line breaks if opened on a computer with the new SILDoulosIPA. If you have a strong reason to retain the original spacing, do not install this new font. We do, however, recommend that you use this new font. ***Sophia Dieresis*** The three dieresis characters (45, 95, 208) in the SILSophiaIPA font now have dots spaced further apart. ***Manuscript Space Width*** The space character in the SILManuscriptIPA font is now (reliably) equal in width to the other characters. CHANGES FOR VERSION 1.21 The KEYMAN utility was added with the keyboard translation file IPA.KMN. CHANGES FOR VERSION 2.00 code 47 changed to a forward slash code 63 changed to a glottal stop code 130 changed to a reversed e code 160 changed to no character due to problems in WinWord code 185 changed to a barred reverse glottal stop code 192 changed to a reverse glottal stop code 201 changed to a superior m code 203 changed to a superscript left tail n code 207 changed to a closed epsilon code 212 changed to a superscript eng code 214 changed to a hyphen dash code 251 changed to a barred glottal stop KeyMan translation file updated to IPA93.KMN KeyMan program files removed CHANGES FOR UPDATED VERSION 2.00 The glyph at code 207 (the closed epsilon) was flipped to match the 1996 correction of the 1993 IPA standard. This document was updated on 22 September 2000 by JAARS CCS staff.