Language Tags allow browsers and other software to process text more efficiently. If the following encodings are used instead, you may encounter display problems: Avoid These If you use long marks, Unicode ( utf-8) is the required encoding for Web sites. For general information about developing non-English Web sites, see the Encoding Tutorial or the Web Layout sections. This section presents information specific to Latin. Once entered, these letters can be cut and pasted as needed. You can switch to the Unicode Hex Input keyboard and use these Option numeric codes. To type Á, hold down Option+E, then type capital A. Mac Option Codes Accentįor instance, to type á hold down Option+E, then type A. Note: Another option is to insert them via the Character Viewer/Palette. You can switch to or the US/ABC Extended keyboard and use these additional accent codes.
For vowels, thorns, eths and superscript dots Macintosh Accent Codes Typing Accented Vowels, Nordic Vowels and LigaturesĪpple has provided additional keyboards which allow you to enter Old English characters via Unicode. ("+V) – Type double quote, then the vowel. (‘+V) – Type single quote, then the vowel.
RightAlt+Z, Shift+RightAlt+Z (You must use the Alt key on the right) Note: Additional Old Norse characters must be inserted with the Character Map utility. International keyboard has been activated, you can use the codes below. In order to use these codes you must activate the U.S. Additional Old Norse Characters (Word Only)
Note: The Old Norse code only work in Word for Windows. Icelandic and Faeroese ALT Codes Special Nordic Letters/Punct Vwl Additional options for entering accents in Windows are also listed in the Accents section of this Web site.
See the detailed instructions on the ALT Code How To for complete information on implementing the code. In Windows, combinations of the ALT key plus a numeric code from the number keypad can be used to type a non-English character in any Windows application. Palemonas MUFI – Comprehensive and Includes bold/Italic.Old Norse Fontsįor the more unusual Old Norse manusciript characters (not all of which are listed here), you may need a specialized font such as the ones listed below. Many fonts also contain the Old Norse ǫ (o-ogonek) character. These fonts also usually contain long vowels ā,ē,ī,ō,ū.These fonts include: Font Recommendations Icelandic Fontsīecause thorn ( þ/Þ) eth ( ð,Ð) are used in modern Icelandic, many common fonts listed below already contain these characters. These languages are grouped together aside from the other Mainland Scandinavian languages of Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and the non-Germanic language Finnish because their writing systems maintain special characters, particularly thorn ( þ) and eth ( ð). Icelandic is currently spoken in Iceland and Faroese is a minority language of the Faroe islands, currently part of the country Denmark. Icelandic and Faroese are Scandinavian languages descended from Old Norse.