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Thread poster: Fabio Descalzi
Fabio Descalzi
Fabio Descalzi  Identity Verified
Uruguay
Local time: 06:19
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German to Spanish
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Jun 11, 2007

Hi linguists!

First of all, I must tell that I am glad to be able to read (and copy-and-paste, and write if possible) almost every possible alphabet / writing system on earth - in several ProZ.com features, not least in KudoZ and forums. Great!

But... so far I haven't EVER seen any phonetics over here!
And this is no small point! Whe should be able to type (or at least, copy-and-paste) the IPA writing.
Here an excerpt from a small article on Wikipedia, showi... See more
Hi linguists!

First of all, I must tell that I am glad to be able to read (and copy-and-paste, and write if possible) almost every possible alphabet / writing system on earth - in several ProZ.com features, not least in KudoZ and forums. Great!

But... so far I haven't EVER seen any phonetics over here!
And this is no small point! Whe should be able to type (or at least, copy-and-paste) the IPA writing.
Here an excerpt from a small article on Wikipedia, showing the phonetic notation of four English words - look how they look like here!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciation_respelling_for_English#International_Phonetic_Alphabet
rid rid rɪd rɪd
reed ri:d rid ri:d
cod kɔd kɒd kɒd
cord kɔ:d kɔd kɔ:d

Any solutions? Welcome!

[Edited at 2007-06-11 02:38] ▲ Collapse
 
William [Bill] Gray
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Looks OK here! Jun 11, 2007

Hi Fabio!

Your examples are displayed correctly on my screen here!

Bill
 
Fabio Descalzi
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Perhaps I am missing something in my PC Jun 11, 2007

Hi William,

Thanks for answering.
Well, for three of the words I see a small square where you maybe see something similar to an i , an o and an a...
If that's the case, perhaps I am missing the installation of some necessary software feature - or you have got a super-PC!

I see that you live in Norway - greet me the Trondheimsfjord! I was there 13 years ago when I was about to graduate from Uni... See more
Hi William,

Thanks for answering.
Well, for three of the words I see a small square where you maybe see something similar to an i , an o and an a...
If that's the case, perhaps I am missing the installation of some necessary software feature - or you have got a super-PC!

I see that you live in Norway - greet me the Trondheimsfjord! I was there 13 years ago when I was about to graduate from University (my God!) It must be very sunny there right now.

Regards from (cold and foggy) Montevideo,
Fabio ▲ Collapse
 
Ivaylo Ivanov
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Luxembourg
English to Bulgarian
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IPA garbled Jun 11, 2007

Your example looks corrupted with my settings:

IE 6 with Unicode encoding
 
Ritu Bhanot
Ritu Bhanot  Identity Verified
France
French to Hindi
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Looks fine Jun 11, 2007

It is correctly displayed on my computer. IE7.
 
Robert Tucker (X)
Robert Tucker (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:19
German to English
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Fonts Jun 11, 2007

Fabio Descalzi Sgarbi wrote:
Well, for three of the words I see a small square where you maybe see ...


It will almost certainly mean that you do not have a font installed with these characters or your browser is not accessing them. Can you see/type these characters in other applications?

For a list of fonts with ɒ, iopena, open back rounded vowel, Unicode 0252 (and doubtless the open "o" and many others besides) see:

www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/0252/fontsupport.html

To install fonts on Windows see:

www.styopkin.com/articles/install_fonts.html

or:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314960


[Edited at 2007-06-11 13:50]
 
Fabio Descalzi
Fabio Descalzi  Identity Verified
Uruguay
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Thanks Robert! Jun 11, 2007

Robert Tucker wrote:
To install fonts on Windows see:
www.styopkin.com/articles/install_fonts.html
or:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314960


[Edited at 2007-06-11 21:42]
 


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