Comments on: Using IPA fonts with Mac OS X: The Comprehensive Guide

By: Converting Unicode IPA to TIPA for LaTeX documents, easily : Notes from a Linguistic Mystic

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:28:09 +0000

[...] esoteric, but I absolutely have to share this. So, the majority of people use Unicode IPA fonts and IPA entry to put IPA in documents, and that’s absolutely fine. However, those of us who often write [...]

By: leo

leo — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:12:03 +0000

Thanks soooooo much for this – really useful and it worked perfectly. Star!!!

By: Helen

Helen — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 08:08:16 +0000

They also have a palette you can find on
http://www.blugs.com/IPA/
Really easy to install and use.

By: paul forrest

paul forrest — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:40:40 +0000

Fantastic site! Sydney University should just have a link to it, rather than subject their OSX users to a needlessly frustrating IT runaround. Thank you very much.

By: Elin Doyle

Elin Doyle — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:31:45 +0000

Wow, thanks, this is great!!!

By: Carl Bache

Carl Bache — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:21:57 +0000

Thank you very much. This is really useful, and it works beautifully, even in Word.

By: Hiram

Hiram — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:42:59 +0000

Thanks for the tips! You might also note that there’s a really simple native Max OS X app that the folks at SIL made, called Ukelele ( http://scripts.sil.org/ukelele ) which allows you to create your own keyboard layouts so you can then input into any other word processor that runs in OS X – for linguists working on unwritten languages like myself who use Toolbox and Praat and such, it is rather a useful tool to create my own keyboard. I find that using the “alt/option” key (in combination with shift at times) is the best bet for creating shortcuts.

Having said that, though, does anyone have MS Word for Mac, and have they tried using Ukelele with it? I’d be interested in the results, as I’m currently in the process of transferring a paper from LaTeX into Word (don’t ask) and have run into some issues with the Unicode fonts not being recognized by WinXP/Word2007. I thought the whole point of unicode was so that everyone would use the same fonts, but apparently whoever wrote the OS’s didn’t talk to each other. I’m wondering if having a Mac copy of Word would solve that issue.

By: Alex Kerr

Alex Kerr — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:27:38 +0000

Thank you so much! I’ve looked everywhere for this information, and finally found your page — which made it possible at last to install and use these fonts.

By: Jo Billington

Jo Billington — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:36:34 +0000

Thanks so much for this. Very comprehensive, yet succinct. Just what I was looking for. I only wish I hadn’t wasted 2 hours trying to follow the instructions found on other sites.

By: Carine

Carine — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:20:52 +0000

Thank you so much for this guide, it’s really amazing and well done !
I come from Switzerland and I would like to know if you know about font-file for a qwertz keyboard (Swiss keyboard) ? The qwerty keyboard works for me, but it would be easier for me (or others) to use the qwertz keyboard…
Thank you again for your website !