I have a problem that I think is related to text encoding, and I'm looking for suggestions.
Here is the issue:
(A) I wrote a HyperCard stack years ago to teach the International Phonetic Alphabet to students using games. (B) I used the excellent PalPhon font to display the IPA characters. (C) This year I decided to port the stack to Mac OS X, and hopefully Windows, using RunRev. (D) I switched to a newer font, IPAPhon, built by the original author of PalPhon. It comes in both Mac and Windows TrueType versions; since OS X can use either format, I used the windows TTFs for maximum compatibility). (E) I do all my work on a Mac running OS X, but I have access to RunRev for Windows and a decent Windows 2000 PC.
On my Windows XP there is no trace of IPAPhon, so I guess it is not part of the preinstalled fonts. If your students work in a Windows lab, you have to install the font on the computers.
I have chosen this strategy: When students have to work with phonetical symbols at home computers, I have always avoided to let them have to install any fonts. Instead I have done the development on the platform with the phonetical font, in this case on Mac. Then - for each symbol I have used Import --> Snapshot to create a small image of it. Voil�, no more need for having phonetical fonts present on either platform.
Hope this may give you some ideas to go on with. Signe Marie Sanne
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