On 1 Oct 2005, at 0:15, Robert Memering wrote: > I have been lecturing on phonetics and phonology at > university in the summer term and I had no problems > of this sort at all, because I used LaTeX (with the > TIPA package). > > I know that many people don't want to start using > LaTeX because they think it's too difficult or > cumbersome to use. But I think it's definitely worth > the effort. And: after more than fifteen years it is > still superior to professional (and expensive) > software in many ways. IPA Symbols, for example. > > Have your mouth watered by the TIPA manual (esp. by the > specimens): > > http://ftp.ktug.or.kr/tex-archive/fonts/tipa/tipaman.pdf
Robert, Thanks for the suggestions. First, the link above appears to be dead or lagged into sometime next week. All I can get is "operation timed out." But more importantly, are the fonts in question regular OpenType fonts that can be used on Windows and Mac computers? I ask this because you have assumed that I want a solution just for myself. That is not the case. I do want a font that I can use for typesetting as well as general student linguistics work. But I also want to create a font that the student in "Intro to Linguistics" can use -- a student using Windows or Mac who barely understands how to install a font, let alone figure out TeX. So if the fonts can be used only with TeX, they are not a solution for me. As for TeX/LaTeX, etc., I already investigated this some time ago. I can ace a graduate course in Syntax (I have a 4.0 in linguistics classes), but TeX and all of its related programs leave me totally baffled. I also tried my hand at programming once. I got to the point of "hello world" and the rest was incomprehensible. I do not have a mind that can handle such matters. I need a GUI or I am dead. That is why I am pinning my personal DTP hopes on Scribus. I might be able to learn TeX if there were actual hands-on classes with instructors to show me step by step how to do it. But the online documentation is hopeless for me. I couldn't understand even the first sentence. I would have to ask a question online for each paragraph of the instructions and then wait several days for someone to answer it. I'd be dead before I figured it out to the level you have achieved. My brain is not equal to yours.
