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- From: alderson@elaine46.Stanford.EDU (Rich Alderson)
- Subject: Re: Greek Text
- In-Reply-To: zapantis@uvphys.phys.uvic.ca (Nik Zapantis)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.024950.4731@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Originator: alderson@leland.Stanford.EDU
- Keywords: Greek, TeX, .mf, ???
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Reply-To: alderson@elaine46.Stanford.EDU (Rich Alderson)
- Organization: Stanford University Academic Information Resources
- References: <1992Jul23.113954.2435@nocusuhs.nnmc.navy.mil> <1992Jul23.220105.13855@sol.UVic.CA>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 02:49:50 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul23.220105.13855@sol.UVic.CA>, zapantis@uvphys (Nik Zapantis) writes:
- >A number of recent requests for accented Greek tex, has prompted me to post
- >this. Please be aware that Modern Greek now uses a single accent . This
- >accent has now replaced all previous accents and spirits(sp?). All modern
- >Greek print (papers,official Docs, etc) now uses this 'monotonic' system.
-
- Doesn't the accent in question look like the old acute? In which case a Greek
- font which could handle all the accents could easily represent the reformed
- spelling.
-
- >I do not know if Ancient Greek typesetting still uses the old 'multitonic'
- >system.
-
- Ancient Greek typesetting will always use the system of accents devised by the
- Alexandrinian grammarians, because not to do so would cripple the ability of
- new scholars to deal with older editions texts, as well as losing information
- of importance to linguists.
- --
- Rich Alderson 'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take
- such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.'
- --J. R. R. Tolkien,
- alderson@leland.stanford.edu _The Lost Road_
-