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SIL Dai Banna Fonts FAQ, Known Issues and Support

NRSI staff, 2004-04-22; 7179 reads

SIL Dai Banna Fonts and Unicode

The SIL Dai Banna Fonts are pre-Unicode or “legacy” fonts which were originally released by SIL in 2000. These fonts have been superceded by the Unicode-encoded Dai Banna SIL Fonts.

Table of Contents for this web page:

    Frequently Asked Questions
    Known Issues
    Support

Frequently Asked Questions

Question: Why isn't my keyboard working correctly?

Answer: This may be due to the Smart Quotes feature of many programs - If this feature is turned on you will get incorrect results when using the keyboards. Turn this feature off when using the keyboards.

Question: Why do my characters run into each other?

Answer: There are character combinations that will result in letters running into each other. The fonts do have kerning information that will respace these letters corectly. Many programs, however, do not support kerning. In those cases you can manually insert thin spaces if you wish. On the Macintosh these can be entered by typing option-period. On Windows type right-alt - space .

Question: Multiple-key combinations do not work - Macintosh

Answer: When using the New Tai Lue keyboard some multiple-key combinations (such as Command P , etc.) may not work. Switch to one of the standard Macintosh keyboards when typing these if you have problems.

Known Issues

Documentation troublesome in Acrobat Reader 3 — Windows

When printing the Users Guide from Acrobat Reader 3 to a PostScript printer, some of the standard Roman characters and punctuation may print with the wrong font (such as Times New Roman or Courier New). The New Tai Lue characters, however, should print out correctly. Using Acrobat Reader 4 will avoid this problem.

Documentation troublesome in Acrobat Reader 3 — Macintosh

When viewing the Users Guide in Acrobat Reader 3, the Reader may complain about the embedded fonts and state that “some characters may not display or print correctly”. Some of the punctuation characters (such as the bullet, paragraph mark, etc.) may appear as boxes. The New Tai Lue characters, however, should display correctly. When printing to a PostScript printer, though, many of the fonts may be incorrect. Using Acrobat Reader 4 will avoid these problems.

Support

As these fonts and utilities are distributed at no cost, we are unable to provide a commercial level of personal technical support. This is the final release of these fonts.

Please note that these fonts are intended for use by experienced computer users. Installing and using these fonts is not a trivial matter. The most effective technical support is usually provided by an experienced computer user who can personally sit down with you at your computer to troubleshoot the problem.

Before requesting technical support, please:

Carefully read all the documentation provided with the fonts, including the documentation installed by the installation program.
Check out all the links on the web pages for these font packages, and read all the information and instructions they contain.
Review the list of Frequently Asked Questions to see if your question has already been answered. Additional information is also available on the general Font FAQ page.

If that fails to answer your question, or for more information, contact:

User Support
SIL International
Non-Roman Script Initiative
7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd.
Dallas, TX 75236
USA

Email: SIL_fonts@sil.org

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