HC56:
Language as a Window to the
Mind
Welcome to the
HC56 Class Language
Page!
This page will
be updated as more
information about our language is discovered.
You will
need to download the Gentium font to view the IPA
symbols
correctly.
This page is maintained by Sameer ud Dowla Khan. Last updated
5 February 2006.
Installing
Gentium on your PC
If you're having trouble installing
Gentium or other such fonts on your
PC, here is a step-by-step list of what to do:
1. First download this file. Save it onto your
desktop for easy access.
2. The file is zipped, so
you have to unzip it. If you have WinZip, unzip the whole Gentium
folder in WinZip and extract it back to the desktop.
3. Open the new unzipped
Gentium folder, and copy the four .ttf files.
4. Paste all four into your
C:\WINDOWS\FONTS folder. It should momentarily tell you that the
installation is complete when you paste them.
5. Open Microsoft Word (or
whatever).
6. Select "Gentium" as your
font. (You can hit CTRL+D to change fonts)
7. In the main toolbar, hit
"Insert", and then "Symbol". A table of symbols should appear.
8. Make sure the drop-down
menu says "normal text" in the table of symbols.
9. Scroll down about halfway
in the table. Do you see IPA symbols? Please do.
Remember, if you need to add a diacritic on top of or below a letter,
first type the letter, and then hit "Insert" and "Symbol". Scroll down
the table of symbols until you see the things labeled "combining tilde
above" or "combining diaeresis below" and other such "combining"
symbols. The "combining" symbols automatically attach to whatever
letter you've just typed.