In the first part of the Phonetics and Phonology course, you'll have to use the special phonetic fonts which represent the phonemes used in broad (= phonemic) transcription. These fonts do not normally come with word processors. Below is a link to the UCL page you can visit to download them into your own hard disk so that you can make and visualize your transcriptions on your Word documents. On the page you will see the headings DOULOS, SOPHIA or MANUSCRIPT and the phonetic fonts offered. You can download one, some or all of them. You have to save the files on your C or D disks (depending on how your computer has been configured) in a folder called FONTS within the WINDOWS folder. After this easy step, open a Word document and select the fonts you want from the font box. As is stated on the page following the link below, most sounds are mapped onto the qwerty keyboard symbol configuration. Under each set of fonts, you will see the symbols you can get if you press SHIFT and the regular keys. For example, to obtain the ɒ symbol , you need to press SHIFT + Q.
IPA fonts
IPA fonts
Thank you teacher. I think this is a good chance to learn all together in a new, virtual way.
ReplyDeleteThank 'you, Mariana. This is why I decided to create this blog. Whenever you have a comment or anything to say, please write. See you around!
ReplyDeletemartin,great ideas,both this blog and this post, many students are very used to work in computers so it´s very useful. when i have my computer i´ll download the font myself.
ReplyDeletethanks for taking the time to improve classes
and what a pic, by the way!
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...Hi, Martin...it's great to take advantage of this kind of technology to deal with school topics and subjects as this one!! ... good luck with the project...see you!
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