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[Tlhingan-hol] Windows 8 and pIqaD fonts- solution to problem

Robyn Stewart ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']

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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I believe I posted about this problem before, but only today did I find the solution. I share it so that</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">(a) others may benefit and (b) so that when I forget how I solved the problem this time, the Internet will know the answer.<BR>
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<FONT FACE="Calibri">When I installed Window</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> 8, all my</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">pIqaD</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> fonts reverted to the Latin alphabet, and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">when I edited</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">documents I had previously saved wit</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">h</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> Klingon fonts</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, they suddenly</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">show</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ed</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> Latin characters.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">The ttf files</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">were</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> there,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">uncorrupted,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">and the fonts</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">were</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> available to select, but whether I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">was</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> formatting text,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">or</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">v</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">iewing</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> previewing the fonts</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> through control panel,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> all I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">saw</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">wa</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s the Latin alphabet</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><BR>
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<FONT FACE="Calibri">The secret to reclaiming the lost Klingon fonts was the Language Bar. At the time I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">initialized Windows 8, I selected the languages and fonts I wanted available.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca">&nbsp;<FONT FACE="Calibri"> They each associated with a language and a keyboard layout, so I have a dropdown and hotkeys to switch among input languages. As I rarely use pIqaD</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">on this computer, I had completely forgotten that</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">while they</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> had associated with English (Canada)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, it was not the same English (Canada) that I use on a daily basis, but the other one, “OL English (Canada)” (presumably the OL stands for Other Language) down at the bottom of the list. When I select this,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">m</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">y fonts</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">are usable</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.<BR>
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O frabjous day! jIQuch.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">(I can read that as jIQuchqu</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> but it’s probably gibberish to others – sorry)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><BR>
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<FONT FACE="Calibri">If you’re interested, the fonts I have include:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN></P>

<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Klingon pIqaD HaSta</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">two</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> other Michael Everson fonts</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN></P>

<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Nokia Pure HL KLGN Regular and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">two</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> other Nokia fonts</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN></P>

<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">pIqaD Medium from qurgh</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN></P>

<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">- Qov</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN></P>

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