Tools

Greek Ligatures

Vernon E Kooy has created a unique typeface with hundreds of ligatures that allows anyone to write Greek like a Renaissance scholar. It’s available exclusively here. Have a look.

Friday, 11 July 2008 {Tools}. — 6 Comments »

Keyboards

I’d been asked how one best types Greek, and when detailing my favourite procedure, I thought this might be of use to others, too… The Greek keyboard has a few nifty features you won’t find elsewhere: for instance, mine is the only keyboard, I believe, where you can type lunate sigmas directly. I also provide […]

Sunday, 4 November 2007 {Tools}. — 3 Comments »

Record

Philosophy Talk wants their listeners to pay $5 per episode. There’s no need for excitement, however, since they continue to provide the streams for free—and if there’s a stream there’s always a way to record it. At present, by far the easiest way to do so is to use the new RealPlayer 11 Beta. Total […]

Thursday, 27 September 2007 {Ancient Philosophy, Tools}. — 1 Comment »

Style

Just back from luminous Helsinki… I’m revising my paper on Priscian and Apollonius, and since Brepols’s normes rédactionnelles are rather different from what I ordinarily follow, I translated them into a style today. So for those among you preparing a paper for the same volume and working with EndNote, voici FR-Brepols.ens. It’s light and minimal […]

Tuesday, 24 July 2007 {Tools}. — No Comments »