FAQ
About
Armenian Fonts
Q1 - When I am using an Adobe type Armenian
Font named "Maral". Each time, if I am at the end of the
line and the last word contains the letter "RRAA" I am getting
an automatic line break?
A1 - The reason is, that the Armenian
letter "RRAA" in "Maral" is located where the
Hyphen is on the "English keyboard", and the processor acts
accordingly
Probably it was prepared in France or for a French keyboard, where
the Hyphen is located where the numeral "6" is ( English
keyboard).
The only solution was to switch the location of the letter "RRAA"
with the Hyphen, which coast money to do it. (I charged US $5.00 to
reconfigure the keyboard).
NB. It was brought to my attention that not all "Maral"
typefaces has the above mentioned problem.
Q2 - Why in some Armenian Fonts the
letter "Pure" disappears?
A2 - The letter "Pure"
in those Fonts is located where the quotation marks are. The problem
started when Microsoft introduced Word6 for Windows, other word processors
has no problem. In Word6 the straight quotations used in Word3.1 was
replaced by two different "fancy" quotation marks, one for
the beginning of the sentence and a different one for the end (They
call them the 66 and the 99).
Here is one of the solutions:
1 - Start MS Word6 for Windows.
2 - Select Tools.
c - Choose Options from the drop down menu..
3 - Click on the AutoFormat.
4 - Make sure under Replace, Straight Quotes with "Smart Quotes"
is not selected.
5 - Click O.K.
The other solution is again the reconfiguration of the keyboard, so
there will be no problem whatever kind of quotation marks you are using.
New, New, New!!!!! .........For
Microsoft Office or Word97 Users.
Having the same above mentioned problem.
a - Start Word97
b - Select Format
c - Choose Auto Format from the drop down menu.
d - Select Options from the menu.
e - Select "Auto Format As You Type" from the top of the pan.
f - Make sure the "Straight quotes" with "Smart quotes"
is not selected.
g - Click O.K. and again Click O.K. and it's done.
Q3 - Why when I switched to MS Word7,each
time I type a single lower case, Armenian letter "i" (Armenian
eeh) it is automatically converted to upper
case "I" (Armenian EEH)?
A3- This
is a normal transition for English writing.
Here is the solution:
a - Open MS Word7 or higher.
b - On the Menu choose Tools
b - In the Tools drop down menu choose Auto Correct
c - In the middle of the Auto Correct window you'll see two small windows
next to each other, one says "Replace" the other "With".
d - Type the small letter "i" in the "Replace" window.
e - You'll notice that, in the "List" under the two windows,
that the "i" is replaced by an "I".
e - Type the small letter "i" in the" With" window
and click O.K.
NB. Remember when you type an English
correspondence you have to change the "i" with "I".
Q4 - When
you type an Armenian text in MS Word using one of the English/Armenian
keyboard drivers, any one, and you try to past the text in QuarkXPress
or in Adobe Illustrator, all the Armenian letters (yetch) is replaced
by (") sign, and the letter (Capital Kim) completely disappears
.
A4 - The
question is correct, but I have no answer for it yet. Try to print the
text in QuarkXPress or in Adobe Illustrator, using any
Arm/Eng. keyboard driver, they work fine there.
Q5. - I send through
email to my friend a Flyer design in Adobe Illustrator 8.0 written in
English, using Times Roman Fonts, for his approval after converting
it to a "pdf" file, he told me that, all the letters "&"
in the flyer is replaced by the Armenian letter "YEV"
A5 - I tried
it myself and what you are saying is correct. I suspect it happens only
for people who has Armenian/English Fonts with keyboard driver in there
Windows. But I can't explain why is happening, because everybody has
Times Roman Fonts. If someone out there knows the answer please send
a note to me. Usually when a file is converted to .PDF and Emailed,
the receiving person should have the same Fonts used in your text, otherwise
he can get replacement or garbage.
