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Cardo Font by David Perry is good, in my opinion. It will do epigraphic symbols. http://scholarsfonts.net/cardofnt.html But I have no idea how it will interact with Maverick. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 21:26:33 +0000 From: Juan Coderch <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Greek font blues Dear Elizabeth, The group Digital Classicists are really great at solving these matters. I do not know whether you are subscribed to their mail list. Just in case, I copy them into this e-mail, to make sure they receive the request. I paste their e-mail address here also: [log in to unmask] Juan C. On 4 Nov 2013, at 21:17, Elizabeth Kosmetatou wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > I've been writing a book on the votives in the Delian Artemision > for several years now. The main reason for the delay of publication > is the enormous amount of Greek that the manuscript contains and > the various changes in systems and fonts that I've made through the > years. Every time there is a serious upgrade, I'm always in > trouble, checking the catalogue again and again and again. > > Anyway, the recent Apple upgrade to Maverick seems to have ruined > my catalogue once more. The SymbolAthenian font I was using for the > numerals doesn't work any more, while even my unicode Greek appears > messed up, using two different fonts. Additionally, the Athenian > dotted font has translated into nonsense, not to mention that none > of my makra appear in the earlier inscriptions. > > It is extremely important that the catalogue is impeccable, being > the main reason I'm writing this book. Could anyone please help me > with this? The Greek text in unicode is fine except from the > problems I mentioned. What I would like ideally is ONE font that > does it all, especially the epigraphic symbols. I would also like > to know if any of you has been experiencing issues with your Greek > texts, especially those in older documents, after you've upgraded > to Maverick. Believe me, this catalogue has changed so many times > that it's not funny any more. > > I'll be grateful for any suggestions or help. > > Collegially, > > > Elizabeth > > > -- > > > > Elizabeth Kosmetatou, Ph.D. > > Associate Professor of History > > University of Illinois at Springfield > > 3063 University Hall Building > > One University Plaza > > Springfield, IL 62703 > > USA > > > > Tel. (217) 206-7428 > > Email: [log in to unmask] > > Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/ > archives/classicists.html ---------------------------------------------------------- Dr. J. Coderch Senior Language Tutor in Greek and Latin The University of St. Andrews School of Classics Swallowgate St. Andrews Fife KY16 9AL Room C27, Tel. + 44 (0)1334 462611 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Grammar site: http://coderch-greek-latin-grammar.weebly.com ------------------------------ End of DIGITALCLASSICIST Digest - 3 Nov 2013 to 4 Nov 2013 (#2013-142) **********************************************************************