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New !!!
Web-Install BPG Georgian Fonts and Keyboard
Driver
New !!!
For Windows 2000 and Office 2000
111 seconds to download and install
15 Georgian Unicode encoded fonts
embedded in MS
Word document (550 Kb)
First
Georgian Web Interactive Searchable Database - Full Text
"Psalms"
New !!!
Old Georgian Khucuri (Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri), Unicode encoded
First time publications
Masterpiece of XIX century
Georgian fonts - 'Lortkipanidze'.
Restoration, Win3x and Win95/98/2000 Unicode encoded
Chef d'oeuvre XIX century Georgian font - 'Parisian'.
Restoration, Win3x and Win95/98/2000 Unicode encoded.
Georgian Web Embedded (dynamic,
portable) and Unicode encoded fonts
at the Website - 'Georgian Web Typography' especially for
MS
IExplorer 4+
Georgian for Linux
Georgian fonts for Linux by Levan Shoshiashvili
Georgian fonts for Linux by Aiet
New !!!
Modern Georgian Songs of Protest
Huge, Unicode Encoded, Searchable database of
Old
Georgian Texts by TITUS
(Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität
Frankfurt am Main)
CONTENTS Info-Tech realization
of "Ilia" layout/encoding for Windows and Mac Development of Georgian
Fonts for Computer Comments In Georgian
Chechen
(Nokhchi) Font by BPG-InfoTech [Mirror], "Amina"
Some links to this page: Valuable
information about Georgian scripture and fonts: Nice bitmaps of modern and old Georgian : http://crl.nmsu.edu/~mleisher/cu.html
Info-Tech
realization of "Ilia" layout/encoding for Windows and
Mac
(Unicode oriented) Table
BPG-InfoTech realization of "Ilia"
layout/encoding for 8 bite fonts and Unicode Georgian
subset filled using Modern Georgian and Old (Khutsuri)
Georgian scriptures
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Download Georgian fonts To download this
and other Unicode and bitmap embedded Georgian fonts
please visit site 'Georgian Web
Typography' using MS Internet Explorer 4+
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Windows SYSTEM.FON-s on the base of
Fixedsys,
RSwwwNet and TRG1 (Gogebashvili)fon__s.zip, (10 Kb)
System Variable font (BPGSYS) bpgsys.fon
Windows "TR
Ggb Monitor" TTF fonts.zip, (65 Kb), Ver.1.A.; Windows
"RSwwwNT1,TTF" and "Siradze.TTF" and FON-s[!]
rs_font.zip, (71 Kb), Ver.1.Beta; Winkey (Gavin
Helf) Light + Georgian keyboard driver with
Flags ge_key.zip,
For Win 3.X, 16 bit, (155 Kb); Winkey
(Gavin Helf) Full -- Direct link -- For Win
95/NT 16/32 bit,(435 Kb) Mac fonts and keyboard driver by Reno Siradze, Ver.1.Beta Five MS
DOS VGA, EGA compact triple
English-Georgian-Russian font and
keyboard drivers (traditional Georgian typewrite, comp-1,
comp-2), dos_fn_k.zip, (16,4 Kb)
Experience Tech
complex for realization of Georgian scripture in Win 3.1
environment 7/11/97 Experimental Georgian
font BPG Classic
See: David Chelidze's comments: [ Some Georgian experience
(Zurab Gaprindashvili) ] Unicode Standard for Georgian
Great
Georgian fonts by Slava Meskhi Gia
Shervashidze's site for Georgian
fonts and scripture PS Georgian fonts ( "Parliament
- Soros Fund standard" )
Development of Georgian
Fonts for Computer Preface and Brief History 1. There are 3 types, kinds of Georgian scriptures:
a) Oldest 'Asomtavruli' (from 4-th century)
b) Early mediaeval 'Nuskha-Khutsuri' or 'Khutsuri' (from 6-8-th
century)
c) Late mediaeval 'Mkhedruli' (from 10-12-th century) 2. 'Asomtavruli [Khutsuri]' and '[Nuskha] Khutsuri'
were used basically by Georgian (Orthodox) Church, and today they
are official scriptures for Georgian Church . 'Asomtavruli' is
used as capital letters and 'Khutsuri' as regular (small) letters.
'Asomtavruli' and 'Khutsuri' were main scriptures of
'non-typographic', manuscript era. They can discussed as 'Gothic'
scripture for Georgian. Asomtavruli was developped under influence
of Greek (scripture of New Testament) and Aramean (Scripture of
Old Testament). 3. 'Mkhedruli' was developed
basically for civil and state use and become common scripture for
Georgian language from Khutsuri under the strong influence of
Arabic scripture style. 'Mkhedruli' has no capital letters and
during 17-19-th centuries 'Asomtavruli' was used as capitals. Main modernization of Georgian scripture was done at
the end of 19th century leaded by Ilia Chavchavadze and 33 letters
Modern Georgian scripture was established - BPG-InfoTech is
following the idea, line of "Ilia" while
realizing layout/encoding of computer fonts. Attempt to use 'Asomtavruli' as capitals was once
again initiated by prominent Georgian linguist academician Akaki
Shanidze in 60-th. 4. 'Mkhedruli' become basic scripture for
'typographic' era. Several well designed typographic fonts were
developed in the end of 19-th and during 20-th centuries (mainly
in 30-th and 60-s) by Gordeziani and Dumbadze. There were
developed also capital letters (fonts) based on 'Mkhedruli'
scripture. But till nowadays capitals are specific scriptures from
Georgian point of view, they are used only for headings - there is
no tradition of sentence capitalization. The Era of Computerization Special notice: Most
of Georgian computer fonts (some presented also here) are clones
of industry standard traditional/typographic types nationalized
during Soviet era or produced during Soviet era (when author's
rights World standards were ignored) - for example
"Akademiuri", "Chveulebrivi",
"Dumbadze", "Gremi", etc. Now Copyright of
initial glyphs content [typefaces] and Name [TradeMark]
is not determined and can be somebody's private property.
Authorship and Copyright notices attaches to the most Georgian
fonts are not covering/reflecting initial glyph contents and
TradeMark ownership. Please using Georgian fonts check first of
all Copyright for initial glyphs and TradeMark. 1. Developing of standards for
Georgian where initiated in the 1975 by Center for Scientific
Information in Social and Humanitarian Sciences (CSI-SHS)
B.Gugushvili and Institute of Computed Mathematics (ICM) of
Academy of Sciences of Georgia (ASG). 2. In 1988 Scientific Council for Computerization was
established in the Presidium of ASG headed by President of ASG
Aleksander Tavkhelidze. 3. During 1998-1989 by CSI-SHS and ICM,
collaborationed with Scientific Institutes of Georgian Literature,
Linguistics, Manuscripts, History etc. was developed working
standard for MS-DOS based on concepts ASCII, ISO-8859 and
Alternate KOI of the Academy of Sciences of USSR following "Ilia"
layout. In this standard Georgian letters, following Modern
Georgian - "Ilia" line, where placed from 128 of
ASCII. Capital (Mtavruli Khutsuri) and regular letters are
considered as different fonts (scriptures). Were reflected all 39
letters (including. as addition, 6 letters which use is restricted
for historic texts) [aka GeoSCII]. 4. During 1989-1990-th private Info-Tech Co. on the
grounds of financing (grant) of the Presidium of ASG developed
integered desktop-publishing complex based on MS-Word and Ventura
Publisher using bit-map fonts. In the begin of 1989 first time Georgian newspaper
("Ahkalgazrda Iverieli") was published and was used
Info-Tech Co. desk-top computer publishing technologies. 5. During 1990-1991 Info-Tech Co. developed full
complex of Georgian bitmap, true-type and PS1 fonts, on the base
of original and industrial photo-print matrixes. Hundreds of books, journals and newspapers where and
are published using this technology line in Georgia. 6. In 1991 complex of Georgian true-type fonts was
developed for MS-Windows, Windows Write and Windows Word by
Info-Tech Co. In this fonts Georgian Letters where placed from 192
of ASCII - following "Ilia" line and are coordinated
with ISO 8859-(*) and Unicode. 7. All fonts and standards developed by Info-Tech Co.
can be used on the grounds of integrity: texts prepared in the
environment of one system can be used in others. BPG-InfoTech realization of "Ilia"
layout/encoding fonts and standards become working (de facto) standards in Georgia [some sources
now call it Alternative
GeoWin standard -- 20.08.00]. 8. After putch and cup of 1991-1992 in Georgia dozens
of newspaper and 'proclamatsias' where published underground
by supporters of Legal Authorities using private
desktop publishing systems. 9. By Georgian political emigrants in Finland were
established: in
1996 - first Georgian ÕÀÐÇÓÊÈ language web site "DEDA ENA - ÃÄÃÀ ÄÌÀ", in 1997 - first complex realization of Georgian for Windows 3.+ in 1997 - first Georgian web site
targeting theory and practical design of Georgian fonts and
using of dynamic (and bitmap embedded fonts) "Georgian Web
Typography" in
1998 - first common Georgian Unicode encoded fonts for
Windows in
1998 - first Georgian web site using Unicode fonts
(uses dynamic fonts) in
1998 - first Unicode encoded Georgian searchable
Database "Psalms" 'ÔÑÀÊËÓÌÄÁÈ' (uses dynamic fonts) 1998-2000 - first core Modern Georgian and
Old Georgian Scripture Unicode fonts for public use
10. During 1998-1999 by Soros Foundation and
Parliament Service of Information was developed retrograde, so
called "PS - Parliament-Soros" encoding where "Ilia"
layout/encoding is not followed (outdate, ancient letters
are placed within modern line of letters). Now, argumented by
financial power of Soros Foundation, this encoding is promoted as
pretendent for State Standard. Internet, WWW and E-mail 1. Presented developing fonts pack is based on
BPG-Info-Tech Co. technical and informational ideology and follows
"Ilia" layout/encoding. According to "Ilia" layout Georgian
letters are placed (alphabetically) from 192 (Old Georgian letters
are placed after Modern line) and other part of ASCII table is
unchanged. This fonts can be used for mixed Georgian-English texts
and are tested for Internet-WWW and E-mail. 2. In the Georgian fonts presented in WWW/Internet
URLs... Georgian letters are placed (in not-alphabetic/random
order) in the region of symbols and English letters from ASCII
7,12, 14,15, 27, 59, 61 and mainly from 64 and can't be used for
English or mixed texts, they are not also coordinated with any
ASCII, ISO-8859* and Unicode standards. Big part of table
is empty - See below. 3. Fonts for Mac and RSwwwNET, Siradze TTF and FON
are developed and designed by Reno Siradze.
Comments This fonts are tested and are OK with
Windows 3.1 (WinWord, WinWrite), Netscape 2.02 (except Mail/Send,
Mail/Receive is OK), MS Explorer 2.10, Eudora Light 1.5.2. Most Net and WWW programm tools
available today, are not completely usable to deal with texts over
128 ASCII and non-English languages (fonts). So we recommend to
get internationalized versions of programms/systems.
Recommended
technology of information interchange between word processors
using Win TTF Georgian fonts (filled from ASCII 192) and MS DOS
(filled from ASCII 128) by file types (MS Word 5.0, Windows Write
3.1, Word for Windows 6.0). Main respect is WinWrite as
intermediate format. [updated]
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Recommended technology of filling HTML documents with Georgian texts using our fonts
(filled from ASCII 192) - [updated] 1. MUST be defined tags:
In <HEAD>...</HEAD> <META
NAME="Content-type" CONTENT="text/html;
charset=georgian" > <META
NAME="Content-type" CONTENT="text/html;
charset=x-user-defined" > <META
NAME="Content-language"
CONTENT="ge-GEO">
In <BODY></BODY>
2. Most HTML editors can't to handle
screen TTF and FON fonts up of ASCII 128. So, we recommend using
of Copy-Paste technology:
make HTML empty
'template, face, visage' using HTML editor and save it; read HTML document and
Georgian document source simultaneously using (for
example) Windows Notepad; cut and paste Georgian text
from source to HTML, save HTML document as text; never edit this HTML document
using HTML editor (use simple text editor).
3. Editor of Netscape 3 Gold, works
properly if - Options / Document Encoding / User Defined !
TTF font developed by George Guiorganashvili Development of Georgian Fonts (Good step FORWARD) New standard and TTF font developed by George
Guiorganashvili (Department of Informatics of the Parliament
of Georgia and George Soros Fund) for Georgian fonts usable in
WWW-Internet can be discussed as good example of system
determination. It really is duplicate of first (Beta)
standard, developed by Center for Scientific Information (CSI)
of Academy of Sciences of Georgia in 1987. In this standard
Old Georgian letters are placed inside the line of commonly used
letters of New Literary Georgian developed by Ilia
Chavchavadze. This standard was not forwarded by CSI also
because letters used only in Old Georgian (5 letters) were not
designed for most of popular industry standard fonts used in
Georgia. Letters are placed from 192 ASCII code and
KBD driver is supplied, but there are no FON fonts, as well as
fonts for other platforms (Mac, UNIX etc.). We recommend to use this standard and font to persons
and organizations for whom the standard and
fonts developed by Legal Authorities of Georgia is not
'good enough'. PS. this font is used as base for PS
["Parliament-Soros Fund standard"]
From: UNICODE
2.0 CHARACTER DATABASE
Copyright (c) 1991-1996 Unicode, Inc. All Rights reserved. See:
1. Source
2. http://charts.unicode.org/Unicode.charts/normal/U10A0.html
-- Georgian, Range: U+10A0 to U+10FF New Georgian [must be: Georgian
UPPERCASE, CAPITAL] 10A0;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER AN;10D0;
10A1;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER BAN;10D1;
10A2;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER GAN;10D2;
10A3;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER DON;10D3;
10A4;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER EN;10D4;
10A5;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER VIN;10D5;
10A6;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER ZEN;10D6;
10A7;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER TAN;10D7;
10A8;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER IN;10D8;
10A9;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER KAN;10D9;
10AA;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER LAS;10DA;
10AB;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER MAN;10DB;
10AC;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER NAR;10DC;
10AD;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER ON;10DD;
10AE;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER PAR;10DE;
10AF;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER ZHAR;10DF;
10B0;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER RAE;10E0;
10B1;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER SAN;10E1;
10B2;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER TAR;10E2;
10B3;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER UN;10E3;
10B4;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER PHAR;10E4;
10B5;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER KHAR;10E5;
10B6;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER GHAN;10E6;
10B7;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER QAR;10E7;
10B8;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER SHIN;10E8;
10B9;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER CHIN;10E9;
10BA;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER CAN;10EA;
10BB;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER JIL;10EB;
10BC;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER CIL;10EC;
10BD;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER CHAR;10ED;
10BE;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER XAN;10EE;
10BF;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER JHAN;10EF;
10C0;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER HAE;10F0; Old Georgian [must be: Georgian EXTENDED
for UPPERCASE, CAPITAL] 10C1;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER HE;10F1;
10C2;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER HIE;10F2;
10C3;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER WE;10F3;
10C4;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER HAR;10F4;
10C5;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER HOE;10F5; ------------------------ New Georgian [must be: Georgian
LOVERCASE] 10D0;GEORGIAN LETTER AN;
10D1;GEORGIAN LETTER BAN;
10D2;GEORGIAN LETTER GAN;
10D3;GEORGIAN LETTER DON;
10D4;GEORGIAN LETTER EN;
10D5;GEORGIAN LETTER VIN;
10D6;GEORGIAN LETTER ZEN;
10D7;GEORGIAN LETTER TAN;
10D8;GEORGIAN LETTER IN;
10D9;GEORGIAN LETTER KAN;
10DA;GEORGIAN LETTER LAS;
10DB;GEORGIAN LETTER MAN;
10DC;GEORGIAN LETTER NAR;
10DD;GEORGIAN LETTER ON;
10DE;GEORGIAN LETTER PAR;
10DF;GEORGIAN LETTER ZHAR;
10E0;GEORGIAN LETTER RAE;
10E1;GEORGIAN LETTER SAN;
10E2;GEORGIAN LETTER TAR;
10E3;GEORGIAN LETTER UN;
10E4;GEORGIAN LETTER PHAR;
10E5;GEORGIAN LETTER KHAR;
10E6;GEORGIAN LETTER GHAN;
10E7;GEORGIAN LETTER QAR;
10E8;GEORGIAN LETTER SHIN;
10E9;GEORGIAN LETTER CHIN;
10EA;GEORGIAN LETTER CAN;
10EB;GEORGIAN LETTER JIL;
10EC;GEORGIAN LETTER CIL;
10ED;GEORGIAN LETTER CHAR;
10EE;GEORGIAN LETTER XAN;
10EF;GEORGIAN LETTER JHAN;
10F0;GEORGIAN LETTER HAE; Old georgian [must be: Georgian EXTENDED
for LOWERCASE] 10F1;GEORGIAN LETTER HE;
10F2;GEORGIAN LETTER HIE;
10F3;GEORGIAN LETTER WE;
10F4;GEORGIAN LETTER HAR;
10F5;GEORGIAN LETTER HOE;
10F6;GEORGIAN LETTER FI; 10FB;GEORGIAN PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR;
Georgia: Internet Making
Inroads. By Julie Moffett. Washington,
4 July 1997 (RFE/RL) ...
Following is a summary of the obstacles facing Georgia in
improving its Internet connectivity:
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