MaxNet Instructions for
Displaying non-English Text
Issues by Language |
Even though the web is worldwide, most browsers have difficulty displaying many common languages. If your browser is having trouble viewing MaxNet lesson text we recommend that you first upgrade to the latest version of: Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. For more information about how to internationalize Netscape, see Netscape International. On a PC, US version 5.5 of Internet Explorer is much easier to set up for non-English characters than Netscape Communicator 4.7. We do not yet recommend using the Netscape 6.0 Beta for using our lessons. Here are some of the display and text entry issues involved for the languages MaxNet supports: CantoneseMaxNet uses a custom encoding for Cantonese Romanization. Because of this, we use embedded (dynamic) fonts.
You will need Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater or Netscape Navigator 4.0 or greater. Netscape: Under Edit…Preferences…Font make sure that the setting use document specified fonts, including Dynamic fonts is enabled. If something doesn't work, you can download this font and install it in your system: uapinyin.ttf
Does not work yet for NS or IE. Chinese (Mandarin)For lessons using Chinese (Hanzi) charactersMaxNet uses the standard coding system GB2312.
Chinese lessons can be viewed with the latest US version of Internet Explorer if you have the optional, freely downloadable, Chinese Language Support installed. You can also view them with Netscape by selecting Edit…Preferences…Appearance…Fonts from the main menu, and select the encoding Simplified Chinese. Change the values for both the Proportional and Fixed fonts to a Chinese font that you already have installed on your system. Windows users will often have the fonts Mshei.ttf (Simplified) and Mingliu.ttf (Traditional) installed on their systems. See Netscape International for more information.
You need to make sure that the Chinese language kit is installed. If you're using Sys 9.x, the language kits come on the system installation disk. For lessons using Pinyin Romanization
MaxNet uses a custom encoding for Pinyin Romanization. Because of this, we use embedded (dynamic) fonts.
You will need Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater or Netscape Navigator 4.0 or greater. Netscape: Under Edit…Preferences…Font make sure that the setting "use document specified fonts, including Dynamic fonts" is enabled. If something doesn't work, you can download this font and install it in your system: uapinyin.ttf
Does not work yet for NS or IE. JapaneseMaxNet uses the standard coding system EUC-JP.
Japanese lessons can be viewed with the US version of Internet Explorer if you have the optional, freely downloadable, Japanese Language Support installed. You can also view them with Netscape by selecting Edit…Preferences…Appearance…Fonts from the main menu, and select the encoding Japanese. Change the values for both the Proportional and Fixed fonts to a Japanese font that you already have installed on your system. Windows users will often have the Japanese font Msgothic.ttf installed on their systems. See Netscape International for more information.
You need to make sure that the Japanese language kit is installed. If you're using Sys 9.x, the language kits come on the system installation disk. KazakhMaxNet uses a custom encoding for Kazakh. Because of this, we use embedded (dynamic) fonts.
You will need Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater or Netscape Navigator 4.0 or greater. Netscape: Under Edit…Preferences…Font make sure that the setting "use document specified fonts, including Dynamic fonts" is enabled. If something doesn't work, you can download this font and install it in your system: kaz_cyr.ttf
Does not yet work for NS or IE KoreanMaxNet uses the standard coding system EUC-KR.
Korean lessons can be viewed with the US version of Internet Explorer if you have the optional, freely downloadable, Korean Language Support installed. You can also view them with Netscape by selecting Edit…Preferences…Appearance…Fonts from the main menu, and select the encoding Korean. Change the values for both the Proportional and Fixed fonts to a Korean font that you already have installed on your system. Windows users will often have the Korean font Gulim.ttf installed on their systems. See Netscape International for more information.
You need to make sure that the Korean language kit is installed. If you're using Sys 9.x, the language kits come on the system installation disk. NavajoMaxNet uses the Lucida Sans Navajo font for Navajo. Because of this, we use embedded (dynamic) fonts and you will need Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater.
You will need Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater or Netscape Navigator 4.0 or greater. Netscape: Under Edit…Preferences…Font make sure that the setting "use document specified fonts, including Dynamic fonts" is enabled. If something doesn't work, you can download the font and install it in your system: http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~jmacf/navajo.zip
Does not yet work for NS or IE O'odhamMaxNet uses a custom encoding for O'odham. Because of this, we use embedded (dynamic) fonts.
You will need Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater or Netscape Navigator 4.0 or greater. Netscape: Under Edit…Preferences…Font make sure that the setting "use document specified fonts, including Dynamic fonts" is enabled. If something doesn't work, you can download this font and install it in your system: oodham.ttf
Does not yet work for NS or IE PortugueseMaxNet uses the ISO-8859-1 coding standard for Portuguese which is viewable by most browsers with no additional setup.
To type Portuguese in Windows95, make the keyboard state visible by going to ControlPanel...Keyboard...Language and checking the Enable indicator on taskbar. Now you can change character set that your keyboard generates by pushing LeftAlt+Shift or by left-clicking on En/Pt indicator on taskbar. RussianMaxNet uses the cp1251 coding standard for Russian text. |
