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IPA transcription in Unicode

IPA transcription in Unicode
Look at this: [ə]. Do you see a phonetic symbol between the square brackets? (You should see a schwa.) Displaying IPA symbols For you to be able to display Unicode phonetic symbols correctly on your web browser, the browser must be Unicode-compliant (all current browsers are) you must be running Windows 95 or later, or, on a Macintosh, OSX; (otherwise, and for Unix or Linux, see advice from the Unicode site)you must have installed a Unicode font that includes the IPA symbols The list of such Windows TrueType/OpenType fonts currently available and that I recommend is as follows. The style sheet in the head of this document specifies the font Arial MS Unicode, or failing that Lucida Sans Unicode. Inserting IPA symbols in web documents There are several ways to insert Unicode IPA symbols into your HTML files: by using MS Word (97 and later), or by using a numeric code. Unicode decimal and hex numbers for IPA symbols The Unicode manual lists code numbers only in hexadecimal. Alphabetic Related: