[OT] Standard Pronunciation Characters Font Needed

[el-remmen]

Hey, I have been looking for a font of the standard pronunciation characters (as in those one might find in a dictionary) - with characters like the "schwa" and the double linked O's that signify the "oooooh" sound, etc. . .

Anyone know where I can find such a thing. I have checked dozens of font sites - but I have not found anything close

oh yeah, and I want it for free

Thanks in advance

 

[Number47]

Mac or PC?

Most of the better fonts have these characters already, or at least a good portion of them. They just aren't all that intuitive or easy to find. I assume you have a program that shows you the entire character set?

 

[Ravellion]

Try doing a web search for "International Phonetics Association"

I know their website has a free font on it.

Rav

 

[Ravellion]

Don't bother, here it is:

http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/ipafonts.html

Rav

 

[Bran Blackbyrd]

I've been looking for one of these myself. It would be a whole lot nicer than writing out phonetic examples of each town and character name in your campaign.
Darn fantasy names.

 

[el-remmen]

Weird.

The fonts I found thru that link do not have the IPA symbols - unless I am doing something wrong - but when I click on Insert- Symbol the proper symbols are not displayed. . no "schwa", no linked O's, etc. . .

I'll keep looking around there - but if someone finds a font like that could you post a direct link for downloading it?

Thanks for your help.

 

[el-remmen]

Ok, I found something that might work - it has a "schwa" - but not the linked O's - well - it has something that looks kind of like that but it doesn't look like the one my dictionary uses.

 

[el-remmen]

Ok, so I know what I am looking for - the pronunciation characters that Amrican Heritage Dictionary uses (this is the standard one - and is the one that most online dictionaries that I have ever seen use). . so now all I need is a font that matches that. . .

 

[Ravellion]

Well, if it is for aquerra, and you want international appeal, I'd suggest using standard. It depends on how well versed you are with phonetics, however... perhaps this link will help? :

http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/fullchart.html

As you can see, the symbol you are referring to is not a recognised international phonetic symbol. But then, I didn't even know the US had a preferred pronunciation (a parallel to RP, as it were)... but it has to, otherwise these symbols would be daft.

Rav

Ah, finally I can use some of the fruits of my English study

 

[bondetamp]

I thought the "ooo-sound" would be an /o:/ where the ':' after the 'o' gave the length.