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=== Text File === | ====== Transcribing a Text File ====== |
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Take a text file of Coptic keyed in the unicode Coptic characterset. (SCRIPTORIUM uses the [[http://www.evertype.com/fonts/coptic/|Antinoou font]] and keyboard.)\\ \\ | Take a text file of Coptic keyed in the unicode Coptic characterset. (SCRIPTORIUM uses the [[http://www.evertype.com/fonts/coptic/|Antinoou font]] and keyboard.)\\ \\ |
Save the file as a plain text file (.txt) encoded in UTF-8. (Most text editors have an option in Preferences for opening and saving texts in UTF-8.) \\ \\ | Save the file as a plain text file (.txt) encoded in UTF-8. (Most text editors have an option in Preferences for opening and saving texts in UTF-8.) \\ \\ |
Be sure there is a space between each Coptic bound group. (You do not need to segment all the morphemes. We follow Layton's conventions for segmenting bound groups. For example ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱϣⲃ ⲛⲁϥ, not ⲁ ϥ ⲟⲩⲱϣⲃ ⲛⲁ ϥ, nor ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱϣⲃⲛⲁϥ. (Our [[http://copticscriptorium.org/download/tools/SCRIPTORIUMDiplTranscriptionGuidelines.pdf|Transcription Guidelines]] have more details.)\\ \\ | Be sure there is a space between each Coptic bound group. (You do not need to segment all the morphemes. We follow Layton's conventions for segmenting bound groups. For example ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱϣⲃ ⲛⲁϥ, not ⲁ ϥ ⲟⲩⲱϣⲃ ⲛⲁ ϥ, nor ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱϣⲃⲛⲁϥ. (Our [[http://copticscriptorium.org/download/tools/SCRIPTORIUMDiplTranscriptionGuidelines.pdf|Transcription Guidelines]] have more details.)\\ \\ |
//Mac users: save your text file using Unix line breaks/carriage returns. Most text editors have an option for toggling between Windows/Mac/Unix line breaks; we recommend the free texteditor Text Wrangler http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/ . This formatting option is displayed at the bottom of the window.// \\ \\ | //Mac users: save your text file using Unix line breaks/carriage returns. Most text editors have an option for toggling between Windows/Mac/Unix line breaks; we recommend the free texteditor [[http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/|Text Wrangler]]. This formatting option is displayed at the bottom of the window.// \\ \\ |
//Advanced: If you have a text in ASCII, in one of the old, pre-Unicode legacy fonts, such as Lasercoptic, it may be possible to convert your text using one of our character converters. | |
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| If you have a text in ASCII, in one of the old, pre-Unicode legacy fonts, such as Lasercoptic, it may be possible to convert your text using one of [[https://github.com/CopticScriptorium/converters|our character converters]]. |
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