© Elmar Kniprath 2005-2009

New features in this update:

• Direct transliteration from Indic scripts to Latin (ISO 15919). This is reversible for all languages/scripts except Panjabi (Gurmukhi).
• Transliteration converter enabling conversion between different transliteration systems (ISO 15919, Library of Congress, IAST, Harvard-Kyoto, Velthuis and ITRANS).
• Additional shortcuts for typing Latin transliteration with an English (US) keyboard.

INDOLIPI is a multipurpose tool box for indologists and linguists. It contains

• Open Type fonts for almost all Indian scripts,
• a Latin font for "instant" transliteration of Indic scripts,
• a Unicode based Latin font for writing of scientific texts in a western language containing all transliteration signs used by indologists as well as all presently valid IPA signs (this font is also Open Type regarding exact positioning of IPA diacritics),
• western (English and German) keyboard layouts for Indic scripts for users who find it difficult to use Indian keyboard layouts,
• an MS Word template with helpful macros for easy use of OT fonts, transliteration into Latin script and a transliteration converter.

The fonts and the keyboard layouts may each be installed and used separately. So you may e.g.

• install just one of INDOLIPI's Tamil fonts and use it with an Indian keyboard layout as provided by Microsoft or others,
• or install one of INDOLIPI's western keyboard layouts and use it with a MS font (e.g. Mangal) or any Open Type font made by somebody else,
• or use the font "e-Latin Indic" for instant transliteration of any Unicode based Indic font in the world,
• or write scientific texts in a western language with the Latin font "e PhonTranslit UNI", allowing you to type IPA signs or signs with diacritics needed for transliteration of Indic words, all signs being Unicode based, i.e. they are compatible with any other Unicode font in the world,
• or even type an Indic text in Latin script and have it transliterated to an Indic script automatically.

Installing all components will enable you to use all features and scripts of INDOLIPI and thus give you a maximum flexibility for your work.

Open Type fonts (OT fonts) have an inherent program which e.g. immediately puts all entered matra vowels to their due positions, forms ligatures automatically, governs the formation and positioning of reph ... in short: The sequence of signs on entering is the same as the sequence of sounds in speaking, and after each typed sign the user sees the final version of his text on his desktop.

A further advantage is that Open Type is Unicode based. That means, by adhering to this world wide standard, texts typed with an OT font are compatible with all other OT fonts of the same script. This greatly facilitates data exchange, e.g. writing e mails or exchanging MS Word or Excel documents in Indic scripts.

Technical Prerequisites

It is recommended to use Windows XP (+ SP2) and MS Word 2003 or later versions. Earlier versions of this software may cause problems.

Users with older versions of Windows and Word should use Elmar's Indic 3.0 by the same author.

Contents of the package

1. Font files

• e-Bengali OT.ttf (for Assamese and Bengali)
• e-Grantamil.ttf (for Grantha Sanskrit, Tamil and Manipravala)
• e-Grantha OT.ttf (for Sanskrit)
• e-Gujarati OT.ttf
• e-Kannada OT.ttf
• e-Malayalam OT.ttf (for modern Malayalam)
• e-Malayalam OTC.ttf (for Malayalam with classical orthography)
• e-Nagari OT.ttf (for Sanskrit and Nepali)
• e-Nagari OTH.ttf (for Hindi)
• e-Nagari OTM.ttf (for Marathi)
• e-Nagari OTR.ttf (for Rajasthani)
• e-Oriya OT.ttf
• e-Panjabi OT.ttf (for Gurmukhi script)
• e-Sinhala OT.ttf
• e-Tamil OT.ttf (for modern Tamil)
• e-Tamil OTC.ttf (for Tamil with classical orthography)
• e-Telugu OT.ttf
• e-Latin Indic.ttf (for "instant" Latin transliteration of Indic Unicode texts)
• e-PhonTranslit UNI (for writing indological texts in a language based on Latin script, also containig all valid IPA signs and a lot of arrows, mathematical and logical signs)

2. Keyboard layout files

For Indic scripts and IPA for English and German keyboards.
(Keyboard layouts to be used with MS Vista will be supplied later.)

3. Additional files

INDOLIPI.dot (MS Word template with helpfull macros for easy use of OT fonts and transliteration into Latin script)

Instructions for Use.pdf

IPA Instructions.pdf

Keyboard Tables English.pdf

Keyboard Tables German.pdf

Font Scheme.pdf

INDOLIPI Working Scheme.pdf

Concordance of Transliteration Systems.pdf

Copyright

INDOLIPI has been developed by Elmar Kniprath. He holds the copyright for the whole program and the fonts. INDOLIPI is distributed as freeware. It may be used free of charge for scientific and private purposes. No commercial use or distribution of the program as a whole or of any of its components (including the fonts) is allowed, except with written consent of the author.

Disclaimer

The author can not be made responsible for any possible faults of the program nor is he liable for any damages which might be caused by it.

Download and Installation of INDOLIPI

Users of former versions should download this update into a separate folder and read the "Old Files" chapter (6.3.1.15) in the new instructions for use in order to decide on how to treat their old files.

• Install a new folder "INDOLIPI" on your PC.
• Download the package (8.5 MB) into this folder by pressing the "Download Package" button below.
• Unzip the files by double click inside the same folder.
• Open the files "Instructions for Use.pdf" and "Keyboard Tables.pdf".
• Follow the advice given in the Instructions for Use.

Note: e-PhonTranslit UNI.TTF (Open Type Latin font with IPA signs) is contained in the package, but it may also be downloaded separately (together with the IPA Instructions.pdf, IPA keyboard layouts and Keyboard Tables; total 333 kB) by pressing the "Download IPA Package" button below. As to details please refer to the Instructions for Use.

Updates

Work on improvements and enlargement of the program is in progress. Updates will be published on this website without prior notice. If you wish to be informed automatically by e-mail about new updates, please mail your address (see Instructions for Use).