![]() When Apple moved from OS 9 to OS 10, some of the keystrokes no longer worked or accessed different glyphs, such as the Apple logo. At one point, without realizing the complication, the glyphs were designated as a symbol font, which transferred them to a new location (F000). Fonts for the PCĪbout 1996, when it became possible to develop the font for the PC, the glyphs (signs) on the upper and lower case keys remained the same, but those beyond were put in different places so that they could be accessed logically: MeinradA, MeinradB and MeinradC. A document with all of the glyphs is included below, and it would be possible to copy needed glyphs from that document. As a result, these fonts have been difficult to use with OS X. With OS X, Apple disabled some of the keys and gave certain glyphs priority over a font. The early font is straight, while the later font has subtle curves. In the years that followed, the font was slightly revised to better reflect the font found in the books produced by Abbey of Solesmes. Because fonts at that time were limited to 256 characters, two fonts were created: StMeinrad-A and StMeinrad-B. ![]() The Saint Meinrad chant fonts began in 1992 with fonts for the Macintosh developed with Fontographer. Since most users have not done this, it presents a bit of a challenge, but once accomplished, it works very easily. ![]() However, for this to work, the user must activate and use the “Unicode Hex Input” keyboard that comes with the Mac. ![]() With the Option key held down, the number is typed, and when the Option key is released, the proper glyph appears. Sometimes a space must be added before the number. This turns the number into the proper glyph. The PC version of MS Word makes it rather easy to get this glyph. The first three digits indicate the name of the glyph and the last digit indicates its place on the staff. These other glyphs are accessed by typing in their hexadecimal number. ![]() This font has the same glyphs on the upper and lower case keys as earlier versions of the font, but all of the glyphs are also located in the Private Use Area of the font beginning with EA00. Documents created with this new font read the same on a Mac or a PC. In 2012, a new font was created that is compatible with the previous fonts, but it includes all of the glyphs (signs and symbols) in a single font. ![]()
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