November 2013

Multilingual Mac Web Site Updated

I've updated the reference web site, Unleash Your Multilingual Mac, to reflect OS 10.9. Comments and corrections by viewers are always ...

A poster in the Apple discussion forums (ASC) recently brought the "Bangla-onkur" Bengali keyboard to my attention, which may be o...

I have been talking about some specifics of using the iPad and apps in the special education classroom for developing language and literacy...

Beginning with iOS 7, it is possible to add custom fonts to an iOS device via a mobile.config file. The reference doc for how one creates ...

Tavultesoft has released an iOS version of its Keyman multilingual keyboard app, which they say can cover over 600 languages. For info see ...

So, I suppose the next logical discussion is about using iPad storybook apps in guided reading sessions. So many of the kids I work with ha...

To the 7 Arabic fonts provided with OS 10.8 (Al Bayan, Baghdad, Damascus, Decotype Naskh, Geeza Pro, Nadeem, Kufi) Apple has added 11 more i...

One of the somewhat hidden features of iOS 7 is the vastly expanded list of extra fonts which can be downloaded by certain apps when necessa...

Some major language problems found so far in the new OS X: +You can no longer set the keyboard layout for Kotoeri Japanese input in its pre...