rsl@ecsvax.UUCP (Roberta Little) (04/29/88)
Does anyone know if there exists a Yugoslavian version of MacWrite? If not, what about a Yugoslavian font? Any suggestions or recommendations would be appreciated. -- Roberta Sloan Little (rsl@ecsvax) Curriculum Software Consultant triangle area - 549-0671 UNC-ECS, POB 12035, RTP, NC 27709 outside triangle in NC - 800-672-8244
jc@sce.UUCP (John Coughlin) (05/05/88)
Well, I don't think you'll get many responses to your quest for a "Yugoslavian" font. Perhaps you don't know this but there are two major alphabets in Yugoslavia, Latin and Cyrillic. The Croats use the Latin based version while the Serbs use the Cyrillic. For this same reason there is no "Yugoslavian" language and neither does a Serbo-Croatian one exist. I could go into a history lesson as to why there is so much strife in Yugoslavia but it's just a waste of time. The simplest way to explain it is that Croatia is Roman Catholic and thus very western in outlook while Serbia is Orthodox and very eastern. This quite simply explains why the two alphabets *and* the two languages. So, ask for Cyrillic for Serbian and you'll get that, otherwise just use a modified Latin alphabet. Note, I personally use TeX and I find it has all of the necessary pieces to create the Croatian alphabet. If you wonder how I know this it's because my parents are both from Croatia and the only language, other than English and French (I'm Canadian, eh :-), that I speak is Croatian. Hope this helped, Eugen Bacic using JC's acct with his permission :-) ps: In TeX my last name is spelled: Ba\v ci\'c