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Doitsujin
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Add a font menu for better IPA rendering

Postby Doitsujin » Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:57 pm

Unfortunately, Tahoma doesn't render some IPA symbols correctly. Arial renders this much better and is generally considered a web-safe font. (So does Times New Roman.)

Here's an example: Fahrvergnügen /ˈfaːɐ̯fɛɐ̯ˌɡnyːɡn̩/

It's supposed to look like this:

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Re: Add a font menu for better IPA rendering

Postby Kraut » Sun Dec 20, 2020 7:29 pm

Doitsujin wrote:Unfortunately, Tahoma doesn't render some IPA symbols correctly. Arial renders this much better and is generally considered a web-safe font. (So does Times New Roman.)

Here's an example: Fahrvergnügen /ˈfaːɐ̯fɛɐ̯ˌɡnyːɡn̩/

It's supposed to look like this:

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realistically it is pronounced:

/ˈ'faː:fɛɡnyː:ɡn̩/
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