

If you have problems with Times New Roman, then use the free Times Extended Roman Unicode Font: download it from the Bahá’i Computer & Communication Association:.

Note: if you download this font, uninstall your current version of Times New Roman before you install the current version you downloaded. Windows: If you do not already have Times New Roman font installed on your computer, you can download it at. For more information on diacritic fonts, see the Diacritic Fonts documentation. For this reason, THL/JIATS requires the use of the Times Extended Roman or Times New Roman Unicode font for Windows users and either Times New Roman Unicode or the Gentium Unicode font for Mac users. While Arial Unicode MS is the most comprehensive Unicode font and contains all the diacritic characters necessary for Asian Studies, the Arial family of fonts is in general less aesthetically appealing than some of the other font families. THL/JIATS only uses Unicode fonts, and requires all contributions to use a Unicode font.įor Roman Script and diacritic marks, THL/JIATS use the Times New Roman Unicode font ( note: this is the current version of Times New Roman font included in Windows Vista and Office 2007 or later older versions do not include the full character set). In the future, there will be no fonts other than Unicode fonts, but during this transition period there are still many non-Unicode fonts that people are accustomed to using. Thus if your essay involves roman script, or special diacritic marks, Tibetan script, Chinese characters, or any other type of fonts, using Unicode will ensure that your text will be viewable by others now and in the future. “Unicode” is the name of the world’s global standard for rendering various scripts with computer fonts (“character encoding standard”). THL Toolbox > Essays > Using the Right FontĬontributor(s): José Cabezón, David Germano, Nathaniel Grove, Alison Melnick, Steven Weinberger.
