Producing cuttable text in different languages

[Gareth.Lewis]

Isn’t Somali language characters just the same as English (i.e. a,f,h,t etc rather that ‘squiggles’)?

[Russell Pavey]

thanks Gareth – no not in this case – very much squiggles.

[Gareth.Lewis]

It is VERY complicated isn’t it? You must have Wadaad’s writing then….

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/somali.htm

[David Lowery]

Use this by entering the English and translating to Somali then drag over the translation, copy and paste.

http://translation.babylon.com/English/to-Somali

[Russell Pavey]

Thanks guys

Thanks for the link Dave but unfortunately it only does it into english characters rather than the sqiggly Wadaad’s script.

Gareth – thanks for the link – there was a PDF on there with a keyboard layout with the script in vectors that I may be able to use. A laborious job of arranging them may ensue.

Russ

[Shane Drew]

Russell,

I do a lot of Somali stuff, I use these people http://www.intlangco.com.au/

The send it in eps files if you request it, just about any format actually,

2 day turn around usually.

Excellent results.

They have done Greek, Korean, as well…..

Saves having to re vector 🙄

Thing to remember is the dialect…. Most Somali is actually Khmer, but worth clarifying tho….

[Michael Dunn]

i had to do some phrases in thai for a kickboxing school

you need to install the language you want from windows
then find a free font online
you can then switch to the different language on your pc
from what i can remember the thai had about 44 characters
and these all corresponded to a different key on the keyboard
they used more than just the letters so i just hit every key in sequence and printed off a list
then it was a case of matching the symbol to the key
i was given the phrases in english so had to go off an online translator – so if you have the script it will be easier

very laborious but it was something different and it turned out well

[Russell Pavey]

Thanks guys for the info – I’ll put this option forward to the customer.

Russ