[sword-devel] KJV 1611

[Israel]

Sorry for the misinformation.  I had thought someone had said there were
no GUI tools, so making a module was not as simple as it could be. 
Please forgive my ignorance.  I didn't realize it could be done so
easily, do you have links to the info on how to do it, so I can be
better informed and not make such misinformed comments in the future,
and rather point someone to the right place?  Thanks for the correction!!

On 12/14/2013 09:24 AM, Chris Little wrote:
> Hi Jeffrey,
>
> There is literally no possibility that any characters in the 1611 KJV
> have not already been encoded in Unicode. Don't concern yourself with
> fonts at all. You don't need to make your own font. And we will not
> distribute fonts with modules. Your only concern in this area is
> encoding in Unicode, using the correct characters.
>
> Once you have a document created in some standard format (OSIS or
> USFM) or just a very regular text file that we can convert to OSIS,
> compiling a module is trivial. It requires one command line call to
> the appropriate module creation tool. (So ignore people who say
> something is "a bit compilcated" followed by an admission that they've
> never done it.)
>
> We don't have a 1611 KJV text for you to work with. If we did, there
> would already be a 1611 KJV module. So if you take this on, the bulk
> of your work will probably be in creating the text (via OCR,
> keyboarding, or some other method of procurement).
>
> --Chris
>
> On 12/14/2013 5:15 AM, David Troidl wrote:
>> The character thorn can be found in the Latin-1 Supplement block of
>> Unicode: Þ
>> I would suggest investigating the Latin Extended blocks.  There are many
>> fonts that support them.  You may find exactly the characters you are
>> looking for.
>>
>> You could also check with the Medieval Unicode Font Initiative:
>> http://www.mufi.info/fonts/
>>
>> David
>>
>> On 12/13/2013 8:51 PM, Israel wrote:
>>> If you wanted to do this you would need an appropriate font.  You may
>>> have to actually make a font.  I suggest using fontforge as it is free
>>> (as in freedom, as well as no cost).
>>> depending on your platform this could be extremely easy to install, or
>>> you may have to go to the website to download it.
>>> This work would be helpful if someone wanted to make the Tyndale's
>>> version true to the original (as it has some errors, such as the
>>> problems with "them" and other words that are mainly contained in an
>>> archaic symbol).
>>>
>>> Making a module is a bit complicated as of right now.  But I am sure
>>> someone can provide you with some scripts to make easier. Though I
>>> have never made a module, so that is just my outside opinion
>>>
>>> On 12/13/2013 06:39 PM, Barnes, Jeffrey wrote:
>>>> Hi Swordsmen,
>>>>
>>>> One thing I’ve been hoping to see is someone interested enough to
>>>> make a KJV 1611 module. I like the version for a few reasons, like
>>>> the natural flow of the text, it’s poetic nature is beautiful to me,
>>>> and the Reformation principle of clarity is followed imho.
>>>>
>>>> So since the Sword project doesn’t have a 1611 module yet, I’d like
>>>> to investigate what’s involved in making it.
>>>>
>>>> One thing is that to be true to the 17th century printing, the
>>>> alternate spellings of the text would have to be followed. The
>>>> typeface used in the facsimiles I’ve found is a Gothic black letter
>>>> face. I don’t want to use that, because it would make it unduly hard
>>>> to read, especially on mobile and computer screens. I think one would
>>>> need to use a roman, perhaps sans face for readability.
>>>>
>>>> But the roman faces that are used to render the text don’t use glyphs
>>>> like the long ’s’, the ‘thorn’, the rotunda ‘r’, etc. I think those
>>>> are important visual cues to the reading of the text. So if I would
>>>> write a parser, it would replace the roman text source (probably
>>>> ascii range code points) to replace glyphs with unicode according to
>>>> the printing rules of the era.
>>>>
>>>> Is this work happening currently?
>>>>
>>>> If so, could I help?
>>>>
>>>> If not, where could I get a text source? I’ve seen facsimile
>>>> renderings with roman parallel renderings, but they are a page at a
>>>> time. It would be good if there was one or two files already with the
>>>> roman characters.
>>>>
>>>> After the parser, then there’s the work of making it a module. Where
>>>> can I find a procedure for doing that? Is it a manual process?
>>>>
>>>> I haven’t started any work yet, just thinking.
>>>>
>>>> Any help appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Jeff
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