Off-Topic: Fun With 'Fonts'!

by Paul , Thursday, January 10, 2013, 08:48 (4281 days ago) @ FOG

I notice they also include such things as ä ë ï ö ü á é í ó ú and ç and... anyway, the accent marks over standard letters are easily done by simply changing your keyboard layout to US International. The ' and " then become "dead keys". You type them and then either the space key to use them "as is" or type a letter key to get either the single or double (á or ä) Interestingly enough, the ' works with c to give you ç instead of the comma which seems "more intuitive" since it hangs down below the letter. These are handy for hablando español and falando português as well as for various western european languages that incorporate such markings. The US International keyboard layout works just the same as a regular keyboard in English except that it allows you to, well, type internationally.