Glossary
- Embedded Font. A font that is downloaded from the Internet and used just for the webpage that references
it. Some web browsers do not support embedded fonts.
- Font. A file which defines the look and style of text for a language. If no font file can be found for
a language, then a Replacement Character is shown for each letter of that language.
- Keyboard Layout. The configuration of a keyboard for a given language, as defined by software. This is mapped
onto your Underlying Keyboard
- Mnemonic Layout. See Phonetic Keyboard.
- Phonetic Keyboard. A keyboard layout for a non-Latin script language that maps the letters of that language
to corresponding English keys on the keyboard, according to the sounds of the letters. Many
languages have a few letters that are not in the English alphabet, and these will often be
mapped to keys that are not used for that language (e.g. English keys such as Z or X are often
used for this purpose). A phonetic keyboard will usually be faster to type in for a user who
is familiar with the English keyboard layout.
- Replacement Character. A character that is shown on the screen when no font can be found to display it.
The replacement character is typically an empty square box or a box with a code
number in it.
- Script. A collection of letters and other written signs used to represent textual information in one or
more writing systems. For example, Russian is written with a subset of the Cyrillic script;
Ukranian is written with a different subset. The Japanese writing system uses several scripts.
- System Font. A font that is stored on your computer and can be used in any program on your computer
- Underlying Keyboard. The basic keyboard layout of your hardware keyboard, as shown on the key caps of your
physical hardware keyboard.
- Unicode. The standard for digital representation of the characters used in writing all of the world's languages.
Unicode provides a uniform means for storing, searching, and interchanging text in any language. It is
used by all modern computers and is the foundation for processing text on the Internet. Unicode is developed
and maintained by the Unicode Consortium: www.unicode.org.