Old and Middle English Keyboard with LaTeX Output

Ian L. Kirby

iankirby.github.io

About

This is a really basic keyboard for typing characters used in Old English (Anglo-Saxon), Middle English, as well as some Early Modern English. For example, you can type the Old English word brōþor 'brother' as br=o+tor, or by pressing the buttons for long <ō> and thorn <Þ>.


+D
+d
+T
+t
+A
+a
+W
+w
+Y
+y
=A
=a
=+A
=+a
=E
=e
=I
=i
=O
=o
=U
=u
=Y
=y

Text Output

LaTeX Output



Required packages for LaTeX

The LaTeX code above will compile with PDFLaTeX so long as you have the appropriate packages installed.

\usepackage{mathptmx} % Times font, supports a large amount of extended symbols. \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % for (more) reliable encoding of output \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Adds a lot of font support; Only compatible with PDFLaTeX \usepackage{tipa} % Gives you \textwynn, textyogh

Unsupported LaTeX characters

LaTeX capital wynn Ƿ and yogh Ȝ are not widely supported in PDFLaTeX. This keyboard will revert those to lower case if you enter them.