Greek Polytonic+ Keyboard Help
This package includes one keyboard file, Greek Polytonic Plus. It does not include any fonts. Most computers already have fonts installed that supply almost all the characters covered by this keyboard. Times New Roman and Calibri have them all except the angle brackets, which are found in Cambria Math; these fonts are typically installed with Windows. On Mac OS, Times New Roman is perhaps the best choice; it lacks only capital Jot, capital Kai ligature, some of the archaic letters and the angle brackets. If you need additional fonts, New Athena Unicode is complete, as the Brill Typeface (it omits the Coptic letters). There are many other polytonic Greek fonts available which can easily be found on line.
After installing, click the Keyman icon and choose Greek Polytonic Plus. You can also use Windows Key-Spacebar to move among installed keyboards; Windows Key-Ctrl-Spacebar takes you back to the keyboard that was previously in use. On a Mac, use Control-Spacebar to select the previous input source, or Control-Option-Spacebar for the next input source in the Input menu. To access the on-screen keyboard in Windows, type Alt-Shift-K; on Mac OS, choose On-Screen Keyboard under Keyman in the Input Source menu.
Keyboard Layout
This keyboard is based on the standard Greek keyboard layout. Most characters will be where users of U.S. keyboards expect, with the following exceptions:
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Q/q |
= |
/; |
[Greek colon and question mark] |
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H/h |
= |
Η/η |
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U/u |
= |
Θ/θ |
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J/j |
= |
Ξ/ξ |
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W/w |
= |
Σ/ς |
[final sigma] |
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V/v |
= |
Ω/ω |
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Y/y |
= |
Υ/υ |
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Here are the deadkeys to enter accents, breathings and iota subscript. Type them in any order before the vowel. Include the Shift key as needed (e.g., > is Shift-Comma):
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< |
rough breathing |
[also with rho] |
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> |
smooth breaking |
[also with Rho/rho] |
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` |
grave accent |
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ˊ |
acute accent |
[apostrophe] |
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~/^ |
circumflex accent |
[use either key] |
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: |
dieresis |
[colon] |
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/ |
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? |
breve |
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AltGr-ι |
iota subscript |
[use Option-ι on Mac] |
Macron and breve are not available with breathings and accents; see documentation for full discussion..
Please refer to the full PDF documentation which provides a complete list of keystrokes for many additional characters as well as more information about the design of this keyboard and some issues involved with entering Greek text.
Below are keyboard charts. The first shows the regular keyboard state and the second characters that are accessed with the AltGr (Windows) or Option (Mac) keys. These same charts are available at the end of the user guide, from where they be printed out individually.
Windows
Mac OS
