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ScriptSource allows you to associate your contributions with multiple topics or subtopics as well as with specific scripts, characters and languages. Below is the current list of topics and subtopics, with links to the topic summary pages. Please let us know of other topics that should be included.

Topics are a new feature of ScriptSource, and so there are only a handful of entries currently associated with them and listed on the specific topic pages. Please add more, and we will too. Please also give us feedback on this new feature. Another rich source of information is the  NRSI Computers & Writing Systems site. For more information about topics, please see Help with Topics.

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Topics and Subtopics

  1. Writing Systems

    Alphabets, syllabaries and other systems for representing languages

  2. Phonetic Writing Systems

    Scientific systems for representing speech sounds, such as the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)

  3. Developing Writing System Implementations (WSI)

    Methods and guidelines for developing writing system software

  4. Localization

    Resources for developing localized software, including the CLDR

  5. Text Encoding

    How phonemes are represented or encoded

  6. Unicode

    The international character-encoding standard

  7. Encoding Conversion

    Converting between text encodings, and particularly into Unicode

  8. Text Analysis

    Sorting, collation, segmentation, transcription, transliteration

  9. Transliteration

    Converting text between scripts

  10. Keyboards and Data Entry

    Systems and resources for entering text on digital devices

  11. Fonts and Typefaces

    Font design, development, installation and use

  12. Font Development Tools

    Tools and techniques of font-making

  13. Web Fonts

    Adapting fonts for web sites and applications

  14. Fonts for Mobile Devices

    Adapting fonts for use on mobile devices

  15. Shaping and Rendering Systems

    Systems for transforming encoded text into rendered glyphs

  16. Graphite

    SIL's open-source rendering engine

  17. OpenType

    Smart-font technology developed by Adobe and Microsoft

  18. Publishing and Typography

    Tools and ideas for publishing texts involving complex writing systems

  19. Software Licensing

    Writing system software licensing models, including the OFL

  20. Blogs

  21. ScriptSource Blog

    News and articles about ScriptSource

  22. Writing Systems Computing - NRSI

    News and articles about computing for writing system implementation

  23. Font Design and Development - NRSI

    News and articles about font design and development

  24. ScriptSource Help

    General information about this site

Reference

Copyright © 2013 SIL International and released under the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license (CC-BY-SA) unless noted otherwise. Language data includes information from the  Ethnologue. Script information partially from the  ISO 15924 Registration Authority. Some character data from  The Unicode Standard Character Database and locale data from the  Common Locale Data Repository. Used by permission.