ARMENIAN UNICODE KEYBOARD Normal Mode Press Ctrl. Armenian keyboard drivers for Mac OS 9 (and under) as well as for Windows are included when any of the Linotype Maral fonts are purchased. These drivers must be installed before the fonts may be used properly. Linotype Maral will not function properly under Mac OS X, unless you are using the OpenType-format version, which does not work under OS 9!
Armenian, Russian and French PHONETIC Keyboard Layouts.
The Advantages are:
1. No need additional soft (like KdWin, WinKeys) – they embedded in Windows at taskbar
2. There are ANSI, UNICODE and 2in1(switching by “CapsLock”) typesets in Phonetic typing modes
3. They also contain:
« » ՞ ՜ ` ՛ ֏ – for Armenian,
ъ ё – for Russian,
â ä à æ ç è é ê ë ï î ô œ û ü ù ÿ € ₣ « » – for French
4. Allows using English Keyboard and usual numeric and symbolic keys overlapped by Armenian, French or Russian letters, WITHOUT SWITCHING TO EN layot (just press RightALT and type!)
5. Usual for KdWin users key placement!
6. Loading fast (not like KdWin – it is embedded in Windows), do not hang.
7. It’s FREE!
Here are the latest versions:
Armenian for MS Windows (Phonetic UNICODE) – see details..
French for MS Windows (Phonetic UNICODE) – see details..
Russian for Windows (Phonetic UNICODE) – see details..
Armenian for MAC OS X (Phonetic UNICODE) – March,2020 update! – see details..
French for MAC OS X (Phonetic UNICODE) – see details..
For some releases of Windows 10, to make keyboards visible, you have to pick one checkbox! – please see instruction
Older Versions:
Armenian Phonetic ANSI & UNICODE – mode switching – by “CapsLock” Key
Russian Phonetic ANSI & UNICODE – mode switching – by “CapsLock” Key
If You don’t like idea of 2in1 ANSI & UNICODE or/and need usual “CapsLock” functionality, you can download and install ANSI ONLY & UNICODE ONLY packages separatelly! “HY” – will be Armenian UNICODE, “AF” – will be Armenian ANSI; “RU” – Russian UNICODE, “RO” – Russian ANSI. Switching by “Alt+Shift“, as usual.
Here are separate packages:
Armenian Phonetic ANSI ONLY “AF“
Armenian Phonetic UNICODE ONLY “HY“
Russian Phonetic ANSI ONLY “RO“
Russian Phonetic UNICODE ONLY “RU“
If any problem with downloading, – here are the alternative links for mirror files:
All AK-Keyboards: Mirror 1
Thanks,
Autograph Studio
There are many fonts available with Armenian characters, and they come in different formats and encoding. Likewise there are different keyboard layout configurations.
The following are a set of Armeniapedia truetype fonts. Most of them contain only uppercase Armenian characters, though some also contain Latin and one is only Latin. Click on the font to download it.
- 3Soviet Armenian typefaces
General info on Armenian fonts on your computer
If you just want a good unicode text font that contains all of the Armenian characters, as well as all Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Georgian and Hebrew, then download Arian Font.
Both Windows and Macintosh come with Unicode fonts installed which include the Armenian alphabet. All you need to do is enable the Armenian keyboard and start typing. The procedure is quite simple. You can find it in Windows Help or Macintosh Help, and both Microsoft and Apple have very detailed articles in their Websites.
'Sylfaen' is a font that comes with Windows and has the Armenian characters, but it can also be installed in the Macintosh System X without difficulty, because it is a Truetype Font. Macintosh comes with 'Mshtakan' as a default Armenian font.
A large number of Armenian fonts are available using the old style of encoding, called ARMSCII, but these fonts should not be used. The new and improved encoding system, which is universal and interchangeable is Unicode. I highly recommend documents be prepared using Unicode, and old documents and web pages be converted to Unicode.
Download Unicode Armenian Fonts
Soviet Armenian typefaces
Soviet Armenian printing presses used the following typefaces in printing texts.
Տեսակաշարեր
- Գրքի սովորական (Grki sovorakan)
- Արամյան (Aramyan)
- Պոլիս (Polis)
- Սովետական (Sovetakan)
- Երևանյան (Yerevanyan)
- Սովետական նոր (Sovetakan nor)
- Մնացականյան (Mnatsakanyan)
- Նորք (Nork)
- Գրոտեսկային (Groteskayin)
- Վիեննական (Viennakan)
Henrik Mnatsakanyan
Henrik Mnatsakanyan (Հենրիկ Մնացականյան) was a Soviet-Armenian typographer who published a few editions (1972, 1979) of a book on Armenian typefaces.
The typefaces in his book were named:
- Գեղագրություն (Geghagrutyun)
- Արարատ (Ararat)
- Լույս (Luys)
- Տպագրական (Tpagrakan)
- Քիրք (Kirk)
- Գիտություն (Gitutyun)
- Պատկերասրահ (Patkerasrah)
- Երեվան (Yerevan)
- Սովետական (Sovetakan)
- Դպրոց (Dprots)
- Սեվան (Sevan)
- Փարոս (Paros)
- Ախթամար (Akhtamar)
- Գեղարվեստական (Gegharvestakan)
- Գրիչ (Grich)
- Արաքս (Araks)
- Գրական (Grakan)
- Մասիս (Masis)
- Գրաֆիկա (Grafika)
- Հայաստան (Hayastan)
- Հոկտեմբեր (Hoktember)
- Գարուն (Garun)
- Զարդարվեստ (Zardarvest)
- Երեբունի (Yerebuni)
- Մայիս (Mayis)
- Հրատարակչություն (Hratarakchutyun)
- Կինո (Kino)
- Տառ (Tar)
- Ծիծեռնակ (Tsitsernak)
- Արագած (Aragats)
- Տառատեսակներ (Taratesakner)
See also
- ArmUni - utility to convert old ARMSCII files to Unicode
- Armenian Unicode Encoding (for technical users only)
External Links
Free Armenian Fonts
- Armenian Transliterator Online transliterator with spell checker that supports both Eastern and Western dialects
- Hayadar - another site allowing you to type in English transliteration and it will convert to Armenian.