PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1634 followers · 21421 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org#UBC designed a #NewFont that allows characters from #Musqueam #Indigenous #language to be typed on computers & match formal institutional #font used on UBC documents/signs.
Most characters in Musqueam language's - #hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ - pronounced HUN-kuh-mee-num - aren't available on English language keyboard.
The new font is also capable of #typesetting the language of the #Syilx, a #FirstNation located in the same area as UBC's #Okanagan campus
#ubc #newfont #musqueam #indigenous #language #font #hənqəminəm #typesetting #syilx #firstnation #okanagan #nativelanguages #bceducation
BC Info Bot · @bcinfo
425 followers · 30798 posts · Server mastodon.roitsystems.caGlobal News BC: Font gives fresh look to B.C. Indigenous languages while working on reconciliation https://globalnews.ca/news/9751441/new-indigenous-languages-font-ubc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #UniversityOfBritishColumbia #newIndigenousfontUBC #IndigenousLanguages #BCFirstNations #Reconciliation #Musqueamband #Education #Syilx #UBC
#globalnews #BritishColumbia #news #UniversityofBritishColumbia #newindigenousfontubc #indigenouslanguages #BCFirstNations #reconciliation #musqueamband #education #syilx #ubc