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Typing Unicode Majuscule Text and Nomina Sacra

If you're looking for a way to represent majuscule text in an assignment like, say, a text-critical paper, here's some hints on how to do it. Get the Fonts For maximum effectiveness there are two fonts you'll need: GentiumAlt GFS Jackson You'll use GFS Jackson for the majuscule text and GentiumAlt for the bar written above certain contractions. Preparing to Uncialize A preliminary note about pasting: You will want to paste unformatted text to avoid unwanted character formatting and (especially if you’ve copied from a website) hyperlinks. Paste your text from a Bible software. For best results, set your Bible software to strip accents. Consult the Preferences or Options or Tools section of your software for those settings. If you don't have a Bible software, you can get the unicode text from the German Bible Society . The Unbound Bible from Biola has some options for getting an unaccented Greek text, too. And more recently there is the SBL Greek N...
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Typing Greek

If you pursue a degree in biblical studies, you will need to learn to type using appropriate typsetting conventions for ancient Greek. Ancient Greek (including the LXX and New Testament) uses the polytonic (multiple-accent) system. For the most part, modern Greek (officially since 1982 ) uses a simplified system called monotonic with the ancient accents reduced to one, and the breathing marks omitted. What is Unicode? Unicode is a system devised to represent all major languages and writing systems (including those with non-Western alphabets like Greek or Hebrew) without having to change fonts to do it (visit the Unicode Consortium for more information, or see the Wikipedia article). The advantage to using Unicode for ancient Greek is that the letters and accents are fully composed (no problems with letter spacing). This also means that language-specific data can travel across the Internet and across computing platforms (PC or Mac) without distortion. Unicode is replacing al...
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Greek Majuscule Alphabet and New Testament Nomina Sacra

Greek Majuscule Script Note: The majuscule font used on this page is GFS Jackson , which can be downloaded from https://greekfontsociety-gfs.gr/typefaces/majuscule . The script (style of handwriting) used in the earliest NT manuscripts is called book hand or majuscule script. 1 Majuscules generally resemble modern capital letters, with the exception of alpha, omega, and sigma. Only one form of sigma was in use in the early centuries (no distinction was made between final and other forms of sigma). Lower Case Majuscule Lower Case Majuscule α α ν ν β β ξ ξ γ Γ ο ο δ δ π π ε ε ρ ...
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