LaserGreek®
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Professional-quality, hinted, scalable Greek fonts in both TrueType® and ATM®-compatible, Type 1 language font formats. LaserGreek Greek fonts include all 35 accents, breathing marks, iota subscripts, and diereses needed to type classical and Biblical Greek. These may be typed over any symbol in any combination. Each Greek font also includes the Nestle-Aland, UBS, Leiden, and TLG text-critical symbols and sigla as well as the Roman alphabet and French and German accents. The Windows and Macintosh Greek fonts are ASCII-compatible with each other and with LaserGreek II Greek fonts, allowing easy file conversion between Windows and Macintosh platforms.
Greek fonts included in LaserGreek
Greek fonts included in LaserGreek
SymbolGreek® II, a standard classical Greek typeface, in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic;
SymbolGreek IIP the font style of the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece, with tilde-shaped circumflex accents (perispomeni), in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic;
SymbolGreek IIPMono, a monowidth version of SymbolGreekP, with all characters having equal width, except overstriking characters, (especially suitable for diagramming), in plain;
Graeca® II, a light text font similar to Rahlf's Septuaginta font;
Graeca II italic, a light italic-style Greek font as found in the United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament;
Graeca II, in bold and bold-italic;
Uncial II, the same font style as SymbolGreek, except the lowercase Greek alphabet has been replaced with uncial characters, in plain;
NominaSacraLS, an uncial font which provides the abbreviations for holy names and various position overbars and underbars in order to make titles and numbers. It also includes various positions of the ai ligature for use with kappa, theta, and tau;
NominaSacra II, an uncial font which provides abbreviations for holy names in addition to the abbreviations in the NominaSacraLS font.
GreekSansLS, a Helvetica®- (Arial®-) style (sans-serif) classical Greek font, in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic.
Below you will find Windows System Requirements, Macintosh System Requirements, Font Samples showing each font, and Testimonials of our users.
LaserGreek for Windows
LaserGreek for Windows
Easily type classical and Biblical Greek with all accents and breathing marks using a logical, phonetic keyboard input. For example, type alpha on the 'a' key and add the smooth breathing by typing the 'j' key. The breathing mark is automatically placed over the previously-typed alpha. (This layout has become a de facto standard among classical and Biblical Greek scholars.)
System Requirements: Requires Windows 10, 8, 7, or Vista. An older version is available for Windows XP. Contact the sales office or specify for Windows XP in the Special Instructions dialog on the Order Form.
The TrueType® fonts install into Microsoft® Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and work with all Windows applications that allow the user to select fonts from a font menu. The product includes a User's Manual and keyboard layout chart(s). The included keyboard driver(s) allows access to four characters per key (instead of the normal two) and alternate keyboard layouts. All documentation is in PDF format, available on the Windows Start menu, and can be viewed and/or printed using Adobe Reader. The fonts will print to any printer at the highest quality allowed by your printer.
A custom version (fonts only) is available for Linux, but Linux users must provide alternate keyboard input for characters in the extended character set. If you are ordering for Linux be sure to select the Linux box on the Order Form.
Cost: US$ 99.95, or $50 as an enhancement to Modern Greek or Modern Greek II, or $50 when purchased together with LaserGreek II as LaserGreek Professional. Order
Do you need to upgrade? Check the current version number and a Release History.
For modern Greek fonts see Modern Greek and Modern Greek II.
LaserGreek for Windows Combinations and Discounts
Also available is LaserGreek II, containing eight additional Greek fonts. LaserGreek II costs $99.95 separately, or $50 when purchased with LaserGreek. These two products together are called LaserGreek Professional on the order form and cost $149.95.
Also available is a discount on the purchase together of LaserGreek and LaserHebrew for Windows. LaserGreek & Hebrew for Windows costs $179.95. LaserGreek & Hebrew Professional for Windows costs $279.95 and includes LaserGreek, LaserGreek II, LaserHebrew, and LaserHebrew II.
LaserGreek is also available as part of LaserGreek, Hebrew & Phonetics, a discounted package that provides five of our most popular products at half price ($249.95).
Also available is a compatible font product, the New Testament Manuscripts Font Collection, providing faithful representations of the original hand of important early codices or papyri of the New Testament and distinctive character forms of inscriptions from that period.
(Note: Additional shipping or email charges apply to certain multiple product packages described above: LaserGreek, Hebrew & Phonetics for Windows, LaserGreek & Hebrew for Windows and LaserGreek & Hebrew Professional for Windows each require 2 shipping or email units.)
Also available: a Student version: Graeca II plain and Hebraica II plain only.
LaserGreek is also available as part of our Scholar's Packs, discounted packages that provide Bible study products at greatly reduced prices.
Also available: The Greek New Testament and the Greek Old Testament (LXX).

LaserGreek for Macintosh
LaserGreek for Macintosh
Easily type classical and Biblical Greek with all accents and breathing marks using a logical, phonetic keyboard input. For example, type alpha on the 'a' key and add the smooth breathing by typing the 'j' key. The breathing mark is automatically placed over the previously-typed alpha.
[_includes/macreq-us.htm]Cost: US$ 99.95, or $50 as an enhancement to Modern Greek or Modern Greek II, or $50 when purchased together with LaserGreek II as LaserGreek Professional. Order
For modern Greek fonts see Modern Greek and Modern Greek II.
LaserGreek for Macintosh Combinations and Discounts
Also available is LaserGreek II, containing eight additional Greek fonts. LaserGreek II costs $99.95 separately, or $50 when purchased with LaserGreek. These two products together are called LaserGreek Professional on the order form and cost $149.95.
Also available is a discount on the purchase together of LaserGreek and LaserHebrew. LaserGreek & Hebrew costs $179.95. LaserGreek & Hebrew Professional costs $279.95 and includes LaserGreek, LaserGreek II, LaserHebrew, and LaserHebrew II.
LaserGreek is also available as part of LaserGreek, Hebrew & Phonetics, a discounted package that provides five of our most popular products at half price ($249.95). (Note: Additional shipping charges apply to LaserGreek, Hebrew & Phonetics for Macintosh. You will be charged 2 shipping units.)
Also available: a Student version: the Graeca II plain Greek font and the Hebraica II plain Hebrew font.
LaserGreek is also available as part of our Scholar's Packs, discounted packages that provide Bible study products at greatly reduced prices.
Also available: The Greek New Testament and the Greek Old Testament (LXX).
Also available is a compatible font product, the New Testament Manuscripts Font Collection, providing faithful representations of the original hand of important early codices or papyri of the New Testament and distinctive character forms of inscriptions from that period.

LaserGreek Font Samples
Font Samples
SymbolGreek II (SymbolGreekII)
SymbolGreek IIP (SymbolGreekIIP)
SymbolGreek IIPMono (SymbolGreekIIPMono)
Graeca II (GraecaII)
GreekSansLS
Uncial II (UncialII)
NominaSacraLS
NominaSacra II (NominaSacraII)

Testimonials
Here's what others are saying about LaserGreek and LaserGreek II:
"If there were a Nobel Prize awarded in Font Design, Philip Payne would be the unquestioned medalist!"
Michael Straus (Ph.D. candidate, University of Aberdeen)
"After all you did for me, I have no more words to thank you; let me simply say in my mother tongue: J'aimerais vous exprimer ici toute l'admiration et la gratitude que je ressens devant ce magnifique ouvrage qu'est Linguist's Software, vous assurer de mon entière reconnaissance pour toutes les fontes que vous m'avez permis d'acquérir et vous dire combien j'ai apprécié vos courriels, si précis, rapides et courtois. Je souhaite longue et belle vie à la société si précieuse que vous avez fondée et vous prie d'agréer, cher Monsieur, mes bien cordiales salutations."
Jean Lathion, Thônex, Switzerland
"Many congratulations, Philip, for the incredible font families you have created. Your fonts are really the best."
Professor Federico Giuntoli, the Pontifical Biblical Institute, the Vatican, Rome, Italy
"I am always very pleased with your fonts. I use your fonts for teaching elementary Greek. Your fonts have a pedagogical advantage and not only an aesthetic one. Keep up the good work."
Professor David M Schaps, Department of Classical Studies, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
"I love your LaserGreek product. Thank you."
Michael Rowe, Barnesville, GA
I am continually amazed by the variety and precision of the many linguistic products you provide. I think the UncialII Greek is the most elegant typeface. You also provide the simplest Greek keyboard layout.
Ronald Bruzina, Department of Philosophy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
"As a longtime user of your Greek and Coptic fonts, I have always been impressed by the high quality of the fonts you produce and have also been grateful for your team's attention to customer service and technical support."
Prof. Byard Bennett, Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
"Thank you for your beautiful fonts. You can of course quote my words: that's the truth!"
Jean Lathion, Collonge-Bellerive, Switzerland
"Thank you for the fonts, they work well and are beautiful."
Samuel Cooper Franklin Smith, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA
"I am so impressed with the beauty of the fonts!"
Christine Calfas, Portland, OR
"I am quite pleased with your wonderful fonts. On my Macintosh machines I have been using your Greek and Hebrew fonts for over ten years. It is for me, a New Testament scholar, a great pleasure to use your really beautiful fonts. This time I bought the same fonts for Windows. I'm equally happy with them."
Prof. Ichiro Sudo, Seinan Gakuin University, Fukuoka, Japan
"For years now I've loved your fonts - they're simply the best. Nothing on the market, whether free or for purchase, comes close."
Dr. Ron Giese, Desert Springs Church, Albuquerque, NM, USA
"In at least 13 years of using Greek fonts I find Linguist's Software much the best."
Dr. Nimmo Smith, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
"I bought the LaserGreek earlier this year and found it to be an excellent tool for my work. Your software (and easy instructions) made it really simple for me to install LaserGreek and make the necessary changes to a submission in very little time."
Joel Christensen, New York University
"Thank you so much for your prompt--and personal!--attention to my order. It's very gratifying to be able to be able to work with a program as well conceived as LaserGreek Professional, and to be able to work with its inventor when any problems arise."
Charles Atkinson, Ohio State University ,School of Music
"The software works beautifully! Many thanks for your help and kind consideration."
Allen Callahan, Cambridge, MA
"I have used Linguist's Software fonts for twenty years now and have always been pleased. They are a genuine help in my ministry."
Dr. Judith L. Hill, Evangelical School of Theology, Bangui, Central African Republic
"You always furnish excellent products."
Professor Anson F. Rainey, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
"We have used Linguist's Software fonts for several years, including your Greek and Hebrew fonts as well as your Semitic Transliterator. We have been pleased with the quality and functionality. Thank you!"
Jacob Rawlins, Production Coordinator,
Institute for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts, BYU, Provo, UT
"Thanks again for the great products. I was required to sift my way through a section of the NA27 critical apparatus last term; Exegetical Method (textual criticism). My paper discussed the textual variants for a pericope in Matthew. GraecaUBS and GraecaII (my personal favorites) were the fonts of choice; and keyboard switcher (very neat feature) allowed me efficient access to the Greek fonts plus all of the necessary symbols I needed from the critical apparatus. Nice job Linguist Software!"
Mark H Harris, CrossRoads College, Rochester, MN
"Superb!"
Joop Jagers, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
"People here [at the Université Laval] are very happy with your products. I heard many praises about the LaserGreek and LaserHebrew fonts and keyboards."
Paul Dussault,
Faculté de philosophie, Faculté de théologie et de sciences religieuses,
Université Laval, Québec, Canada
"Superb ... elegantly intelligent while easy to use. Bravo! [I am] utterly delighted ... vastly superior to any mode of entering Greek I have previously tried (nearly everything possible: Lettrix, Turbofonts, Ibycus, Nota Bene, WordPerfect, etc)."
Prof. John Boswell (deceased), Yale University
"Your software is the best I have found, and has proven to be very valuable in my seminary studies. The fonts and templates are working out well."
Pastor Greg Davis, Sarasota Federated Church, San Jose, CA
"I am a great admirer of your Greek fonts. You have a wonderfully elegant keyboard design -- definitely superior to your competitors, including Greekkeys. Thank you for bringing the old SuperGreek up to date."
Carrie Vandervelde, Department of Classical Studies, University of Richmond, VA
"I first bought Macintosh fonts from Linguist's Software at least 15 years ago, and I was immediately impressed with their quality and used them for years with no problems whatsoever. When I switched to the Windows platform a few years ago, I tried several different sorts of fonts, but none of them were comparable in quality and ease of use to your products. My purchase a few days ago only served to confirm once again that fonts from Linguist's Software are in a class by themselves. (May I also compliment you on the excellent user's manuals that you produce; I'm glad that your company is willing to buck the minimalist trend in the industry and continue produce well-written, well-produced, very comprehensive [PDF] manuals.) A satisfied customer..."
Jack Hagge, Iowa State University, Program in Linguistics
"I've been using Linguist Software's Greek and Hebrew fonts for over 6 years throughout my higher education - they have enabled me to write up detailed textual studies and to produce professional-looking assignments. As I embark on a PhD I know I'll be relying on these fonts."
Elizabeth Harper, Bristol, UK
"Linguist's Software provides excellent Greek fonts for Windows and Macintosh. Transferring documents from one platform to the other is made without problems. Their Greek fonts have excellent design and a large variety of styles."
Pere Casanellas, Barcelona, Spain
"Many thanks indeed for the Greek fonts. I am very pleased with them: they are working well, look very fine on screen and on paper, and seem to be dealing with conversion from SuperGreek perfectly... Many thanks again for the excellent and very convenient fonts."
Richard Rawles, London, England
"I have been using LaserGreek since it first came out. A wonderful bargain. Everything worked like a charm. I'd never think of using another program. I recently purchased both the Old and New Testaments and this koine Greek, so readily accessible, will greatly enhance a new course I am teaching which serves to transition beginning Greek students from the world of grammar to real texts. An excellent product!"
Kenneth Kitchell, Dept. of Classics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
"This is an amazing resource for me. Thanks so much!"
Jennifer Knust
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
"Thanks for the great service. I had anticipated having to spend much more than this. By the way, I live and die by your fonts."
David Baer, Ph.D., President and Professor of Hebrew, ESEPA Seminary, San José, Costa Rica
"I am really satisfied with your fonts. I am only sorry I didn't have time to expand on your fonts, their design and features. I can only add that it's a million light years from the old SuperGreek."
Katya Gordini, Studio Gordini, Padova, Italy
"You make a great product. It is nice-looking and very easy to use. LaserGreek is a great product. Thanks."
Vanessa B. Gorman, Associate Professor, Department of History
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences,
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
"Thanks very much - LaserGreek installed and works beautifully. I have to say it's extremely user friendly. I really am delighted with the fonts - within 24 hours I am typing almost as quickly in Greek as in English!"
Linda Woodward, Gillingham, Kent, England
"I have been entirely satisfied with the product. Visually they are beautiful fonts and enhance many publications for which I did camera ready copy. Thank you."
Professor Emeritus John Catan, Prescott, AZ
"The Greek Keyboard instructions were perfect and the keyboard was installed correctly. I am very happy to have the various fonts included in the package. In particular I am glad for the possibility I now have to represent the script of uncial manuscripts in your beautiful Uncial font. And all that rich aggregate of text-critical signs! You have really done scholarship a great service by creating these fine fonts. I wish you all the best and God's rich blessings."
Chrys C. Caragounis, Associate Professor, New Testament Exegesis, Department of Theology, Lund University, Sweden
"My thanks again. Your fonts have served me well for more than a decade."
T. M. Hickey, Ph.D.
The Center for the Tebtunis Papyri
The Bancroft Library
University of California Berkeley
"your Greek fonts are really perfect"
Nikolaos Trunte, Bonn, Germany
"I much prefer the LaserGreek fonts to any other font on the market."
Prof. Samuel J. Huskey, Department of Classics and Letters, University of Oklahoma
"I'm not retained by Linguist's Software (and certainly not by GreekKeys, a cumbersome system that drove me nearly insane when I tried it); but I would like to say, and not for the first time, that for me LaserGreek, in its successive editions, is so far superior to every other Greek font system, in every way, that I can't imagine why it hasn't swept the market. Minimal changes to the American keyboard, and those supremely rational. The virtual abolition of all cumbersome "grouping". Accents, breathings, &c. independent and postpositive. Easy switching between fonts. The sum is that I can type LaserGreek just as fast as Roman--and could do so only a week after installation. What other system can offer that without requiring a large effort of memorization followed by lengthy practice? The benefits were enormous ... sigmas and correlation of platforms is wonderful. I'm both a classicist and a professional author, and use LaserGreek all over the place, for books, articles, editions, you name it."
Peter Green
Professor Emeritus of Classics, U. of Texas at Austin
Editor, Syllecta Classica
"Your encoding ... sensible key assignments and accent keys method is better [than] GreekKeys. The font Odyssea looks really nice."
Helma Dik
Department of Classics
University of Chicago
"I have really enjoyed using your products. The Laser Greek is excellent! I used it for my M.A. Philosophy thesis on Plato's Parmenides. For my thesis I had to quote large passages of Attic Greek text. The Laser Greek was wonderful."
Ramona Silver, Ph.D. Candidate, San Francisco, California
"I dislike my Bible search program's fonts, which don't look half as good as yours."
Jacques Porthault, Association Bible et Tradition Orale,
Bouxieres-aux-Dames, France
"Laser Greek and LaserGreek II are superb. I promote your admirable products incessantly."
Dr. Jan Kalivoda, The Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
"I love your beautiful Greek fonts, really! Many thanks."
Professor Dr. Alejandro Vigo, Santiago, Chile
"I would like to thank Linguist's Software for your high-quality LaserGreek Pro fonts, beautiful typefaces and easy-to-use keyboard layouts."
Ari Teerimaki, University of Helsinki, Finland
"I have your Symbol Greek and like it very much. I have a number of your products and consider them to be first-rate."
Don Garlington, Toronto, Ontario
"When I want to type a document and have it 'just right,' I will choose the Laser Greek."
Helen Chadwick, New Boston, TX
"Thank you also for your Greek fonts, which are finely designed and simple to use even for the computerly illiterate! With best wishes for your continued success."
Archimandrite Ephrem, Monastery of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First, Manchester, England
"Thanks again for excellent typography, and products. The installation of the Odyssea was successful. I appreciate the generally clear and complete instructions in the book."
Robert W. Wright, Professor, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Yeah! Your new program solved the big problem with Cyrillic! Now I can use both Cyrillic and LaserGreek together. It works! Thank you very much! Thanks a lot for the HellenicaExtras keyboard chart. It's very helpful. Now I am convinced that your Greek fonts seem to be (nearly?) perfect."
Ivo Gottwald, Leipzig, Germany
"I thank you for the professional effort that you personally and your company offer to ancient and modern philology."
PhDr. Jan Kalivoda
Institute of Greek and Latin Studies
School of Arts, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic
"Thank you very much. I very much enjoy using your fonts."
Andrew Gross, of Skirball Department of Hebrew & Judaic Studies, NYU
"I am a satisfied customer of your LaserGreek fonts!"
David M. Schaps, Department of Classical Studies, Bar Ilan University, Israel
"I appreciate your very fine product. I cannot imagine life without this software."
Noel H. Mayfield, Memphis, TN
"Thank you so much for taking the time and trouble to reply so promptly.... I installed my new fonts this morning and they seem to be working fine. I would like to say how impressed I am with your service, your quick response time and the help and advice I have had in the past few days from your tech support person. I wish all companies were as quick to respond and as efficient as you are!"
Patricia Spencer, The Egypt Exploration Society, London
"Thanks. Love my Linguists Software fonts!! Thanks again for your grand fonts."
Prof. Reggie M. Kidd, Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, Florida
"I am amazed by your competence."
Menahem R. Macina, the Free University of Brussels
Administrateur delegue et webmaster de l'Association Internationale
Chretiens et Juifs pour un enseignement de l'Estime
"Laser Greek succeeded very well. Thanks for your friendly helpfulness."
Ruth Neuberger, Tel Aviv, Israel
"Your LaserGreek I use daily, especially for quotations in abstracts and books of early modern theologians. It is really comfortable."
Prof. Dr. Harm Klueting, Muenster, Germany
"Thanks for your super fonts! You have my permission to quote me on anything that I say about your products. They're super!"
James L. Johns, New College, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
"It works well in Windows XP."
Aaron Son, Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, TX
"I'm looking forward to enjoying the upgrade edition of LaserGreek and the LaserGreek II which is new one to me both for Macintosh and Windows. I esteem you for your providing various font software for almost all languages. Best Regards."
Tomu Kunigami, Sapporo, Japan
"Thank you very much indeed for your excellent service, your help, and your products. I'm delighted to be doing business with you, and I look forward to continuing to do so."
William Little, California State University and Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain
"Everything is installed and working exactly as you have said and I am a happy camper!! I have written several things that make extensive use of Biblical Greek and some Hebrew."
David R. Dilling, Kensington Theological Academy, Lexington, IN
"I am delighted with my LaserGreek fonts."
Michael Glasby, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Universities who license LaserGreek and LaserGreek II fonts
Universities who license LaserGreek and LaserGreek II fonts
Scores of universities and seminaries have licensed LaserGreek and LaserGreek II, including Cambridge University, Oxford University, King's College London, St. Andrews University, the University of Wales, the University of Zuerich, Mainz University, Ecole Francaise d'Athenes, Bar Ilan University, the University of Victoria (BC), the University of Chicago, the University of California, University of Notre Dame, University of Texas, University of Washington, Southwestern University, the University of Cincinnati, the University of Colorado, Wheaton College, Covenant Seminary, Dallas Theological Seminary, and Fuller Theological Seminary.
