LaserYukon in Unicode

Now Type Athapaskan Languages with a Unicode-encoded Font!	for Windows
	for Macintosh

LaserYukon™ in Unicode™ provides professional-quality, Unicode-encoded fonts in TrueType® OpenType® format for typing Athapaskan languages (also spelled Athapascan, Athabaskan, or Athabascan). The fonts also include the special alphabetic characters for Iñupiaq plus Kaktovik numerals, and support Western European Latin-based languages including French, German, and Spanish, plus many other Roman-based languages. The font may also be used for some forms of Chinese transliteration. The font is available in five typestyles. Samples of each typestyle are below. Be sure you read the System Requirements for Windows or Macintosh (below) before you order.

Athapaskan Languages Supported By LaserYukon In Unicode

Denaakk'e (Koyukon)	Nabesna (Tabesna)	Tagish	Tewa
Hän	Navajo	Tanacross	Tlingit
Gwich'in	Northern Tutchone	Upper Tanana
Kaska	Southern Tutchone	Tahltan

Additional Languages Supported By LaserYukon In Unicode

Albanian	English	Icelandic	Portuguese
Basque	Faroese	Indonesian	Spanish
Catalan	Finnish	Iñupiaq	Swahili
Comanche	French	Italian	Swedish
Danish	Galician	Malay
Dutch	German	Norwegian

In addition, all African, Native American, and other languages supported by code page 1252 are also supported by LaserYukon in Unicode fonts.

How LaserYukon in Unicode OpenType Fonts Work

LaserYukon in Unicode fonts include OpenType™ layout features. OpenType font technology extends the ability of fonts to support international character sets by allowing greater typographic control over letters and their associated accents. OpenType allows composite forms of accented letters to be input, built up, and properly positioned as the letter and its accents are typed by the user. Combined with the Linguist's Software keyboard software, this provides unparalleled ease of use, intuitive input methods, and beautiful printed output. The information that follows on this page will show you the wide range of characters supported by the font and the simple input method provided by our included keyboard software.

(OpenType fonts require the use of certain Operating Systems and applications. Be sure you read the System Requirements for Windows or Macintosh, further down the page, before you order.)

All vowels (Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, Uu, Yy) with all accent combinations are supported.

All vowels with all accents are supported.

Other special characters for Athapaskan languages are included.

Special characters used in Athapaskan languages are supported.

Plus Kaktovik Numerals in two forms. The first row shows numerals with bold top strokes, and the second row shows numerals with equal strokes. Input of either form is very simple.

Kaktovik numerals included in LaserYukon in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh

Typing accented letters is easy and intuitive. Just type the letter and then the accent key. LaserYukon in Unicode includes two keyboard layout charts showing how to type every letter and accent.

Typing accented letters is easy and intuitive.

Other examples:

Examples of typing accented letters

See the keyboard layout charts again to see how easy it is to type these accented letters. The final example above would be typed: a, shift+apostrophe, apostrophe, slash. All three accents are available using the little finger on the right hand. This makes learning how to build up accent combinations very easy. You will soon be touch-typing!

LaserYukon in Unicode Font Samples

All of the above samples are in the YukonLSU Times®-style font. We also offer Helvetica®-, Palatino®-, Garamond-, and Chancery-style fonts, described below. All typestyles contain the same complete character set.

LaserYukon in Unicode $99.95 Order (or $50 when ordered with another typestyle for that platform)
Includes the YukonLSU TrueType font in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic.
This is a Times®-style font, suitable when your needs call for a very readable serifed font, or to replace fonts such as Times® or Times New Roman®. It is the most popular style and generally the first typestyle purchased.
LaserYukon SansU in Unicode $99.95 Order (or $50 when ordered with another typestyle for that platform)
Includes the YukonSansU TrueType font in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic.
This is a Helvetica®-style, sans serif font, suitable to replace Helvetica, Arial®, Univers™ or other sans serif fonts. It is especially popular used for chapter titles, or for table or photo captions. It is the second most popular typestyle and often purchased together with the Times style.
LaserYukon GaraU in Unicode $99.95 Order (or $50 when ordered with another typestyle for that platform)
Includes the YukonGaraU TrueType font in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic.
This is a Garamond®-style font, another popular serifed font.
LaserYukon PalaU in Unicode $99.95 Order (or $50 when ordered with another typestyle for that platform)
Includes the YukonPalaU TrueType font in plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic.
This is a Palatino®-style font, another popular serifed font.
LaserYukon ChanU in Unicode $99.95 Order (or $50 when ordered with another typestyle for that platform)
Includes the YukonChanU TrueType font in plain style only.
This is a Chancery-style font, a decorative font.
LaserYukon Professional in Unicode $249.95 Order
Includes the complete contents of all LaserYukon in Unicode products listed above for one platform

LaserYukon in Unicode is available for Windows and Macintosh. Continue for details about the Windows product or scroll down for the Macintosh product.

LaserYukon in Unicode for Windows

LaserYukon in Unicode for Windows includes three keyboard layouts that support four characters per key (instead of the normal two) in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP. One keyboard is for all supported Athapaskan languages except Tewa. A second keyboard supports Tewa. The final keyboard supports English and other Latin 1 languages. All keyboard layouts take advantage of the OpenType layout features built into the fonts for the most logical, intuitive input possible. Input order is letter, accent, accent, as described above. The letter with its associated accents is built up automatically as you type, with all accents perfectly positioned.

Windows System Requirements:

Operating Systems

Requires Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, or XP.

Applications

Requires Microsoft Word 2013, 2010, 2007 or 2003 or another component of Microsoft Office 2013, 2010, 2007, or 2003 (except PowerPoint 2003 is not compatible), or OpenOffice, or LibreOffice.
Older versions of Word (including Word 2002 and Word 2000) do not support the fonts.
InDesign CS4 and QuarkXPress 8.02 do not support the OpenType features in the fonts.
Older, non-Unicode applications such as PageMaker are not compatible.
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 (included in Microsoft Office 2003) is not compatible with LaserYukon in Unicode for Windows. All text is changed to the Arial font, whether typed with the keyboard, input using Insert Symbol, or pasted from Word using the Windows clipboard. PowerPoint users should type their text in Word or another Unicode-compatible application, and save the text as a graphic for import into PowerPoint. Users can also use WordArt to create their text. To do this in PowerPoint go to Insert, Picture, WordArt, and type your text, formatting it as desired. Alternatively, users can type directly into PowerPoint using our non-Unicode LaserYukon fonts. (Earlier versions of PowerPoint have not been tested for compatibility.)
OpenOffice is available as a free download from OpenOffice.org.
LibreOffice is available as a free download from LibreOffice.org.

Notes

Printer: The fonts will print to any Windows printer at the highest quality allowed by your printer.
Documentation: All documentation, including a User's Manual and Keyboard Layout Charts (showing placement of the characters on the keys), is in Adobe Acrobat™ PDF or Microsoft Word (.doc or .rtf) format, and is installed into the Windows Start menu for easy access. Users may view the documentation on screen or print it.
Acrobat Reader is available free online if you do not already have it.
These fonts are compatible with the Macintosh version of LaserYukon in Unicode. No conversion of files is necessary when transferring files to a Macintosh if your applications support the OpenType features in the fonts and LaserYukon in Unicode fonts are installed on both systems.

LaserYukon in Unicode for Windows US$ 99.95 for any single typestyle; $50 for each additional typestyle for Windows purchased at the same time; $249.95 for LaserYukon Professional in Unicode for Windows (all 5 typestyles together) Order

Do you need to upgrade? Check the current version number and a Release History.

LaserYukon in Unicode for Macintosh

LaserYukon in Unicode for Macintosh includes two software keyboard layouts for use in Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. One has the Athapaskan characters (except Tewa) on the regular keyboard with the English US keyboard available by pressing the caps lock key. The other keyboard has the Tewa characters on the regular keyboard with the English US keyboard available by pressing the caps lock key. With either keyboard typing order is letter, accent, accent, as described above. The letter with its associated accents is built up automatically as you type, with all accents perfectly positioned.

Macintosh System Requirements:

Operating Systems

Requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.

Applications

Requires Mellel, also available from Linguist's Software, or InDesign CS5 or newer.
Even applications that claim to be Unicode and OpenType compliant (e.g., QuarkXPress 7.0 and newer) may only support a limited range of Unicode characters or a limited set of OpenType features. Contact Linguist's Software about compatibility questions and about the availability of a non-Unicode version of this product that works in all applications.

Notes

All documentation, including a User's Manual and Keyboard Layout Charts (showing placement of the characters on the keys) is in Adobe® Acrobat™ PDF format. Users may view the documentation on screen or print it, using Acrobat Reader, available free online if you do not already have it.
These fonts are compatible with the Windows version of LaserYukon in Unicode. No conversion of files is necessary when transferring files to Windows if your applications support the OpenType features in the fonts and LaserYukon in Unicode fonts are installed on both systems.

LaserYukon in Unicode for Macintosh US$ 99.95 for any single typestyle; $50 for each additional typestyle for Macintosh purchased at the same time; $249.95 for LaserYukon Professional in Unicode for Macintosh (all 5 typestyles together) Order

Mellel $25 Order ($25 when ordered with this Macintosh product, $38 sold separately.)

Also Available

For non-Unicode versions of these fonts, available for both Windows and Macintosh, see:

LaserYukon
The non-Unicode LaserYukon fonts are not interchangeable with LaserYukon in Unicode. Both Unicode and non-Unicode fonts, including Unicode and non-Unicode versions of LaserYukon, may be installed on your system (since they have different file and font names) and may even be used in the same files. They are not, however, interchangeable.
For a complete list of all Linguist's Software fonts supporting Native American languages see Native American Language Products