• Eastern James Bay Cree Fonts
• Additional fonts
• Additional Info

Eastern James Bay Cree fonts

Two things are required in either operating system in order to type in Cree syllabics: both a font (for the different character shapes) and
a keyboard (providing a method of typing those shapes). Today’s standards require Unicode fonts.

Most people today type using the roman keyboard where each cree character corresponds to a series of roman characters on the QWERTY keyboard. Some people still use the creeboard where each cree character corresponds to only key (on the QWERTY keyboard)

The following PACKAGES give a free keyboard that will work with ALL fonts and the most standard font in use.

Download STANDARD Package for PC computers, Windows 98 and up

Dowload STANDARD Package for Macintosh computers, Mac OS X and up

To learn the syllabics and to see the mapping between the roman and syllabic orthographies , view the Syllabics Chart
-complete with spoken sounds (download it here)

Watch videos explaining how to download and install Cree fonts.

Download ADVANCED Package for PC computers, Windows 98 and up (contains legacy fonts and tool)

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Additional fonts

Once you have downloaded and installed the standard package for your system, you can add other Unicode fonts.

http://www.languagegeek.com/font/fontdownload.html#Full_Unicode

http://www.multedata.ca/p20.htm

http://www.tiro.com/

http://www.evertype.com/emono/

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http://dejavu-fonts.org/ (still under development)

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Additional Info

Cree syllabic fonts: development, compatibility and usage in the digital world. A paper originally presented at the 40th Algonquian Conference, in Montreal in 2008, by Bill Jancewicz and Marie-Odile Junker, that describes what are the best tools available to type in Cree syllabics in the area of information technology. There are also suggestions for best practices. Updated March 2011.

Unicode Cree Syllabic Fonts for Windows and Macintosh Updated Appendix. An updated appendix of a handout originally written for a presentation at the 37th Algonquian Conference, in Ottawa in 2005, by Bill Jancewicz. Updated May 2008

Unicode Cree Syllabics for Windows and Macintosh, by Bill Jancewicz. A paper that describes the tools available for free (in 2005) to type in Cree syllabics with PCs and Macintosh computers. October 2005.

[Unicode Cree Syllabics for Windows 5.0, by Bill Jancewicz. An earlier version (2001) of the above].

Cree on the Internet: How to Integrate Syllabics with Information Technology and the Web, by Bill Jancewicz and Marie-Odile Junker. A handout for a presentation made at the 34th Algonquian Conference, in Kingston in 2002.

Unicode Strategy : Syllabics and Computing in the 21st Century, by Bill Jancewicz. A paper that describes the situation (in 2001) regarding Cree syllabics fonts and the computers which support them or not. October 2001.

Answer to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) :
Most of the questions people asked us (or we asked ourselves) during this project.