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such resources).</p> <a name='0e84cc11'></a> <h2> Language Guide</h2> <p><a href='/cms/scripts/page.php%3Fid%3Dsilfontlist%26site_id%3Dnrsi.html'>SIL Fonts for Downloading</a></p><p><a href='http://scriptsource.org' target='_blank'><img src='' border='0'> ScriptSource</a></p><p><a href='http://scriptsource.org/entry/wbngmhq8p8' target='_blank'><img src='' border='0'> Finding Fonts & Software on ScriptSource</a></p><p><a href='http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm' target='_blank'><img src='' border='0'> American Sign Language Browser</a></p><a name='0db37792'></a> <h2>General</h2> <p><a href='http://www.atypi.org' target='_blank'><img src='' border='0'> ATypI</a></p><p>ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale) is the only worlkwide organisation dedicated to type and typography. ATypeI provides the structure for communication, information and action amongst the international type community</p> <p><a href='http://www.techknowlogia.org' target='_blank'><img src='' border='0'> TechKnowLogia</a></p><p>TechKnowLogia is an international online journal that provides policy makers, strategists, practitioners and technologists at the local, national and global levels with a strategic forum.</p> <p><a href='http://www.ancientscripts.com' target='_blank'><img src='' border='0'> Ancient Scripts</a></p><a name='5c4dbf53'></a> <h2>Language coding and standards</h2> <p><a href='http://www.unicode.org' target='_blank'><img src='' border='0'> Unicode</a></p><p>Unicode provides a unique number for every character, no matter what the platform, no matter what the program, no matter what the language.</p> <p><a href='http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/iso639jac.html' target='_blank'><img src='' border='0'> ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee</a>. Their official site.</p><p><a href='http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/iso639-2ra.html' target='_blank'><img src='' border='0'> Registration authority for ISO 639-2</a> (three-letter codes)</p><p><a href='http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langhome.html' target='_blank'><img src='' border='0'> ISO 639-2 Alpha-3 codes</a> (also includes the normative text of the standard)</p><p><a href='http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/codechanges.html' target='_blank'><img src='' border='0'> Changes to ISO 639-x codes</a></p><p><a href='http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1766.txt?number=1766' target='_blank'><img src='' border='0'> RFC 1766: IETF protocol for language identifiers on the Internet</a></p><p><a href='https://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry/language-subtag-registry' target='_blank'><img src='' border='0'> Current set of tags registered per RFC1766</a></p><p><a href='http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/charset/' target='_blank'><img src='' border='0'> ISO 8859-1 character set overview</a>, tables of all characters which are available in the ISO Latin 1character set</p><p><a href='http://www.ethnologue.com/codes/' target='_blank'><img src='' border='0'> SIL Three-letter Codes for Identifying Languages</a></p><p><a href='http://www.ethnologue.com/iso639/' target='_blank'><img src='' border='0'> Mapping between ISO 639 Language Codes and the Languages Identified in the Ethnologue</a></p><p><a href='http://www.language-archives.org/' target='_blank'><img src='' border='0'> OLAC: Open Language Archives Community</a></p><a name='badecdcf'></a> <h2>Technologies</h2> <p><a href='http://www.xmlconference.net/xmlusa' target='_blank'><img src='' border='0'> XML</a></p><p>Over 40 Pre-Conference Tutorials Indepth Sessions Featuring Over 200 Industry Experts; World's Largest Exposition on XML-Based Products and Services Quality Networking and Peer Discussion Opportunities</p> <p><a href='http://www.keyman.com' target='_blank'><img src='' border='0'> Keyman</a></p><p>Keyman and Keyman Developer is a popular keyboard management software program from SIL. The software enables users to design and distribute their own keyboard layouts for use with Windows, macOS, Linux and mobile applications.</p> <br><hr clear='all'><p>Note: the opinions expressed in submitted contributions below do not necessarily reflect the opinions of our website.</p><div class='Message'> <p><small> "<script type="text/javascript">  </script>", Sat, Apr 20, 2013 06:45 (EDT)</small><br> <b>Addition?</b></p> <p>http://www.languagesoftware.net/ has a good overview!</p> <p>Jenn</p> </div> <div style='margin: 0 0 0 30px;'> <div class='Message'> <p><small> "Chitt", Sun, Jul 24, 2016 09:50 (EDT)</small><br> <b>Re: Addition?</b></p> <p>Bravo</p> </div> <div style='margin: 0 0 0 30px;'> </div> </div> <hr> <hr> <p><small>漏 2003-2024 <a href='http://www.sil.org/' target='_blank'>SIL International</a>, all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted elsewhere on this page.<br> Provided by SIL's Writing Systems Technology team (formerly known as NRSI). 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