The former ChiWriter version 3 font foreign did not support all accented character, and in the international extensions of ChiWriter 4 fonts even more are missing (though it is a good thing that these characters are now available in many styles). Cw4 - ChiWriter. Chi, chiwriter, text editor, software. ChiWriter is a commercial scientific text editor for MS-DOS, created by Cay Horstmann in 1986. It was one of the first WYSIWYG editors that could write mathematical formulas.
ChiWriter 3 to RTF Convertor
Chiwriter
The Zip file here contains software to convert CHI files generated by ChiWriter version 3 from Horstmann into rich text format (RTF) on a Windows 10 platform. Such files can then be opened, edited and printed in Word or WordPad. There are options to select all or a subset of CHI files from the chosen directory, or all CHI files in the current folder and all its sub-folders. For each file <name>.CHI, a file <name>.rtf is created in the same directory, (with additional digit characters if necessary to avoid over-writing existing files of the same name.) A log file is also created listing any issues with the conversion of each file. A version for running in Windows XP is given here.
There are some limitations. These involve primarily the occurrences of subscripts and superscripts. Specifically, only the first line of superscripts and subscripts are processed, i.e. superscripts of superscripts and subscripts of subscripts are ignored. Also, subscripts placed immediately below superscripts are omitted. A tiny number of symbols don't seem to have Unicode equivalents. Further, unlike ChiWriter, lines in the RTF do not have a fixed number of characters, and so any special left indentation of paragraphs may have been lost, as well as the centering of some line contents. Finally, with different paging in the RTF than in ChiWriter, some page-specific headers and footers have had to be omitted.
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On the plus side, some attempt has been made to make accented characters from the Foreign and Greek fonts match the style and size of the rest of the words in which they sit.
Most other minor issues and choices such as type face and font size are easily sorted by editing the RTF file in Word or WordPad. WordPad is a cheap and cheerful product, but it ignores some RTF features such as page dimensions and horizontal lines which may appear in the converted files. Those mentioned appear in Word, but Word has its own issues. In particular, depending on the fonts available on the platform used, it may not render some standard Unicode characters correctly. The most likely to be affected are “Double-Stroke” (i.e. Blackboard font) letters from the MathII font, such as B (𝔹) for the Booleans. These are the only characters outside the “Basic Multilingual Plane” (BMP).
The conversion program is written in Delphi and was compiled using Embarcadero® Delphi 10.1 Berlin. You just need to extract the file CW2RTF.exe and run it. In that case, just ignore the other files in the zip file. However, if you are worried about the security of executing the program, you should examine the source code CW2RTFMain.pas in the Zip file and then re-compile it using a free trial version of Delphi.
ChiWriter 4 files have a different format and cannot be converted using this program. There are other programs for converting ChiWriter files, such as those given by and . Most of these translate into Latex or WordPerfect but may not run under Windows 10. This program is for those who don't want to have to learn or use Latex and are stuck with Windows 10.Chi Writer Writer
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Sum: P-marker, Fonts
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Message 1: P-Marker Font Summary
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 93 13:14:10 CDP-Marker Font SummaryFrom: David Silva <davidutafll.uta.edu>
Subject: P-Marker Font Summary
Thank you to all those who replied to my query regarding the P-marker font.As a number of folks requested that I post a summary, here it is:
The most common response went something like this: * If you'reusing a Macintosh, the easiest way to do graphics is to use the Drawing Toolthat's part of MicroSoft Word 5.0/.1. * After some experimenting with thelatest version of Word, I have to agree--it's quick, simple, adequate,sufficiently pretty, etc., at least for small-to-middling trees. I can wellimagine (as a couple of people suggested) that managing larger structurescould be more difficult.
Other suggestions were to use a graphics program such as MacDraw or Superpaintand then paste the trees into the text. I've done this in the past, but Ifound it rather time consuming, particularly if you can't run Multifinder (forwhatever reasons) and you need to quit in-and-out of applications.
Jim Black suggests a compromise of sorts:
'I use a graphics program to draw a variety of branchingfigures, then save them as Glossary items in MicrosoftWord. ... If you draw them to correspond to a tab spacing,they can be positioned precisely, so long as your tabsettings are quite dense.'
For those of us who have put off getting to know about glossaries, now's thetime to sit down with the manual!
Three folks mentioned a relatively new desk accessory program calledExpressionist. From what I can tell, Expressionist was designed formathemeticians and the like to draw formulas. As Yuji Nakazato writes:
'One of the symbols in the program is [for] drawing:A/ B CThis DA is very flexible and the above simple tree can be'nested' -- that is, you can add branches under node Band node C! Also, you can increase the number of branchesfrom one node...'
Sounds good to me! Cathy Ball was kind enough to provide anaddress for those of you interested in Expressionist:
Prescience Corporation939 Howard Street, #204San Francisco, CA 94104
I've not written to these people yet, so I'm not sure what to expect.
A final note on Expressionist--Joseph Tomei indicates that 'using it for PStrees is like killing a mosquito with a howitzer...' Apparently Expressionistis a pretty powerful DA, which means that it _could_ be used for other types oflinguistic graphics. I leave this question to future research.
Chris Culy wrote to let me know of a HyperCard parser that he's written ...
'... which allows you to type in any phrase structurerules and a 'lexicon'. It will then parse sentences/phrases you type in, returning a labelled bracketing,which can then be drawn as a tree.'
For more details, please contact him directly: chris-culyuiowa.edu
A final suggestion was to use Symantec's 'More II'. (No other info wasprovided.)
As regards the P-Marker font itself, I had a couple of offers from folkswilling to send me a copy (for which I thank you), but I never found out WHEREthe font came from and WHERE I can get an original copy. (Could it be in theU Mich archives?) Any info on this topic would be appreciated.
Happy Drawing, _Y'all_. (Sorry. I couldn't help myself.)
--David Silva (davidling.uta.edu)
Message 2: Linguistics fonts
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 21:19:26 BSLinguistics fontsFrom: Bill Bennett <WAB2phx.cam.ac.uk>
Subject: Linguistics fonts
-COMPUTER FONTS-The impressive universality that is available from the LINGUIST BB!
This summary of responses will be in two parts. This will be the end of thisenquiry for the present. I have more information than I know what to do with!
(1) Responses to my -cri de coeur- includedCathy Ball <cballedu.georgetown.acc.guvax>Laurie Bauer <Laurie.Bauernz.vuw>Jim Black <jblackca.mun.ucs.kean>John Bro <broedu.ufl.circa.elm>Keith Denning <denningedu.emich.emunix>Piet Martens <pmertenscc3.kuleuven.ac.be>Thor S Nilsen <thor.s.nilsen.no.tdh>Dilworth B. Parkinson <parkinsonDedu.byu.yvax>Chen Shu-fen <sfchenuxa.cso.uiuc.edu>Ron Southerland <southerlca.ucalgary.acs>Joe Tomei <jtomeiedu.uoregon.oregon>
Many thanks
(2) Some general conclusions (e & e.o) - my own interpretations.1. I do not know whether I expressed my query about IPA/US phonetic fonts forPC or Mac unclearly, but it seems that the great majority of linguists areusing a Mac. No respondent specified other than IPA fonts. I assume myfriends in the US design their own Bloch/Trager? And I would hope they do soif they wish to denote the French front rounded and back mid vowels!!
2. My main unhappiness with Chiwriter, which I am using at the moment, is thatscreen fonts are separate from printing fonts - but this is certainly alsothe case with other fonts/programs.
3. A PC that is for fonts or non-Roman alphabets generally requires Windows.Chiwriter (for me on a PC) does not so.
4. In general (I SENSE) freeware fonts arouse widely diversive reactions, fromexcellent to unsatisfactory.
5. Commercial programs mentioned with often effusive favour were for Mac:FONTOGRAPHER (v 4.0) (address: Altsys Corp., 269 W. Renner Parkway,Richardson TX 75080) (street price $258), NISUS v.3.47, FONTMONGER v.1.5.7(address:Ares Software Corp., P.O. Box 4667, Foster City, CA 94404-4667)Internet <aresswaol.com> (price range $100-149.95); FONTastic; mention alsoof FontStudio from Letraset (new?).IPA Plus appears to be available from UCLA, but no more specific address hasbeen given; Powerpak, which is said to work with MS Word, MS Works, WP,Letterperfect, PlanPerfect is published by Atech Software.
NISUS (for Mac) address is: Nisus Software Inc., 107 S. Cedros Ave., SolanaBeach, CA 92075, USA
Mac IPA and non-Roman alphabets fromEcological Linguistics, P.O. Box 15156, Washington DC 20003internet <ECOLINGapplelink.apple.com>and at the address: Lloyd Anderson who has IPA and non-Roman alphabets.
6. One source of IPA suggested was via John Lawler at host machine<mac.archive.umich.edu>.
7. S(ummer)I(nstitute) of L(inguistics), address:SIL Printing Arts Department7500 W. Camp Wisdom RdDallas, TX 75236.SIL has: Encore IPA fonts (freeware)and Encore fonts (commercial).
SIL Encore IPA fonts are up-to-date with Kiel 1990. They are available inthree typefaces:SIL Doulos (cf. Times);SIL Sophia (cf. Helvetica);SIL Manuscript (monowidth).
F(ile)T(ransfer)P(Protocol) FTP can fetch these fonts for Macsumex-aim.stanford.edu/info-mac/font/sil-ipa.hqx.
mac.archive.umich.edu/pub/mac/system.extensions/font/type1/silipafonts.sit.hqx
and FTP for Windows fontsmsdos.archive.umich.edu/pub/msdos/mswindows/fonts/sil-ipa.zip
(European equivalents:For Mac: triton.lew.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/fonts/mac/sil-ipa.hqxFor Windows: triton.lew.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/fonts/windows/sil-ipa.zip)
The fonts can be ordered, from the address given above in Dallas,on diskette (with documentation) for $5 (plus postage: $2 in US, $5elsewhere). Another respondent advised that the IPA fonts were free, but thecomplete font library cost $60 plus postage.
I am informed that it is useful to have an editing program with the SILfonts.
8. Font versions of Adobe's Times or Stone for DOS and Windows:FontShop, 401 Wellington St West, Toronto, Ontario M5V 1E8, Canada.
9. The following addresses might be of interest:IPA fonts for WP5.1 (DOS)M.A.P. Systems, 18100 Bay Rd, #100, Houston, TX 77058.
Linguist's Software. P.O. Box 580, Edmonds, WA 98020-0580,
10.It has struck me that, while there are useful book reviews on the BB, noregular report/review of linguistic fonts takes place. It is not theshortage of fonts which is remarkable but the confusing medley of sources,and the uncertainty of their ease/elegance of applicability.
Bill Bennett.