My Pages
The Tibetan Script
Tibetan Script Fonts:
Tibetan & Dzongkha computing:
- Dzongkha Keyboard - a simple input method for Dzongkha and Tibetan.
- Configuring OpenOffice.org for Dzongkha & Tibetan
Standardization:
- Tibetan Script in the UCS - ISO 10646 JTC1/SC2/WG2 Documents related to Tibetan script
- Precomposed Tibetan - Part A - Mapping table from GB/T20524-2006 "Tibetan coded character set Extension A" [PRC national standard for pre-composed Tibetan] to standard Unicode characters for Tibetan.
Related Pages (external)
Blogs:
- Tibetan Scripts - an occassional blog about writing systems used in Tibet and the Himalayan region - as well as character encoding, fonts and software for Tibetan and related writing systems.
- Reading Tibetan Manuscripts - on the History of the Tibetan script and reading ancient Tibetan manuscripts.
- Dungkar’s Great Encyclopaedia: The Tibetan Script - translated by Sam van Schaik.
Tibetan Calligraphy (how to):
- Tibetan Writing Course - Marc Turin
- Origins of Tibetan Calligraphy & How to draw the letters of the Tibetan alphabet.
Tibetan Fonts (Unicode):
Tibetan & Dzongkha Input Methods
- TISE Wylie input method (for Windows) - Greg
- Tibetan & Dzongkha Input for Macintosh - Christopher E. Walker
Note: Mac OSX 10.5 comes with three Tibetan Input Methods: Tibetan - Otani, Tibetan - QWERTY, and Tibetan - Wylie. - Wylie input in Javascript - David Linton
- Tibetan Character Picker - Richard Ishida
Tibetan (Chöke) Texts:
- Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center
- Asian Classics Input Project
- Samantabhadra Collection of Nyingma Literature
- Karma Lekshey Ling Institute
Tibetan Dictionaries (on-line / electronic):
- Tibetan to English Dictionary & Translation Tool - Andrés Montano Pellegrini
- Tibetan to English Dictionary & Translation Tool - at THDL
- The Rangjung Yeshe Tibetan-English Dictionary of Buddhist Culture (CD)
- Padma Karpo Translation Committe Dictionaries (CDs)
- Sarat Chandra Das' Tibetan-English Dictionary
- Geshe Chodrak's Tibetan-Tibetan Dictionary
- The Mahavyutpatti, Sanskrit-Tibetan-English Glossary
- Tony Duff's Illuminator Tibetan English Dictionary
Tibetan Transliteration& Transcription:
- Library of Congress Tibetan Romanization - scanned text from the 1997 edition of the ALA-LC Romanization Tables: Transliteration Schemes for Non-Roman Scripts, approved by the Library of Congress and the American Library Association.
- A Standard System of Tibetan Transcription - T. V. Wylie (HTMLized version of the original article).
- THDL Extended Wylie Transliteration Scheme
- Teaching THDL Extended Wylie - A. Anton-Luca
- UNGEGN Romanization of Tibetan [PDF]
Mailing Lists:
- Tibscript Mailing List - Specialized discussion regarding Tibetan scripts in and out of computing environments.
Portals:
- Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library (THDL) - The most comprehensive site - includes detailed sections on Tibetan script, Tibetan computing, fonts and much more....
- Tibetan Portal - This is the "blog format" version of Chris Walker's useful site. Link to original Tibetan Portal.
- Unicode Font Guide For Free/Libre Open Source Operating Systems - Ed Trager's excellent resource. Unicode fonts for almost every script.
More Links…
- Tibetan Calligraphy Links — at Himalayan Art