For this year's product announcements, see What's New. For other product announcements, see What's New-1996, What's New-1997,  What's New-1998, What's New-1999, What's New-2000, What's New-2001, and What's New-2002.

LaserIPA in Unicode for Windows has been released. Now you can easily type all characters and diacritics in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) standard in a Unicode-compatible font. Our original LaserIPA product includes the font used to publish the official Journal of the IPA. Now you can get the same font in a Unicode-compatible format, with exceptional ease of input provided by OpenType® layout features built into the font and supported by Microsoft Word 2003. LaserIPA in Unicode provides a professional-quality IPA font in TrueType® OpenType format, in plain and bold weights. The font includes not only the standard Unicode "IPA Extensions" characters, but also the "Spacing Modifiers" and "Combining Diacritics" sections of the Unicode Standard. The font also includes many letters and symbols that were once part of the IPA but are now obsolete, and some letters and symbols that were used as IPA letters and symbols but have never been officially adopted into the IPA. The font also includes the Latin 1 and Extended Latin character sets providing English and other western languages such as French and German. Be sure to see the font samples, including samples of the easy input method for stacking multiple diacritics. Released November 11, 2003.

Semitic Transliterator in Unicode for Windows has been released. Now you can easily transliterate Semitic languages plus Greek and Coptic using Unicode-encoded fonts, which provide perfect positioning of all accented letters needed in the 21 transliteration methods supported by the fonts. This product is available in six typestyles and includes two keyboard layouts. Users who own Microsoft Word 2003 can benefit from the OpenType layout features in the fonts for the most logical, intuitive input possible: letter, accent, accent. Word 2003 will automatically build up the accented letter as you type. Users of all other Unicode-aware applications can use the Deadkey keyboard layout for easy typing of accented letters using deadkey input. Be sure to see the lovely font samples and read product details. Released October 10, 2003.

A new font has been added to LaserUgaritic. UgariticLSB, with black (filled) wedges, is now included in the product, along with the original UgariticLS, which has open (unfilled) wedges. These two fonts contain all 37 signs in the Ugaritic alphabet, and the signs are now centered vertically. The fonts are compatible between the Windows and Macintosh versions, allowing transfer of files between platforms with no conversion necessary. Release date was September 30, 2003.

A new font has been added both to LaserIPA and to TransRoman Dictionary. The PhoneticOx II font (PhoneticOxII) contains the characters and symbols used in the Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Ed., and the OED CD version. Both products still include the original PhoneticOx font, containing the symbols used in the Oxford English Dictionary, 1st Ed. LaserIPA includes a Times-style and Helvetica-style. The TransRoman Dictionary version of the font is available in Times-, Helvetica-, and Palatino-styles. These products are available for Windows or Macintosh. Released September 23, 2003.

A new Greek font has been added to the LaserGreek in Unicode product. The HellenicaU Greek font is now available for both Windows and Macintosh versions of LaserGreek in Unicode. This beautiful TrueType font is optimized for classical Greek, but includes all standard accents, breathing marks, iota subscripts and diereses used in Biblical and classical Greek. It has similarities in style to the SymbolGreekU font but has tilde-shaped circumflex accents (perispomeni). The HellenicaU font (along with OdysseaU and OdysseaUBSU) have extra characters in them used in epigraphical and textual studies, and in Greek poetry. These extra characters are not in the other fonts in the LaserGreek in Unicode product series and were added to HellenicaU, OdysseaU, and OdysseaUBSU with this update. Finally, all fonts in the product series have new, additional characters in them, including alternate capital letters with iota subscripts. Users who own Microsoft Word 2003 will be interested in the new keyboard layout that has been added to the product. This keyboard makes use of the OpenType layout features now built into the fonts. Font samples are available on the LaserGreek in Unicode product page. This update was released September 15, 2003.

A new font has been added to LaserHebrew in Unicode for Windows. The NewJerusalemCU font has been added to LaserHebrew in Unicode. The font is like NewJerusalemU but contains cantillation forms used in most Hebrew publications. Be sure to see font samples of this beautiful new font. Released July 29, 2003.

The New Testament Manuscripts Font Collection has been completed! We are excited to announce the release of nine additional font sets, bringing the total to eleven. This important new product line allows you to type faithful representations of the original hand of important early codices or papyri of the New Testament and distinctive character forms of inscriptions from that period! Be sure to see the font samples. Released July 11, 2003.

TransCyrillic in Unicode has been released for both Windows and the Macintosh in 7 typestyles. These fonts provide a Unicode-encoded version of our very popular TransCyrillic and Cyrillic II products, covering 65 Cyrillic languages (from Abaza to Yakut) plus English and other western European languages. Be sure to view the font samples of all 7 typestyles available. Released April 11, 2003 (Macintosh) and May 14, 2003 (Windows).

We have added a new font to our New Testament Manuscripts Font Collection. Our second product in this set is SinaiticusLS, providing a faithful representation of the original hand of Codex Sinaiticus. This important new product line allows you to type faithful representations of the original hand of important early codices or papyri of the New Testament and distinctive character forms of inscriptions from that period! Be sure to see the font sample. Released April 4, 2003.

Our new LaserRade for Windows and Macintosh supports the Radegain languages of Vietnam. The RadeLS font reportedly covers 53 languages, including Rade (also known as Rhade, Raday, Rde, Ede, E-De, Edeh, and De), and other languages of the Montagnard people of Vietnam's Central Highlands, including Jarai, Bahnar, and Sedang. LaserRade for Windows and LaserRade for Macintosh are completely ASCII-compatible. Typing on both platforms is easy and intuitive using deadkey input to place all special accents and characters of the Radegain languages in your text. Files can be transferred from one platform to the other in text-only format. Released April 2, 2003.

LaserGreek in Unicode is now available for the Macintosh! Previously available only for Windows, the Unicode-compliant version of the world-famous LaserGreek fonts is now available for use in Mac OS X 10.2 and higher (when using Unicode-aware applications). For details, System Requirements, and to view beautiful font samples see LaserGreek in Unicode. Released March 21, 2003.

With our just-released New Testament Manuscripts Font Collection you can type faithful representations of the original hand of important early codices or papyri of the New Testament and distinctive character forms of inscriptions from that period! We are very excited to announce the first in a series of font products providing faithful representations of the original hand of important early codices or papyri of the New Testament and distinctive character forms of inscriptions from that period. The first release in this series is WashingtonianusLS, containing two fonts, a character and variants font and a Nomina Sacra font, providing a faithful representation of the original hand of Codex Washingtonianus. The Windows and Macintosh versions of the font are completely compatible so formatted files typed with the fonts may be transferred cross-platform with no conversion of the files necessary. Be sure to see the font samples. Released February 11, 2003.

A Unicode-encoded version of EuroSlavic for Windows has been released. EuroSlavic in Unicode for Windows provides professional-quality, Unicode-encoded TrueType® fonts in seven typestyles for typing all Western and Central European Latin-based languages, plus other languages. The fonts include all standard diacritics used in these languages. Because the EuroSlavic in Unicode fonts include separate composite forms of each vowel with each diacritic combination, every letter shape and diacritic is perfectly positioned. Because the fonts are Unicode-encoded they are interchangeable with other Unicode fonts that support these languages. The product includes a keyboard layout that provides four-characters-per-key input in Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows NT4. Released January 20, 2003.

For this year's product announcements, see What's New. For other product announcements, see What's New-1996, What's New-1997,  What's New-1998, What's New-1999, What's New-2000, What's New-2001, and What's New-2002.