
TIPA is a
free software
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package providing
International Phonetic Alphabet
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standard written representation ...
and other
phonetic character capabilities for
TeX
Tex, TeX, TEX, may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Tex (nickname), a list of people and fictional characters with the nickname
* Tex Earnhardt (1930–2020), U.S. businessman
* Joe Tex (1933–1982), stage name of American soul singer ...
and
LaTeX
Latex is an emulsion (stable dispersion) of polymer microparticles in water. Latices are found in nature, but synthetic latices are common as well.
In nature, latex is found as a wikt:milky, milky fluid, which is present in 10% of all floweri ...
. Written by , TIPA is based upon the author's previous work in TSIPA. In 2018, the TeX TIPA Roman font was selected as best representing the IPA symbol set by the
International Phonetic Association's Alphabet, Charts and Fonts committee.
TIPA characters are placed within a LaTeX document using any of the following ways:
\textipa,
, or
\begin ... \end.
TIPA supports many of the symbols in the ''
Phonetic Symbol Guide'' (though macros are sometimes required) as well as a few idiosyncratic ones, such as a small-capital and an ligature .
Examples
\textipa
\textipa
See also
*
Phonetic transcription
Phonetic transcription (also known as Phonetic script or Phonetic notation) is the visual representation of speech sounds (or ''phonetics'') by means of symbols. The most common type of phonetic transcription uses a phonetic alphabet, such as the ...
*
List of TeX extensions
References
External links
*
TIPA manual(PDF)
Free TeX software
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