Keyboards

Shavian.info has developed a Keyman package of keyboards to allow typing in the Shavian alphabet on Windows, Mac OS, Linux, iOS, and Android. To use the keyboards:

Download and install the Keyman app for your OS (under the “Products” tab). Using the Keyman app, add the keyboard for the language “English (Shavian)” called “Shavian IGC".

For technical asssitance in how to install the app and add a keyboard for your OS, please see KeymanHelp.



Keyboard layouts

The desktop and onscreen layouts are identical, and are based on the Shavian Imperial Good Companion typewriter layout, used by by Kingsley Read in the 1960s.



The compound letters (𐑸, 𐑹, 𐑺, 𐑻, 𐑼, 𐑽, & 𐑿), and a range of symbols, are entered by holding down SHIFT.



Numbers may be entered by holding down ALT.



Phone and tablet layouts



The layouts for phone and tablet are identical to each other, and are based on the desktop layout with some tweaks to avoid the keys becoming too small.



The compound letters (and ·𐑠) may be found by holding down (long hold) one of the keys with the dot in the top right. Holding down:



𐑭 will display 𐑸



𐑷 will display 𐑹



𐑵 will display 𐑿



𐑱 will display 𐑺



𐑳 will display 𐑻



𐑦 will display 𐑾 and 𐑽



𐑩 will display 𐑼



𐑖 will display 𐑠



Pressing the 123 key will bring up the numbers and a range of symbols, arranged in a similar layout to the standard iOS keyboard: