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About Hungarian
Although Hungarian is classified by location as "Central European" it is not a Slavic language. It is distantly related to Finnish and Estonian.
- Hungarian Language Course – From a Penn Stater!
- National SEERLC Hungarian Webliography
- Hungarian Reference.com
Recommended Fonts
Latin-2 (Central European) Encoding
Although Hungarian uses the Western alphabet, Hungarian includes accented letters (e.g. ő, ű) which may not be found in all fonts.
Note: The term Central European is sometimes used to refer to the languages which use accented letters not common in Western European languages.
Common Fonts
Many common fonts such as Times New Roman, Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans, Calibri, Cambria, Palatinto and many more do include these characters.
Third Party Fonts
Below are some additional third party Unicode fonts which include Central European characters.
- SIL Fonts – The SIL has created multiple fonts with IPA characters including:
- Andika – Designed for new readers. It could be suitable for some students with reading disorders.
- Doulos SIL – Includes Greek, Cyrillic
- Charis SIL – Font family and includes Greek, Cyrillic
- Gentium – From SIL. Very readable
- Quivira – Modelled on Garamond and includes ancient language, basic Cyrillic/Armenian/Georgian and math/astronomical symbols.
Note: Many fonts designed to include phonetic characters or Greek and Western letters include Central European characters. Additional Central European or Extended Latin fonts may be available online, but users should be sure they are properly encoded fonts before installing them.
Typing Hungarian
Windows
Activate Hungarian Keyboard
Microsoft provides keyboard utilities for Central European languages which allow you to type Central European Characters.
Note: Neither the Windows International
Keyboard or ALT code repertoire includes Central European characters.
- See detailed keyboard activation instructions for different versions of the Windows operating system.
- To see where the different characters are, go to the Microsoft Keyboard Layouts Page.
Other Options
- You can also input characters from the Character Map. This can be useful if you only need to insert characters into only a few words.
- You can use ALT codes or Windows International keyboard codes to input everything except the double accent vowels (ő,ű).
ALT Codes
Many, but not all characters can be inputted with the numeric ALT codes. You can also use the Character Map utility for any code
NOTE: Codes with numbers over 255 are only available in Microsoft Word.
Vwl | Entity Code |
---|---|
Á | ALT+0193 |
á | ALT+0225 |
É | ALT+0201 |
é | ALT+0233 |
Í | ALT+0205 |
í | ALT+0237 |
Ó | ALT+0211 |
ó | ALT+0243 |
Ú | ALT+0218 |
ú | ALT+0250 |
Vwl | Entity Code |
---|---|
Ö | ALT+0214 |
ö | ALT+0246 |
Ü | ALT+0220 |
ü | ALT+0252 |
Ő | ALT+0336 Capital O double acute |
ő | ALT+0337 Lower o double acute |
Ű | ALT+0368 Capital U double acute |
ű | ALT+0369 Lower u double acute |
International Keyboard Codes
In order to use these codes you must activate the international keyboard. Instructions are listed in the Keyboards section of this Web site. Again, not all characters are available, but some can be entered via the Character Map utility
ACCENT | SAMPLE | TEMPLATE |
---|---|---|
Acute | ó,Ó | ‘, V ‘ = apostrophe key |
Umlaut | ö,Ö |
", V |
Macintosh
Extended Keyboard Codes
You can activate the Extended Keyboard to input Central European characters. This extends the range of available accented letters.
ACCENT | SAMPLE | TEMPLATE |
---|---|---|
Double Acute | ő,Ő | Option+J, V |
Acute | ó,Ó | Option+E, V |
Umlaut | ö,Ö | Option+U, V |
Example 1: To input the lower case ő (o-double acute) hold down the Option key, then the J key. Release both keys then type lowercase o.
Example 2: To input the capital Ő, hold down the Option key, then the J key. Release all three keys then type capital O.
Hungarian Mac Keyboard Utilities
Apple also has keyboard utilities for most Central European languages. See instructions for activating a Macintosh keyboard for more details.
Web Development and Language Codes
Test Sites
If you have your browser configured correctly, the Web sites below should display
the correct characters.
Note: If a site displays gibberish, see the Browser Setup page for debugging information.
Historical Encodings
Unicode (utf-8
) is the preferred encoding for Web sites. However, the following historic encodings may still be encountered.
win-1250
(aka "Windows Encoding")iso-8859-2
(aka "Latin-2")
Language Tags
Language Tags allow browsers and other software to process Hungarian text more efficiently. The appropriate codes are:
hu
(Hungarian)
Unicode Character Codes for HTML
The Entity Codes
Use these codes to input accented letters in HTML. For instance, if you want
to type jövő you would type jövő
.
Be sure the appropriate Encodings and Language Tags are used.
NOTE: Because these are Unicode characters, the formatting may not exactly match that
of the surrounding text depending on the browser.
Vwl | Entity Code |
---|---|
Á | Á (193) |
á | á (225) |
É | É (201) |
é | é (233) |
Í | Í (205) |
í | í(237) |
Ó | Ó (211) |
ó | ó (243) |
Ú | Ú (218) |
ú | ú (250) |
Vwl | Entity Code |
---|---|
Ö | Ö (214) |
ö | ö (246) |
Ü | Ü (220) |
ü | ü (252) |
Ő | Ő Capital O double acute |
ő | ő Lower o double acute |
Ű | Ű Capital U double acute |
ű | ű Lower u double acute |
European Quote Marks
Many modern texts use American style quotes, but if you wish to include European style quote marks, here are the codes. Note that these codes may not work in older browsers.
Sym | HTMl Entity Code |
---|---|
« | « (left angle) |
» | » (right angle) |
‹ | ‹ (left single angle) |
› | › (right single angle) |
„ | „(bottom quote) |
‚ | ‚(single bottom quote) |
“ | “(left curly quote) |
‘ | ‘(left single curly quote) |
” | ”(right curly quote) |
’ | ’(right single curly quote) |
– | – (en dash) |
— | — (em dash) |
Links
Hungarian Language
- Hungarian Language Course – From a Penn Stater!
- National SEERLC Hungarian Webliography
- Hungarian Reference.com
Central European Computing
Linux/Unix
Linux is used in the region so a search for specific issues may be useful.