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WorldPad
SUMMARY: WorldPad is a text editor that can display text in complex scripts using Graphite. It is an SIL product and is distributed as part of FieldWorks.
DETAILS: WorldPad is a basic text editor whose main distinction is the ability to display text in complex scripts using Graphite, a programmable rendering engine particularly suited to complex minority scripts. WorldPad can also be used to work with text in simple "Roman" scripts. Some of WorldPad's text-editing features include multilingual text processing, named styles, right-to-left paragraph orientation, and mixed direction text flow handling, The installation program on the SIL download page includes the WorldPad program, the Graphite engine and font compiler, and a few sample Graphite fonts.
Refer all questions to WorldPad Help.
| Support | free, email author |
|---|---|
| Status | Stable/Production |
| SIL Status | Discontinued |
| Runs on | Windows |
| Unicode compatible | Yes |
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| Features | |
| Interface language(s) | English |
| Developed by | |
| License | Open Source |
| Download page | https://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=WorldPadDownload |
| Website | http://fieldworks.sil.org/ |