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Haukur, I was wondering if you might know where I
could get the font necessary to type the correct
characters for the norse language. As you pointed out
an O doesn't quite cut the mustard for replacing the
characters.
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Here is a little something that may help - if you don't use a Mac:
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In Windows '95 (or - probably anything else):
1) click Start button
2) go to Settings
3) click Control Panel
4) double click the Keyboard icon (opens up the Keyboard Properties
window)
5) click the language tab
6) click the ADD button
7) choose Icelandic from the list of languages offered
8) take notice of the Switch Languages information (which will - probably
have Left Alt + Shift
as the default option) this will allow you to switch your keyboard by
pressing,
simultaneously, the Left-Hand Alt button and Shift button to switch
your keyboard
configuration back and forth from English to Icelandic - wherein a
little En and Is will
show up in the lower right-hand corner of your screen depending upon
which configuration is
in use at any given moment.
9) click OK - and you're done.
10) You will find that the keyboard is not as it appears - so here is the
translation:
There are a few other oddities to be gotten used to - but these are the
important ones. There is no o-slash: ø. For that - and many other
characters - see further.
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Entering ISO characters:
while holding down the Alt key - punch in the number 0248 with the number
pad on the right,
release the Alt key, and you will see the character ø. Following the same
procedure with the
number 0216 yields Ø. Here is a more complete listing: