This page is a FAQ of information on how to use the Living Languages blog.

Q. What’s a blog?

A. A blog is a website in a journal format. The word “blog” comes from web log. A blog is a series of short entries (articles) about a topic. Entries are often cross-referenced by category. On this blog, categories include chats for various languages, Unicode-related issues, and fonts. More can be learned about blogs at Wikipedia.

Q. Is an RSS feed available?

A. Yes. The feed (URL) for blog entries is http://livinglanguages.wordpress.com/feed/, and the feed for comments to this blog is http://livinglangauges.wordpress.com/comments/feed/. It can be difficult to find an accumulator that displays Unicode fonts from this page correctly. I suggest Mozilla Thunderbird, an e-mail client that includes RSS support. Outlook 2007 beta worked for a while, but now I can’t get it to work.

Q. What’s an RSS feed?

A. RSS stands for either Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication. It’s a method of subscribing to a webpage or a blog so that you get updates each time they occur without having to check. To get RSS feeds, you need software known as a (news) aggregator. E-mail programs and web browsers are adding RSS compatibility.

Q. Some of the characters on this blog show up as questions marks or boxes. How do I get them to display correctly?

A. This can be a difficult issue and depends on your operating system (Windows, Macintosh, etc.), your browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc.), your language settings, and other issues. I have not been able to successfully use Microsoft’s IE browser, so I recommend Firefox.