Oktay: New Transkripsiyon Font

The Oktay New Transkripsiyon Font (often simply called "Oktay New") is a Unicode-compliant TrueType font specifically designed for scientific transcriptions. It was developed to solve the rendering issues commonly found in default system fonts (like Arial or Times New Roman) when dealing with complex diacritics.

Unlike standard fonts that break or misalign characters like ā, ṣ, ẓ, ṭ, ḍ, ñ, ğ, ō, ū, and the infamous dotless i (ı) alongside the dotted i (i), Oktay New ensures that these characters align perfectly on the baseline and in superscript forms. oktay new transkripsiyon font

The "Transkripsiyon" in its name refers to its primary use case: the transcription of texts written in non-Latin scripts (primarily Arabic-script Ottoman Turkish) into a standardized Latin-based academic format. The Oktay New Transkripsiyon Font (often simply called

Enable the Compose key. Type Compose + _ + s to get ṣ. Type Compose + - + a to get ā. The "Transkripsiyon" in its name refers to its

If you are distributing this font, you might want to include a "Cheat Sheet" for the users.

Oktay New Transkripsiyon is a modern Turkish transcription (transkripsiyon) font designed for clear, readable rendering of Turkish phonetic and orthographic notations. It balances traditional serif characteristics with contemporary proportions to improve legibility in printed and digital linguistic materials.