Nā Nīnau Windows
Windows FAQ
Papa Pihi Hawai‘i no ka Windows FAQ
Papa Pihi Hawai‘i for Windows FAQ
- He aha ka Papa Pihi Hawai‘i no ka Windows.
- Pehea au e ho‘ili a ho‘ouka ai i ka Papa Pihi Hawai‘i no ka Windows?
- He aha nā mea i ho‘ouka ‘ia e ka polokalamu ho‘ouka lako polokalamu?
- Pono au e ho‘ouna i ke kālā i ka Hale Kuamo‘o, ka ‘Aha Pūnana Leo, a i ‘ole i ke kanaka nāna i haku i ka polokalamu?
- No ke aha e hiki ‘ole ai ia‘u ke koho i ke papa pihi "Hi" ma ka papa hana Windows?
- No ke aha e holo ai kekahi o nā pihi, ‘a‘ole holo kekahi ‘ē a‘e?
- What is the Papa Pihi Hawai‘i for Windows.
- How do I download and install the Papa Pihi Hawai‘i for Windows?
- What does the Papa Pihi Hawai‘i installer install?
- Do I need pay the Hale Kuamo‘o, ‘Aha Pūnana Leo or the author a shareware fee?
- Why can't I select the "Hi" keyboard from my Windows task bar?
- Why do some keys work, and others don't?
Nā Nīnau Windows
Windows Fonts FAQ
‘O ka hana ma‘alahi loa no ka ho‘oili a ho‘ouka ‘ana i nā kinona hua Windows, ‘o ia ka ho‘oili ‘ana i ka Papa Pihi Hawai‘i no ka Windows; ho‘ouka pū ‘ia nā kinona hua Hawai‘i no ka Windows a mākou.
The best and easiest way to download and install Windows fonts is to download and install the Papa Pihi Hawai'i for Windows; this program also installs all of our Windows Hawaiian fonts.
Hiki nō ke ho‘oili ‘ia nā kinona hua windows wale nō ma ka ‘ao‘ao Kinona Hua no ka Windows. E maka‘ala ‘oe; ‘a‘ohe polokalamu ho‘ouka o kēia pū‘ulu kinona hua. He waihona .zip wale nō ia pū‘ulu i loa‘a nā kinona hua; nāu e wehe i nā kinona hua a ho‘ouka ma ka papa ho‘oholo Fonts o kāu kamepiula.
You can download our four free Hawaiian fonts for Windows from our Windows Fonts page. Be aware, however, that there is no installer program for the fonts. This is simpy a .zip archive that contains the fonts; you will need to manually extract them and install them using the Fonts control panel.
‘A‘ole mākou ‘ike i kekahi kinona hua Hawai‘i manuahi ma waho o nā mea i ho‘opuka ‘ia e ka Hale Kuamo‘o. Hiki nō ke kū‘ai ‘ia nā kinona hua Hawai‘i Windows mai ka Guava Graphics a i ‘ole ke Coconut Info.
We know of no other free Hawaiian fonts besides those that we offer. You can purchase other Hawaiian Windows fonts from either Guava Graphics or Coconut Info.
He mana ka Papa Pihi Hawai‘i i ho‘opilikino ‘ia no ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i o ka Tavultesoft Keyboard Manager ("Keyman") i mea e ma‘alahi ai ke kikokiko ‘ana i ka ‘okina a me ke kahakō no ka hō‘ike pono ‘ana i ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i ma ke kamepiula.
The Papa Pihi Hawai‘i for Windows is a customized version of Tavultesoft Keyboard Manager ("Keyman") that makes it easy for users to type the 'okina (glottal) and kahako (macron) that are essential for proper representation of the Hawaiian language on the computer.
Aia ka ‘ōkuhi no ka ho‘oili ‘ana, ka ho‘ouka ‘ana, a me ka ho‘ohana ‘ana i ka Papa Pihi Hawai‘i no ka Windows ma ka ‘ao‘ao Papa Pihi Hawai‘i.
Complete documention for downloading, installing and using the Papa Pihi Hawai‘i for Windows are available on the Papa Pihi Hawai‘i page.
Ho‘ouka pū ‘ia ka pololamu Papa Pihi Hawai‘i, ‘o ia ho‘i, ka Tavultesoft Keyboard Manager ("Keyman") i ho‘opilikinio ‘ia no ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i, a me nā kinona hua Hawai‘i no ka Windows i ho‘opuka ‘ia e ka Hale Kuamo‘o. Inā ua ho‘oili mua ‘ia nā kinona hua Hawai‘i a ka Hale Kuamo‘o mai ke Kualono, pono e wehe ‘ia ia mau kinona hua kahiko ma mua o ka ho‘ouka ‘ana i ka Papa Pihi Hawai‘i.
The Papa Pihi Hawai‘i installer installs both the customized version of Tavultesoft Keyboard Manager ("Keyman"), as well as the four free Hawaiian fonts for Windows developed by Hale Kuamo‘o. If you have previously downloaded and installed the Hale Kuamo‘o HI Fonts for Windows from Kualono, you should remove them before installing the Papa Pihi Hawai‘i.
‘A‘ole. He manuahi ka Papa Pihi Hawai‘i no ke kikokiko ‘ana i ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i. Inā ‘oe makemake e ho‘ohana i kekahi o nā papa pihi ‘ē a‘e i hiki ke ho‘ohana ‘ia me ia polokalamu, pono ‘oe e ho‘ouna i ke kālā i ka Tavultesoft.
No. The Papa Pihi Hawai‘i is free for use with the Hawaiian language. If you wish to use any of the other keyboards that are available for any other language, then you must pay the shareware fee to Tavultesoft.
E like me ka ‘ōkuhi ma ka ‘ao‘ao Papa Pihi Hawai‘i, ua ‘ike kāka‘ikahi ‘ia i kēia pilikia ma kekahi mau kamepiula ka hiki ‘ole ke kōmi ‘ia ke ki‘iona Papa Pihi Hawai‘i ma ka papa hana Windows no ke kuapo ‘ana i ka papa pihi. ‘A‘ole maopopo iā mākou pehea e ho‘oponopono ai. Eia na‘e, hiki nō iā ‘oe ke kuapo i ka papa pihi ma ke kōmi ‘ana a pa‘a nā pihi Alt a me Shift; e ‘ike ‘ia ana ka loli o ke ki‘iona papa pihi ma ka papa hana Windows
As mentioned on the Papa Pihi Hawai‘i page, we have found a handful of computers where you cannot click on the Papa Pihi Hawai‘i icon in the task bar to change keyboard layouts, and have not figured out why this does not work. You can easily switch keyboard layouts by pressing the Alt and Shift keys simultaneoulsy; you will see the keyboard icon in the Windows task bar change.
Ho‘ohana ‘ia nā kōmi pihi ho‘okahi o ka Papa Pihi Hawai‘i e kekahi mau Papa Ho‘oholo a me kekahi mau polokalamu no kekahi mau koho, a i ‘ole no ke kikokiko ‘ana i kekahi huapalapala. Inā hiki iā ‘oe ke kikokiko i kekahi o nā huapalapala Hawai‘i, akā, ‘a‘ole hiki ke kikokiko ‘ia kekahi, ke ho‘ohana ‘ia nei kēlā mau kōmi pihi no kekahi hana ‘ē a‘e. ‘A‘ole hiki ke wehewehe ‘ia ka hana a kēia mau Papa Ho‘oholo a me nā polokalamu ma ‘ane‘i; pono ‘oe e heluhelu i ka ‘ōkuhi no kāu mau polokalamu a me nā Papa ho‘oholo e ‘ike ai i ka pilikia ma waena o ia polokalamu/Papa Ho‘oholo a me ka Papa Pihi Hawai‘i
Some Windows control panels and programs use the same keystokes as the Papa Pihi Hawai‘i for changing settings, or for generating different characters. If you can type some Hawaiian characters but not others, this mean that something in your system is using those same keystrokes. We cannot document all of the possible Control Panels and programs that can possibly conflict with the Papa Pihi Hawai‘i; you will need to check the documentation for your programs and Control Panels to determine which are conflicting with the Papa Pihi Hawai‘i
Inā ho‘ohana ‘oe i ka Microsoft Word a pilikia ke kikokiko ‘ana, e nānā ‘oe i kā mākou ‘ōkuhi no ka Microsoft Word; hō‘ike ‘ia pehea e ho‘ololi ai i nā pihi i loko o ka Word i pilikia ‘ole ai ka Papa Pihi i ka Word.
If you are using Microsoft Word and are having difficulties typing, you can check our documentation for Microsoft Word, it will show you how to reassign keys inside Word so that they do not conflict with the Papa Pihi Hawai‘i.