You can configure writing system properties in WorldPad's Tools menu. You need to open Welcome.wpx to install the following writing systems:
| Writing System: | IPA |
| Name: | IPA Writing System |
| Description: | Preliminary IPA Release |
| Keyboard: | Keyman |
| Language ID: | any unused Western language |
| Rendering: | Graphite |
| Font: | SILDoulosUnicodeIPA |
| Special Information: | 23=0 |
| Writing System: | STK |
| Name: | Stack Diac |
| Description: | Stacking Diacritics Demo - 16-bit data |
| Keyboard: | Keyman |
| Language ID: | any unused Western language |
| Rendering: | Graphite |
| Font: | SILDoulos StackDiacDemo |
| Special Information: | 100=1 |
Right-to-left languages require the most recent WorldPad. This is how you can configure Arabic and Hebrew:
| Writing System: | ABV |
| Name: | Arabic |
| Keyboard: | Standard |
| Language ID: | Arabic (any country) |
| Rendering: | Uniscribe |
| Right-to-left: | Check |
| Font: | Tahoma |
| Writing System: | HBR |
| Name: | Hebrew |
| Keyboard: | Standard |
| Language ID: | Hebrew |
| Rendering: | Uniscribe |
| Right-to-left: | Check |
| Font: | Tahoma |
You may use any three letters for a writing system but it is recommended that you use the SIL language codes:
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