SuperLatin Keyboard Layout
for Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows
Type every character in ISO Latin 1, Windows ANSI, MacRoman, and Latin Extended A.
Type smart quotes, Euro sign, numero sign, uppercase sharp S, interrobang, and more!
Also available: SuperSymbol Keyboard Layout
The Layout
Kreative SuperLatin keyboard layout is consistent across all supported platforms.
Type alternate characters using Option on Mac OS X, Right Alt on Linux and Windows.
Right Windows key on Linux becomes a Compose key.
| ~ | ≈ | ! | ¡ | @ | € | # | £ | $ | ¢ | % | ‰ | ^ | ° | & | ∞ | * | • | ( | · | ) | - | _ | — | + | ± | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ` | ˋ | 1 | ´ | 2 | ˝ | 3 | ˙ | 4 | ¨ | 5 | ˚ | 6 | ˆ | 7 | ˇ | 8 | ˘ | 9 | ˜ | 0 | ¯ | - | – | = | ≠ | backspace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | ª | W | º | E | ∑ | R | √ | T | Þ | Y | ‽ | U | Ω | I | fi | O | Œ | P | ∏ | { | « | } | » | | | ¦ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tab | q | ¶ | w | § | e | ǝ | r | ® | t | þ | y | ¥ | u | µ | i | ı | o | œ | p | π | [ | ‹ | ] | › | \ | ÷ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A | Æ | S | ẞ | D | Ð | F | fl | G | Ŋ | H | ‡ | J | ∫ | K | ◊ | L | „ | : | “ | " | ” | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| caps lock | a | æ | s | ß | d | ð | f | ƒ | g | ŋ | h | † | j | ȷ | k | ĸ | l | ‚ | ; | ‘ | ' | ’ | enter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Z | ſ | X | ¤ | C | ℗ | V | ∇ | B | ∆ | N | № | M | ⌘ | < | ≤ | > | ≥ | ? | ¿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| shift | z | … | x | × | c | © | v | ¬ | b | ∂ | n | ʼn | m | ™ | , | ¸ | . | ˛ | / | ⁄ | shift | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| nbsp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ctrl | ❖ | alt | space | alt gr | compose | ▤ | ctrl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For example:
| Single quotes: | Alt-L | Alt-; | Alt-' |
| Double quotes: | Alt-Shift-L | Alt-Shift-; | Alt-Shift-' |
| Single guillemots: | Alt-[ | Alt-] | |
| Double guillemots: | Alt-Shift-[ | Alt-Shift-] | |
| Euro sign: | Alt-Shift-2 | ||
| Numero sign: | Alt-Shift-N | ||
| Uppercase sharp S: | Alt-Shift-S | ||
| Interrobang: | Alt-Shift-Y |
Dead Keys
Type a dead key (shown in yellow) followed by a letter for the following characters on Mac OS X and Windows.
A dead key followed by a space produces a spacing modifier; followed by Alt-Space produces a combining mark.
(On Linux, dead keys are instead determined by the Compose file as is standard for that platform.)
| A | a | B | b | C | c | D | d | E | e | F | f | G | g | H | h | I | i | J | j | K | k | L | l | M | m | N | n | O | o | P | p | Q | q | R | r | S | s | T | t | U | u | V | v | W | w | X | x | Y | y | Z | z | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
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| ˋ | À | à | È | è | Ì | ì | Ǹ | ǹ | Ò | ò | Ù | ù | Ẁ | ẁ | Ỳ | ỳ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ´ | Á | á | Ć | ć | É | é | Ǵ | ǵ | Í | í | Ḱ | ḱ | Ĺ | ĺ | Ḿ | ḿ | Ń | ń | Ó | ó | Ṕ | ṕ | Ŕ | ŕ | Ś | ś | Ú | ú | Ẃ | ẃ | Ý | ý | Ź | ź | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ˆ | Â | â | Ĉ | ĉ | Ê | ê | Ĝ | ĝ | Ĥ | ĥ | Î | î | Ĵ | ĵ | Ô | ô | Ŝ | ŝ | Û | û | Ŵ | ŵ | Ŷ | ŷ | Ẑ | ẑ | ⁰ | ¹ | ² | ³ | ⁴ | ⁵ | ⁶ | ⁷ | ⁸ | ⁹ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ˜ | Ã | ã | Ẽ | ẽ | Ĩ | ĩ | Ñ | ñ | Õ | õ | Ũ | ũ | Ṽ | ṽ | Ỹ | ỹ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ¯ | Ā | ā | Ē | ē | Ḡ | ḡ | Ī | ī | Ō | ō | Ū | ū | Ȳ | ȳ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ˘ | Ă | ă | Ĕ | ĕ | Ğ | ğ | Ĭ | ĭ | Ŏ | ŏ | Ŭ | ŭ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ˙ | Ȧ | ȧ | Ḃ | ḃ | Ċ | ċ | Ḋ | ḋ | Ė | ė | Ḟ | ḟ | Ġ | ġ | Ḣ | ḣ | İ | ı | ȷ | Ŀ | ŀ | Ṁ | ṁ | Ṅ | ṅ | Ȯ | ȯ | Ṗ | ṗ | Ṙ | ṙ | Ṡ | ṡ | Ṫ | ṫ | Ẇ | ẇ | Ẋ | ẋ | Ẏ | ẏ | Ż | ż | |||||||||||||||||||
| ¨ | Ä | ä | Ë | ë | Ḧ | ḧ | Ï | ï | IJ | ij | Ö | ö | ẗ | Ü | ü | Ẅ | ẅ | Ẍ | ẍ | Ÿ | ÿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ˚ | Å | å | Ů | ů | ẘ | ẙ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ˝ | Ő | ő | Ű | ű | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ˇ | Ǎ | ǎ | Č | č | Ď | ď | Ě | ě | Ǧ | ǧ | Ȟ | ȟ | Ǐ | ǐ | ǰ | Ǩ | ǩ | Ľ | ľ | Ň | ň | Ǒ | ǒ | Ř | ř | Š | š | Ť | ť | Ǔ | ǔ | Ž | ž | ₀ | ₁ | ₂ | ₃ | ₄ | ₅ | ₆ | ₇ | ₈ | ₉ | |||||||||||||||||||
| ¸ | Ç | ç | Ḑ | ḑ | Ȩ | ȩ | Ģ | ģ | Ḩ | ḩ | Ķ | ķ | Ļ | ļ | Ņ | ņ | Ơ | ơ | Ŗ | ŗ | Ş | ş | Ţ | ţ | Ư | ư | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ˛ | Ą | ą | Ę | ę | Į | į | Ǫ | ǫ | Ș | ș | Ț | ț | Ų | ų | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⁄ | Ⱥ | ⱥ | Ƀ | ƀ | Ȼ | ȼ | Đ | đ | Ɇ | ɇ | Ǥ | ǥ | Ħ | ħ | Ɨ | ɨ | Ɉ | ɉ | Ꝁ | ꝁ | Ł | ł | Ø | ø | Ᵽ | ᵽ | Ɍ | ɍ | Ŧ | ŧ | Ɏ | ɏ | Ƶ | ƶ | ⅟ | ⅛ | ¼ | ⅓ | ⅜ | ½ | ⅝ | ⅔ | ¾ | ⅞ |
For example, Alt-9 then Shift-N will produce Ñ.
You can remember the mapping of keys to diacritics thusly:
| ` | ˋ | grave | key has a grave on it |
| 1 | ´ | acute | 1 = single acute; next to grave |
| 2 | ˝ | double acute | 2 = double acute; close to grave |
| 3 | ˙ | dot | |
| 4 | ¨ | diaeresis | |
| 5 | ˚ | ring | circles of percent sign resemble ring |
| 6 | ˆ | circumflex | key has a circumflex on it |
| 7 | ˇ | caron | 7 resembles caron; next to circumflex |
| 8 | ˘ | breve | 8 is round like breve |
| 9 | ˜ | tilde | 9 = nueve starts with N |
| 0 | ¯ | macron | next to hyphen |
| , | ¸ | cedilla | comma resembles cedilla |
| . | ˛ | ogonek | next to cedilla |
| / | ⁄ | stroke | slash resembles stroke |
Installation on Mac OS X
Copy SuperLatin.keylayout and SuperLatin.icns to either~/Library/Keyboard Layouts/ or /Library/Keyboard Layouts/.
Open the Language & Text preference panel and add the SuperLatin input method.
Select SuperLatin from the keyboard menu and start typing.
Installation on Windows
Run setup.exe and follow the prompts.
Select SuperLatin from the language bar and start typing.
Installation on Linux
Locate your xkb directory. For these instructions,
we'll assume it's /usr/share/X11/xkb/.
Copy the kreative_vndr directory into /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/.
Copy the code between the <layout> and </layout> tags
from evdev.xml into /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml.
Restart the window server by logging out and in again.
Open the Keyboard settings applet and add the SuperLatin layout.
Select SuperLatin from the keyboard menu and start typing.
AltGr+Slash on Windows
The initial release of SuperLatin for Windows had a bug where AltGr+Slash did not work.
This has been fixed as of August 30, 2014. If this affects you, please follow these steps:
Switch to another keyboard layout.
Uninstall SuperLatin by running the original setup.exe.
Redownload the SuperLatin keyboard layout.
Run the new setup.exe and follow the prompts.
Restart your computer.
Select SuperLatin from the language bar and resume typing.