Keyboard Layouts : Ogham

Ogham Keyboard Layout

This page provides a Keyboard Layout for the Ogham script, for use with PCs running Windows 2000, XP or Vista (N.B. the keyboard layout cannot be installed or run on systems running Windows 95, 98 or ME).

This keyboard layout conforms to the Ogham keyboard defined in Irish Standard 434:1999 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – 8-BIT SINGLE-BYTE GRAPHIC CODED CHARACTER SET FOR OGHAM (TEICNEOLAÍOCHT EOLAIS – TACAR CARACHTAR GRAFACH OGHAIM CÓDAITHE GO hAONBHEARTACH LE 8 nGIOTÁN).

Please scroll to the bottom of the page for instructions on downloading and installing the Ogham Keyboard Layout.


Keystroke Mapping

My Ogham keyboard layout conforms to the Ogham keyboard defined in Irish Standard 434:1999 ("Information Technology – 8-bit Single-byte Graphic Coded Character Set For Ogham").

The keyboard layout is exactly the same as the Microsoft Windows English (Ireland) keyboard layout when the Caps Lock key is not activated. However, when the Caps Lock key is activated typing any of the twenty-six letters a..z will output an Ogham letter, typing grave or shift grave will output a Feather Mark or reversed Feather Mark respectively, and typing hash or shift hash (UK/Irish keyboard) or backslash or shift backslash (US keyboard) will output an Ogham Space. All other keys will behave as if the Caps Lock key was not activated (e.g. typing 7 with the Caps Lock key activated will output 7 rather than &).



The key strokes needed to produce a given Ogham letter or punctuation mark when the Caps Lock key is activated are shown in Table 4 below.


Table 4 : Ogham Keyboard Layout Mapping
Key Stroke Ogham Letter Code Point Character Name (English) Character Name (Irish)
# [hash]1
~ [shift hash]1
\ [backslash]2
| [shift backslash]2		   U+1680 OGHAM SPACE MARK COMHARTHA OGHAIM SPÁS
b ᚁ U+1681 OGHAM LETTER BEITH LITIR OGHAIM BEITH
l ᚂ U+1682 OGHAM LETTER LUIS LITIR OGHAIM LUIS
f ᚃ U+1683 OGHAM LETTER FEARN LITIR OGHAIM FEARN
s ᚄ U+1684 OGHAM LETTER SAIL LITIR OGHAIM SAIL
n ᚅ U+1685 OGHAM LETTER NION LITIR OGHAIM NION
h ᚆ U+1686 OGHAM LETTER UATH LITIR OGHAIM UATH
d ᚇ U+1687 OGHAM LETTER DAIR LITIR OGHAIM DAIR
t ᚈ U+1688 OGHAM LETTER TINNE LITIR OGHAIM TINNE
c ᚉ U+1689 OGHAM LETTER COLL LITIR OGHAIM COLL
q ᚊ U+168A OGHAM LETTER CEIRT LITIR OGHAIM CEIRT
m ᚋ U+168B OGHAM LETTER MUIN LITIR OGHAIM MUIN
g ᚌ U+168C OGHAM LETTER GORT LITIR OGHAIM GORT
v ᚍ U+168D OGHAM LETTER NGEADAL LITIR OGHAIM nGÉADAL
z ᚎ U+168E OGHAM LETTER STRAIF LITIR OGHAIM STRAIF
r ᚏ U+168F OGHAM LETTER RUIS LITIR OGHAIM RUIS
a ᚐ U+1690 OGHAM LETTER AILM LITIR OGHAIM AILM
o ᚑ U+1691 OGHAM LETTER ONN LITIR OGHAIM ONN
u ᚒ U+1692 OGHAM LETTER UR LITIR OGHAIM ÚR
e ᚓ U+1693 OGHAM LETTER EADHADH OGHAM LETTER EADHADH
i ᚔ U+1694 OGHAM LETTER IODHADH LITIR OGHAIM IODHADH
w ᚕ U+1695 OGHAM LETTER EABHADH LITIR OGHAIM ÉABHADH
k ᚖ U+1696 OGHAM LETTER OR LITIR OGHAIM ÓR
j ᚗ U+1697 OGHAM LETTER UILLEANN LITIR OGHAIM UILLEANN
y ᚘ U+1698 OGHAM LETTER IFIN LITIR OGHAIM IFÍN
x ᚙ U+1699 OGHAM LETTER EAMHANCHOLL LITIR OGHAIM EAMHANCHOLL
p ᚚ U+169A OGHAM LETTER PEITH LITIR OGHAIM PEITH
` [grave]3
` [grave]4		 ᚛ U+169B OGHAM FEATHER MARK COMHARTHA OGHAIM EITE
[shift grave]3
~ [shift grave]4		 ᚜ U+169C OGHAM REVERSED FEATHER MARK COMHARTHA OGHAIM EITE THUATHAIL

Notes

  1. On the standard 102 key UK or Irish keyboard. This is the key at the far right of the asdfgh... row.
  2. On the standard 101 key US keyboard. This is the key on the far right of the qwerty... row.
  3. On the standard 102 key UK or Irish keyboard. This is the key that is normally to the left of the 1 key, but may be amongst the function keys or to the right of the space bar on some keyboards.
  4. On the standard 101 key US keyboard. This is the key that is normally to the left of the 1 key, but may be amongst the function keys or to the right of the space bar on some keyboards.

Download and Installation Instructions


  1. Download Ogham.zip.
  2. Unzip Ogham.zip to a temporary folder.
  3. Double-click on the file setup.exe in the extracted Ogham folder, and follow the instructions.

If you are running Vista the keyboard layout will be installed and ready to use under the OL ("Other Languages") icon of the language bar. If you have installed multiple BabelStone keyboard layouts then you will need to select the particular layout to use by clicking the keyboard icon next to OL.

If you are running 2000 or XP you will need to map the keyboard layout to an unused input locale from Control Panel : Regional Option before you can use it.


Please note that this keyboard layout cannot be installed or run under Windows 95, 98 or ME.


BabelStone Ogham Fonts

A set of Ogham fonts may be downloaded from here.


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