How does the keyboard layout and typing system of LadinoType work, and how does it address exceptions and special cases?
The keyboard layout used by LadinoType is that of the Solitreo Font created by Brian Berman. The keyboard layout is a logically sound way of assigning Hebrew characters to the QWERTY keyboard that provides a very intuitive and easy-to-learn way of entering Ladino text. It allows for natural Ladino typing but accounts for special cases such as unusual Ladino characters. The system is easy to learn and is based on 4 basic principles that combine intuition, ease of use, and logistics. The basic principles are as follows: 1. In general, the Ladino sound a Hebrew character makes corresponds to the sound of the Latin key. For example, samech is “s”, dalet is “d”, bet is “b”, etc. 2. If a letter has two forms, such as a regular form and a sofit form, the sofit form is assigned to shift+letter. for example, mem is “m” while mem sofit is “M”; nun is “n” while nun sofit is “N”. 3. If a sound is produced by a letter with a rafe, that combination is assigned both to the shift+letter of that letter
