Character map for Fowler corpora (Based on AATSEEL student keyboard)
 
The tables below summarize the ASCII coding I use in the Russian corpora I
maintain (a list is available separately). The coding is based on the
AATSEEL-mandated "student" transliteration-style keyboard, with one
modification on the basic keyboard (I substituted an m-dash for the underline
character, which is rarely used on the Mac). I display corpora on the Mac using
the font family "Fowler", which includes a full set of bitmapped fonts in
various sizes and is easy to read on the screen; it also includes a 42-point
font with identical coding called "LaserFowler", which is nearly illegible on
the screen for 12-pt text but prints out rather nicely on a 300-dpi laser
printer. These fonts are freely available with corpora; just ask.

     George Fowler                       GFowler@Indiana.Edu [Email]
     Dept. of Slavic Languages           (812) 855-2829 [office]
     Ballantine 502                      (317) 726-1482 [home]
     Indiana University                  (812) 855-2624/-2608/-9906 [dept.]
     Bloomington, IN  47405  USA         (812) 855-2107 [dept. fax]
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Cyrillic     Transliteration       ASCII         Notes
 
UPPER CASE
 
   A                A                65
   B                B                66
   V                V                86
   G                G                71
   D                D                68
   E                E                69
   JO               ~               126          Not used very much
   ZH               "                34
   Z                Z                90
   I                I                73
   J                J                74
   K                K                75
   L                L                76
   M                M                77
   N                N                78
   O                O                79
   P                P                80
   R                R                82
   S                S                83
   T                T                84
   U                U                85
   F                F                70
   X                X                88
   C                C                67
   CH               H                72
   SH               W                87
   SHCH             }               125
   HARD             +                43
   Y                Y                89
   SOFT             :                58
   E OBOR.          |               124
   JU               {               123
   JA               Q                81
 
lower case
 
   a                a                97
   b                b                98
   v                v               118
   g                g               103
   d                d               100
   e                e               101
   jo               `                96          Not used very much
   zh               '                39
   z                z               122
   i                i               105
   j                j               106
   k                k               107
   l                l               108
   m                m               109
   n                n               110
   o                o               111
   p                p               112
   r                r               114
   s                s               115
   t                t               116
   u                u               117
   f                f               102
   x                x               120
   c                c                99
   ch               h               104
   sh               w               119
   shch             ]                93
   hard             =                61
   y                y               121
   soft             ;                59
   e obor           \                92
   ju               [                91
   ja               q               113
 
Non-alphabetic deviations from standard keyboard (low ascii)
 
   %                /                47
   =                ?                63
   accent           <                60          Follows stressed vowel
   ;                >                62
   No               !                33
   !                @                64
   /                #                35
   "                $                36          Straight double quotes
   :                %                37
   <<               ^                94          Double left angle brackets
   >>               &                38
   ?                *                42
   M-dash           _                95          Not used often; usually a 
                                                  double hyphen instead
 
Non-alphabetic high-ascii characters used occasionally
 
Left low double
   curly quote      Opt-3           163
Right high double
   curly quote      Sh-Opt-3        220
Left high double
   curly quote      Sh-Opt-4        221
Left single
   curly quote      Opt-]           212
Right single
   curly quote      Sh-Opt-]        213
   N-dash           Opt-hyphen      208
   _                Sh-Opt-hyphen   209
   [                Opt-[           210
   ]                Sh-Opt-[        211
   {                Opt-9           187
   }                Opt-0           188
   <                Opt-,           178
   >                Opt-.           179
   \                Opt-\           199
   |                Sh-Opt-\        200
   ||               Opt-/           214
   +                Sh-Opt-=        177
 
The fonts I use on the Mac have a full complement of other high ascii
characters (non-Russian Cyrillic, OCS, lexicographic symbols, etc.), but these
should be irrelevant to Russian text corpora.