Kmhmu 2008 Keyboard and Font

# Kmhmu 2008 Keyboard

## Keyboard Layout Notes

Keyboard layout (as shown below) follows the Lao standard, with the following minor differences to simplify entry of Kmhmu text:

Shift | Key | Result | Notes
--- | --- | --- | ---
● | Y | ກ໌ |
● | U | ຍ໌ |
| i | ຣ | This follows the pre-2005 Lao typewriter convention, since ຣ is widely used in Kmhmu while ຮ is rarely if ever used.
● | I | ຮ
| space bar (pressed once) | thin space | To allow narrow spacing between words, the space bar inserts a (wrapping) thin-space when pressed once, or normal spaces if pressed more than once.
| space bar (twice or more) | normal space
● | | | ZWSP | Zero-width (wrapping) space character
● | % | ໌ | This mark used to form modified characters found in Kmhmu (but not in Lao) replaces the "Cancellation mark" (thanthakhat) found in normal Lao fonts, so can be entered using the same keystroke. But in most cases, the Y and U keys would be used instead.

## Keyboard layout - Unshifted

## Keyboard layout - with Shift

## Keyboard layout - with Right Alt

## Fonts

The font Kmhmu MX has been included with the keyboard layout.

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