Latvian Programmer Gives Away FREE Download of Latvian Fonts (Letters)

Have you been faced with dilemma how to get Latvian fonts or Latvian letters like ķ, ģ, ā ē ū on your computer? There has been great program, called Tilde Birojs from Latvian company Tilde around for more years than we can remember. You can buy the program on internet for around 40 US dollars.   But… as an old saying goes ‘Nothing is more permanent than change’, and it is particularly true in technology.

Recently I came across a guy named  Kaspars Foigts. He is a young Latvian programmer and  interesting personality (see his blog  www.laatz.lv ( in Latvian only)). Kaspars has developed a program, called APOSTROFS to install Latvian fonts on any Windows run computer. His program is used not only by his many followers, but also by some of the big companies in Latvia like TELE 2 and TV3
He is happy to share his program with everyone for FREE. THANK YOU, KASPARS!
Here it is:
Download  this ZIP file:
http://laacz.lv/f/misc/apos/apostrofs_punkts_vista32.zip

Then unzip it. In case you don’t have WIN ZIP program, here is a link to free download ( works for free 45 days) at: http://www.winzip.com/downwz.htm

Once you have downloaded Win Zip, then click Unzip the Apostrofs file using WIN ZIP Evaluation  version and click on setup.exe file. This will automatically install the program on your computer. ( I have intstlled it on Windows 7 and it works perfect)
Now, whenever you need to switch to Latvian fonts, click on  the icon ( usually lower right corner on your screen) which most likely says EN ( for English) and you will see option LV ( for Latvian). Click on LV and you are on Latvian letter mode. To get letters ā, š ņ and so on, before typing any of these letters, type : ‘  and then type a letter you need. To get back to English typing mode, click on icon EN.
If you have any technical questions about the program, please contact Kaspars at:
http://laacz.lv/sazinas-forma/

Have a great day!