TIPA (software)

{{Short description|TeX macro package}}

File:TIPA code points.png

TIPA is a free software package providing International Phonetic Alphabet and other phonetic character capabilities for TeX and LaTeX. Written by {{nihongo|Rei Fukui|福井玲|Fukui Rei}}, TIPA is based upon the author's previous work in TSIPA.{{clarification needed|date=October 2021}} In 2018, the TeX TIPA Roman font was selected as best representing the IPA symbol set by the International Phonetic Association's Alphabet, Charts and Fonts committee.{{cite web|author=International Phonetic Association|year=2018|url=https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/IPAcharts/IPA_charts_2018.html|title=IPA charts and sub-charts in four fonts|access-date=19 May 2018}}

TIPA characters are placed within a LaTeX document using any of the following ways: \textipa{...}, {\tipaencoding ...}, or \begin{IPA} ... \end{IPA}.

TIPA supports many of the symbols in the Phonetic Symbol Guide (though macros are sometimes required) as well as a few idiosyncratic ones, such as a small-capital {{IPA|ꞯ}} and an {{IPA|l–ɾ}} ligature {{IPA|𝼑}}.