Adding unicode fonts to Preferences International Input Menu

Does anyone know how to add unicode fonts to Preferences>International>Input Menu? I can figure out how to install fonts, but I can't get them to show up in this menu..
The first two fonts are Hangul and Kotoeri.

You would think I could highlight the letters 'anurvpow', go up to the U.S. flag and change it to Greek Polytonic, and it would change 'anurvpow' to 'ανθρωπος', but it doesn't. It stays 'anurvpow'. Any idea how to convert words typed in one keyboard to another?
You can't. When you switch a keyboard you are not changing fonts, you are using the same keys to type different codes into the document. You would need some kind of custom program to change the codes, and I have never seen any.
(Bonus question: Show Keyboard Viewer - how do I make the keyboard larger? It's tiny!)
At the upper left there are three little dots. Mouse over them and hit the green one.
Of possible use:
http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/TypingGreek.html
http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/TypingHebrew.html

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