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Summary: LaserHieroglyphics provides over 1000 characters
with both left- and right-facing glyphs in 16 TrueType and Type 1 fonts designed for Egyptologists and students of hieroglyphics.
The fonts contain all the signs in Gardiner's Egyptian Grammar3 with
many additions, all with both left- and right-facing glyphs. They are designed after the standard sign list of Gardiner and contain 234
overstrike keys for composite hieroglyphs. Included are eight "lacuna" keys for showing erasures
(six with overstriking capability). Also included is a Times-style DiacriticsLS
font for transliteration. The character keystroke charts follow Gardiner's order
and a keyboard layout chart is included for the DiacriticsLS font. Now you can type papers
with hieroglyphics included without having to leave spaces for later insertion!
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Background: The accompanying font files are a spin-off
from an ongoing 18 year multivolume bibliographic project of An Index to English
Periodical Literature on the Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies. Volumes
1 through 4 have now been published by Scarecrow Press, Inc., Metuchen, NJ. It was
necessary to complete these fonts in order to properly transcribe a large number of
periodical titles containing hieroglyphics. These hieroglyphic fonts were produced
specifically as a tool for professional Egyptologists and students alike. This is not
a novelty item, but an attempt at "state of the art" fonts which are designed to
faithfully reproduce standardized Egyptian Hieroglyphics. Scholars will have the ability
to insert original Egyptian Hieroglyphic text into professional papers without having to
leave blank spaces in their proofs for later manual insertion of handwritten glyphs.
The sign lists found in the outstanding classic work of Sir Alan H. Gardiner's Egyptian
Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphics3 have been
followed for these fonts. This has been methodically scrutinized for variant forms. The Catalogue
of Egyptian Hieroglyphic Printing Type From Matrices Owned and Controlled by Dr. Alan H.
Gardiner has also been consulted for additional characters not listed in the grammar.
Finally, more modern articles found in American Journal of Archaeology; Journal
of Egyptian Archaeology; Annales du service des antiquités de l'Égypt; Revue
d'Égyptologie; Zietschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde and
other journals on Egyptology were searched for characters which were not contained in
either of Gardiner's works. These include some archaic glyphs as well as some from the
Ptolemaic period. Each glyph has been meticulously duplicated with as much accuracy and
detail as possible within the constraints of the computer and software available while at
the same time attempting to keep the proportions between characters as close as possible
to the printed text of Gardiner. As a result over 1000 characters are included in these
fonts!
These fonts contain the ability to handle a large number of overstrikes and the
capability for the first time of creating cartouches. Also provided in a separate font are
diacritical characters for transliteration, compatible with the Times New Roman font
standard in Windows and the Times font standard in Macintosh computers.
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LaserHieroglyphics for Windows
System Requirements: The TrueType® fonts install into Microsoft® Windows Vista, XP, or 2000, and work with all Windows
Vista-, XP-, and 2000-compatible
applications that allow the user to select fonts from a font menu. (A previous version
is available for Windows NT, Me, 98, or 95; please contact the
Sales office.) The product includes
a User's Manual and keyboard layout chart(s). The included keyboard driver(s) allows access to
four characters per key (instead of the normal two) and alternate keyboard
layouts. All documentation is in PDF format, available on the Windows Start
menu, and can be viewed and/or printed using
Adobe Reader. The fonts will print to any printer at
the highest quality allowed by your printer.
A custom version (fonts only) is available
for Linux,
but Linux users must provide alternate keyboard input for characters in the
extended character set. If you are ordering for Linux be sure to select the
Linux box on the Order Form.
There are three
input methods for the hieroglyphs. Two methods are supported in any text editor.
The user looks up the glyph in the included User's Manual and enters it with the
keystrokes shown in the manual. The third input method, which follows Gardiner's
Grammar, requires Microsoft Word for Windows. For scholars who know Gardiner's
Grammar, this is the easiest and fastest method of input; it does not require
you to look up the signs in the included sign list. You simply type the code
assigned by Gardiner and press F3. For example, to enter the "seated man" you
type a1 and press F3. Transliteration can be entered with the included
DiacriticsLS font.
Cost: US$ 149.95 Order
Do you need to upgrade? Check the
current version number and a Release History.
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LaserHieroglyphics for Macintosh
The fonts work with any Macintosh using System 6.0.7 or newer
(including OS X), and uses the US keyboard. The fonts work with
any Macintosh application that allows the user to select fonts from a font menu. The fonts
come with polished screen bitmaps in 21 and 42point sizes, and will work with any
Macintosh printer. (The Type 1 fonts require a PostScript® printer or Adobe Type
Manager, or the bitmaps will be printed.) The product includes a User's Manual
and a keyboard layout chart.
There are two input methods. The first works in any text
editor. The user looks up the sign in the included sign list, chooses the
correct font, and types following the keyboard chart. The second input
method requires Microsoft Word for Macintosh.
For scholars who know Gardiner's Grammar, this is the easiest and fastest
method of input; it does not require you to look up the signs in the
included sign list. You simply type the code assigned by Gardiner and press
command-option-v. For example, to enter the "seated man" you type a1 and
press command-option-v, and the sign is entered into your Word file.
Transliteration can be entered with the included DiacriticsLS font.
Cost: US$ 149.95 Order
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LaserHieroglyphics Samples
With LaserHieroglyphics you can create a cartouche,
type left-facing hieroglyphs,
right-facing hieroglyphs, and
transliterate Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Cartouche development capability:
Some of the more than 1000 hieroglyphs in the 8 left-facing fonts in the
product. All glyphs are duplicated in right-facing
forms in an additional 8 fonts.
All glyphs are duplicated in right-facing
forms in an additional 8 fonts. Here is a small sample of these
right-facing
glyphs
The
DiacriticsLS font provides characters for transliteration of Egyptian
hieroglyphs.
DiacriticsLS special
diacritics
The font is provided in
plain, bold, italic, and bold-italic weights.
The font includes the
full Latin alphabet.
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Here's what others are saying about LaserHieroglyphics:
"Just a word of thanks, and to
let you know the program is working
excellently. I wish I'd known about you years ago!"
John Thomas Fuhler , Elkhorn, WI,
USA
"I am delighted with my LaserHieroglyphics fonts."
Michael Glasby, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
"I bought a Hieroglyphics programme for Macintosh from you
which has been very useful, as I teach a course in Egyptology every second
year. I am very impressed by the range of products you have developed over
the years, you must be on constant lookout for fancy alphabets!
Professor Carl Widstrand,Carleton university, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
"You always furnish excellent products."
Professor Anson F. Rainey, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
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