Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter_Kirk AT SIL.ORG]

Probably all of the characters you need are in Unicode and so 
accessible from Unicode-based software like Word 97. But you still 
need the Unicode font. (They are now discussing adding to Unicode 
Ugaritic and Old Persian cuneiform, but for some reason not yet 
Sumerian cuneiform, maybe it's just too complicated, so you will stick 
to transliteration for now).

The SIL Encore font system allows you to set up your own fonts by 
selecting from a set of characters which includes everything you need 
for such transliteration and assigning them to whichever codes you 
decide. There are four styles, of which two look like Times New Roman, 
and the setup is actually very simple through a Windows interface. 
Unfortunately this one is not free, but you can order it and get 
further details from www.sil.org.

Peter Kirk


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Subject: Sumerian fonts
Author:  bsruss AT dol.ru at internet
Date:    26/01/1999 05:32


Dear colleagues,

Can anyone suggest a good font (looking like Times New Roman) with 
all the necessary characters for Sumerian transliteration? Perhaps 
there is a font that includes the characters for some Semitic 
languages (like Accadian) as well.

Thank you for your attention,

Andre Desnitsky, Ph.D.

Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 
Bible Society in Russia.


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