Egyptological Unicode Fonts
Egyptological Transliteration
Recommended fonts
| Font | License | Styles | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Athena Unicode (> v5.007) apagreekkeys.org | OFL | Regular, (italic), bold | ✓ | False italics |
| Junicode Two Beta github.com | OFL | Regular, italic, bold | ✓ | |
| Charis SIL, Charis SIL Compact software.sil.org | OFL | Regular, italic, bold | ✓ | v6.2 (Feb 2023) and later |
| Gentium Plus, Gentium Plus Compact software.sil.org | Regular, italic, bold | ✓ | ||
| Andika, Andika Compact software.sil.org | Regular, italic, bold (sans-serif) | ✓ | ||
| BBAW Schoell github.com | OFL | Regular only | ✕ (Egyptological Yod ꞽ/Ꞽ U+A7BD/C missing) | Used in BTS/TLA |
Egyptological transliteration keyboards
For information on how to use Unicode transliteration on the keyboard, see here.
Unicode codepoints
Special characters
| Minuscule | Unicode codepoint | Majuscule | Unicode codepoint | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ꜣ | U+A723 | Ꜣ | U+A722 | |
| ꞽ | U+A7BD | Ꞽ | U+A7BC | new: Unicode v12 (2019) |
| i̯ | 'i'&U+032F | |||
| ï | U+00EF | |||
| ꜥ | U+A725 | Ꜥ | U+A724 | |
| u̯ | 'u'&U+032F | |||
| ʾ | U+02BE | |||
| ḥ | U+1E25 | Ḥ | U+1E24 | |
| ḫ | U+1E2B | Ḫ | U+1E2A | |
| ẖ | U+1E96 | H̱ | 'H'&U+0331 | |
| h̭ | 'h'&U+032D | H̭ | 'H'&U+032D | |
| ś | U+015B | Ś | U+015A | |
| š | U+0161 | Š | U+0160 | |
| ḳ | U+1E33 | Ḳ | U+1E32 | |
| ṱ | U+1E71 | Ṱ | U+1E70 | |
| ṯ | U+1E6F | Ṯ | U+1E6E | |
| č | U+010D | Č | U+010C | |
| ṭ | U+1E6D | Ṭ | U+1E6C | |
| ḏ | U+1E0F | Ḏ | U+1E0E | |
| č̣ | U+010D&U+0323 | Č̣ | U+010C&U+0323 |
Special signs
| ⸗ | U+2E17 | |||
| ⸢ | U+2E22 | ⸣ | U+2E23 | |
| ⟨ | U+27E8 | ⟩ | U+27E9 | Unicode recommendation for pointing angle brackets |
Overview in PDF format.
Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Recommended fonts
| Font / Download | Basic set v5.2 | Format controls v12 | Rotation (VS) v15 | Rotation (VS) v16 | Expanded set v16 | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UniHieroglyphica github.com/thesaurus-linguae-aegyptiae | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | OFL. |
| Egyptian Text github.com/microsoft/font-tools/ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | OFL. |
| NewGardiner NewGardinerNonCore github.com/nederhof | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | (✓) *) | OFL. Use current corrected v2.09 (or later). *) Expanded set distributed over two fonts. |
| Noto Sans Egyptian Hieroglyphs fonts.google.com | ✓ | (✓) **) | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | OFL. Use current corrected v2.002 (or later). **) Blanks and atomic destruction signs. |
| JSesh font jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | Few malformed glyphs (v1.0), see https://osf.io/fyjtv. Font designer is informed. Watch out for font updates. |
| Segoe UI Historic (comes with certain MS Office packages) | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | Few malformed glyphs (v1.03), see https://osf.io/s2ha4. |
| Aegyptus dn-works.com | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | Some malformed glyphs (v5.03); not maintained anymore(?) |
| Aaron github.com/HieroglyphsEverywhere/ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | Experimental; many malformed glyphs (v1.0), see https://osf.io/s2ha4. Font designer is aware. Watch out for font updates. |
For mistaken forms in different fonts, see https://osf.io/z2xkv (general glyphs; = appedix in: https://www.unicode.org), https://osf.io/sr8e3 (beard shapes). Please, watch out for eventually corrected font versions.
[Text: D.A. Werning]
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Strukturen und Transformationen des Wortschatzes der ägyptischen Sprache: Text- und Wissenskultur im Alten Ägypten
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