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* GLYPH BASIC - A HIEROGLYPHIC FONT FOR IBM-COMPATIBLES *
Glyph Basic is a hieroglyphic TrueType font of about 800
signs, roughly based on the set presented in A.H.
Gardiner's Egyptian Grammar. Because of its size, given
the fact that a TrueType font can only hold a maximum of
255 signs, the collection of signs is subdivided into 4
different font files. To be able to use the font you need
to install all of them in your system through the FONTS
option of the Windows Control Panel.
The position of the individual signs in each font has no
particular relation to certain key-strokes. We simply
tried to store as many signs in each font file as
possible. All signs can be addressed from your Windows
application by selecting one of the Glyph Basic fonts,
pressing the ALT-key and simultaneously typing the
numerical numbers of the signs wanted. You can look up
their numbers using the Charmap utility that comes with
the Microsoft Windows system. Some signs are located under
keys on your keyboard, so just press some keys to find out
where they are.
The hieroglyphic fonts "Glyph Basic" are freeware but NOT
public domain. The Centre for Computer-aided Egyptological
Research (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) holds all
the rights to the font. You may use the font for any
publication purpose, but you may NOT modify it in any way
(including changing the ASCII or ANSI code of the
characters), and you may not build another font based on
it.
* GLYPH FOR WINDOWS *
There is more to hieroglyphic text editing than just
having a hieroglyphic font. Hieroglyphic texts do not
simply consist of only sequential signs, but also have
many signs positioned in groups. Though one could
construct such groups using drawing programs, it is much
more comfortable to use a special program designed to
process hieroglyphic texts according to the specifications
of the Egyptian originals.
The Glyph Basic font therefore does not stand on its own.
It was developed for use with the hieroglyphic text
processing programs Glyph for Windows and MacScribe. The
Glyph for Windows program uses a vectorized, yet program-
specific non-TrueType version of the font that can only be
used in conjunction with the program itself. It offers the
Egyptologist an easy and modern means for processing
hieroglyphic texts on computer and produces a fine quality
output on any kind of printer. The program's look and feel
are identical to those found with other typical Windows
applications. Most options and functions are accessed
through pulldown menus, hot-keys and dialog boxes. The
program's main window is a code editor in which one enters
the hieroglyphs in code form. These codes are simply the
signs' Gardiner numbers or their phonetic value combined
with some positioning codes. The entry of the codes is
made easy by the presence of a hieroglyphic preview line
on the bottom of the window, in which the current code
line being edited can immediately be viewed in its
hieroglyphic representation. A list with images of all
available hieroglyphs, subdivided into categories
according to the classification presented in Alan
Gardiner's Egyptian Grammar, can be browsed in a separate
pop-up window. Though the encoding system offers
sufficient facilities for constructing simple groups of
hieroglyphs, a special group editor is available with
which one can position and scale the signs within the
group in a more precise way. In a future version also a
sign editor will be included for editing details of
already existing signs or for creating new signs that are
not yet available in the standard Glyph libraries. Apart
from hieroglyphs, Glyph for Windows also supports the use
of TrueType latin fonts and is provided with its own
transliteration font. A selection or whole pages of the
encoded text can be viewed in hieroglyphic form in a
separate preview window.
The program supports different languages. Currently
English, Dutch, German, French and language modules are
available. The manual is written in English.
Glyph for Windows requires an IBM-compatible PC with a
80386, 80486 or Pentium processor, having at least 3
MegaBytes RAM memory and a Hard Disk, and running
Microsoft Windows 3.1. When installed, the program
occupies 2.3 MegaBytes Hard Disk space. Glyph for Windows
costs Dfl. 350.-- (Dfl. = Dutch Guilders / Florins) of US$
175.--.
* MACSCRIBE - Hieroglyphic text processing on Macintosh
computers *
MacScribe is a hieroglyphic text processing program
designed around two main features: the intuitive Macintosh
interface, and full compatibility with international
accepted hieroglyphic computer-encoding standards. The
program works with hieroglyphic text full screen. The user
can enter the hieroglyphs either by choosing them in a
signs-list window with a mouse click, or by typing the
sign's Gardiner number or its unique phonetic value. Using
menu commands or keyboard shortcuts, the hieroglyphs can
be arranged in groups, included in the gaps of others,
rotated or inversed. In case of grouping, the scaling and
positioning is automatic but can be refined using the
special group editor. MacScribe supports texts in both
lines and columns, and written from left-to-right or from
right-to-left. The actual encoding stays hidden, but the
user can export the text in code form to other programs,
such as Glyph for Windows.
MacScribe is able to use any Macintosh hieroglyphic font.
As sold, it is shipped with the Glyph font, a high quality
Gardiner-like PostScript font of 850 signs.
An optional Extended Library of more than 4700 signs is
separately available (see below).
You may add new signs using any PostScript font editor.
MacScribe is able to print on any Macintosh printer, from
the StyleWriter to a Linotronic. Of course, the main use
of MacScribe as a typesetting program is by "copy-pasting"
the signs in any other page layout program.
MacScribe including a basic hieroglyphic library of about
850 signs costs Dfl. 350.-- (Dfl. = Dutch
Guilders/Florins) or US$ 175.--.
* GLYPH EXTLIB or "The Extended Library" *
Glyph Basic is in fact a basic selection from a much
bigger font, called Glyph Extlib or "The Extended
Library". With its collection of over 4700 signs it is the
biggest hieroglyphic font available and also the largest
overview of hieroglyphic signs ever produced. It covers
the most common hieroglyphs found in texts ranging from
the Old Kingdom down to the Ptolemaic Period, represented
in a normalized, stereotype form, mostly concentrated on
graphemes and the number of graphic variants reduced to a
minimum.
The Extended Library version for IBM-compatible PC is
provided in a vectorized, Glyph for Windows-specific format (not
PostScript/TrueType; Glyph for Windows is required),
while the version for Macintosh is in PostScript format.
A TrueType version for IBM-compatible PC will become available
within the next few months.
Provided with the Extended Library is the book
Hieroglyphica, which contains a listing of all the signs
in the library. The book is devided into two parts. The
first part lists all the hieroglyphs in the typeface by
their alphanumeric codes. The second part is an
authoritative listing of the signs in each category
according to formal and functional aspects. This provides
the user with a work of reference for the rapid location
of a particular code. It also presents an overview of the
occurence of individual hieroglyphs in the so-called
composite hieroglyphs.
Both Windows and Macintosh versions of the Extended
Library together with the Hieroglyphica book cost Dfl. 350
(Dutch Florins/Guilders) or US$ 175. A special price
applies when ordered at the same time as MacScribe or
Glyph for Windows.
* PRICES AND WHERE TO ORDER *
Glyph for Windows (program + basic font of 850 signs):
Dfl. 350 or US$ 175
Glyph for Windows (program) + Extended Library +
Hieroglyphica: Dfl. 650 or US$ 325
MacScribe (program + basic font of 850 signs): Dfl. 350 or
US$ 175
MacScribe (program) + Extended Library + Hieroglyphica:
Dfl. 650 or US$ 325
Hieroglyphica (book with a listing of the 4700 signs of
the Extended Library): Dfl. 100 or US$ 50.
To this price you have to add DFL 15 (about US$ 8) for
airmail postage (worldwide). In case of payment by
electronic bank transfer (Postbank N.V. in the
Netherlands, account nr. 366884) or by check other than
Eurocheque, we are forced to extra charge DFL 30 (about
US$ 20) due to extra bank costs involved. Payments by
Eurocheque are without extra charge. Unfortunately, we do
not accept credit cards.
The Glyph for Windows, MacScribe and the Extended Library
("Glyph ExtLib") can be purchased from:
Centre for Computer-aided Egyptological Research
Faculty of Theology
Utrecht University
Trans 2
Heidelberglaan 2
3584 CS Utrecht
The Netherlands
Tel: +31-30-531982
Fax: +31-30-540413
e-mail: vdplas@cc.ruu.nl
www: http://131.211.68.133/ccer/CCER.HTML
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