(How )are roman characters embedded in foreign fonts?
Hello! I have a somewhat technical font question and I was told this website would be a good place to ask. I've just begun to work with my university's student run TV station.I got an email from the...
View ArticleNewbie design tips for Hebrew companions to latin fonts?
So I'm starting on my first serious Hebrew companion to a font in the works. I'm far from professional or even good, I'd say. Either way, I found that resources about Hebrew text are very rare, and...
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Please identify
Can someone please tell me about this typeface? Not just the name, but what connotations it has. Thanks!
View ArticleBooks on the subject of the Hebrew alphabet
Shalom,I'm looking for some literature on the subject. The development of the alphabet, different typographic (and calligraphic) styles and the likes.Any "must have" books? Books you'd recommend in...
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Welcome to the Typophile Hebrew Typography & Type Design Group
This forum is aimed at discussing both Biblical & Modern Hebrew. So, roll up your sleeves and be prepared to talk, share, and ask anything and everything about type design, typography, lettering,...
View Articlefrom a Collection by Hebrew Type Expert Sol Malkoff
In July 1990, Sol Molkoff sent me a bundle of type samples, articles, and long letter.They could have made an excellent book on Hebrew type.I scan ans post the pages in this...
View ArticlePDF of R' Zalman Henna's Book of the Foundation of the Nikkud
In HebrewAttachmentSizeyesod hanikkud_Part1.pdf969.24 KByesod hanikkud_Part2.pdf1.05 MByesod hanikkud_Part3.pdf1.06 MByesod hanikkud_Part4.pdf1.07 MByesod hanikkud_Part5.pdf1.06 MByesod...
View Articleyour thoughts welcomed
I'd appreciate your opinions of the Hebrew characters in Marapfhont and Squarish Sans.
View ArticleGH B Vilna - Different Incarnations
The classic Hebrew Typeface in the Jewish world for over a thousand years became known as the Vilna typeface. The most popular Vilna typeface was rhat of the Romm family printing press. Legend has it...
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Hebrew Typography Status Report 2012
I haven't been here for a long time, but i was busy doing interesting stuff. Lately i have been working on a new blog (in Hebrew) called "The Hebrew Type Ministry" (name inspired by the "Ministry of...
View Articlea bit off type subject - but specifically concerning the Torah
(I posted this under another header - please excuse me if I have made a mistake.) 5 Jan 2013 — 8:13am Manuel Colunga-Hernandez's pictureDear Folks, Peace. My name is Manuel, I live in Northern...
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Bodoni Hebrew - Manuale Tipography
Hello typoholics, once again i need your help! i have one scan of the hebrew type from Bodoni's Manuale typographico (any version). i know that there is a beautiful new book by Taschen, that i would...
View ArticlePirkei Avot Font
Hi, my name is Sami A. Mandelbaum and I like to share my hebrew font "Pirkei Avot". The design is based on a caligraphic font from a "Pirkei Avot" book. This font is complet with Nikud and Teamim. I am...
View ArticleCreating a Yiddish font
Dear ForumI am very brand new to this.I really wish to create a PROPER Yiddish font, since i type a whole lot in that language.I won't go into details now.I am trying to use Font Creator to make the...
View ArticleAncient Talmud
The ancient Talmud is as old as the Jewish Bible. According one of the greatest thinkers of all times, the Talmud actually corresponds to the Bible, and explains to us the meaning of the very words and...
View ArticleCrown -- Grandchildren are the crown of their grandparents
For about 30 years, I researched the original design that was imitated and popularized by Mr Eliyahu Koren (may he rest in peace). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliyahu_Koren for detail about his...
View ArticleThe Roots of Fronk-Ruhl in Romm-Vilna as in Time-Rodoni versus Bodoni "Classic"
The team of Fronk, an earl;y German type designer, and Ruhl, a master punch cutter of type, came about in the early 20th century as a reaction to immense useage of the Ro9mm-Vilna typeface design used...
View ArticleFrom Le-Be to Days & Nights, an academic essay
Hello & Shalom Friends. I have recently finished writing a new essay (written in Hebrew) about Hebrew typography. the work deals with two Hebrew 'fonts' designed 463 years apart from each other -...
View ArticleArt Nouveau Typography for Hebrew
A friend of mine asked if I knew of any Hebrew fonts in an Art Nouveau style. I didn't know of any digital type, but I thought something could be found in the work of Boris Schatz's original Betzalel...
View Articlegenerating font for hebrew, cyrillic & latin1
Hi everybody,Im working on a font that includes latin1, hebrew and cyrillic. I already designed all the glyphs. Now I need to know what should I do before generating the font. I know is a big question,...
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