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4 August 2021

Can Egyptian Hieroglyphs be Handled as Text?

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When the exact placement of Egyptian hieroglyphs is irrelevant and only single hieroglyphs need to be displayed (for instance in a sentence such as: “the phonetic value of 𓅓 as a ‘uniliteral sign’ is /m/”), the free font Noto Sans Egyptian Hieroglyphs font Aegyptus Bold should be used and can be obtained here(version 6.17 from 2017; this is the last version of this font that can be used freely). Make sure to use the bold weight and not the regular one: the latter font is too light for usage in 'Brill' typeface context. And also please use the hinted version of the font (AegyptusB_hint.ttf).

Font sizes

• Noto Sans Egyptian Hieroglyphs 10 Aegyptus Bold 11 pt ~ Brill 11 ptNoto Sans Egyptian Hieroglyphs 9
• Aegyptus Bold 10 pt ~ Brill 10 pt
• Noto Sans Egyptian Hieroglyphs 8 Aegyptus Bold 9 pt ~ Brill 9 pt