rosmord
Take and/or review my glyphs?
I’m making a JSesh-based font. Phase 1 OK: part of extended block; UnicodiaSesh + NewGardiner = all characters Phase 2 OK: part of extended block; no major deviations from Unicode Working on phase 3: main block + part of extended Hard, 20 issues per 32 glyphs.
https://github.com/Mercury13/unicodia/tree/main/Font-Source/Egyptian2/svg-my More than 600 glyphs done, incl. >200 new The rest directories are JSesh’s sources, technical caches, and minor remakes to prevent FontForge from complaining
Colour codes: Red = rigs e.g. to make even distances. (Except crimson, that’s normal objects) Violet = convert to curves. Yellow = subtract from object
Your rationale.md is reasonably solid (even if a bit laconic). They are quite a few signs there :-) I will need to look at them a bit closer.
Meanwhile, as you are creating a Unicode font, I'd be happy to publish information about it on the JSesh web site (and on facebook). In particular, if you would like comments on the font and possible problems, it could useful. Of course, as you see the issue page of JSesh, users don't often communicate, and when they do, it's usually by mail.
Well, the job was immense. Some of font changes are just simplifications: I’m making a font, right? As soon as phase 3 comes to end, I’ll move it to a separate repo.
And a little difference from your style. Every meaningful object (e.g. ankh) is exaggerated, but only if I touch a glyph for another reason.
Maybe I’ll write a simple accounting tool, and put these justifications to XML.
@rosmord Should I convert those justifications to XML? Something like…
<cp c="13600" cs-src="ABCDEF" cs-my="GHIJKL" rs-craggy="1" rs-heel="1" rs-beard-before="egypt" rs-beard-after="none" campaign="above-fold" />
No, the problem is not automating the process or creating a database (although a more structured DB of glyphs might be useful, but it's really another story). It's simply text descriptions of changes and the rationale for them.
@rosmord What is the license for advanced glyphs (not from this repo but from your site)? Those advanced glyphs greatly simplified the work for me, when 20 standard glyphs out of 32 need remake…
Dear Friend (BTW, I only know you as "mercury 13"... if you don't mind, I'd feel more comfortable using your actual name :-) )
The font license for JSesh is alas not conventional. I have no way to modify them. So what I can propose is the license you will find here:
https://jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org/page/fonts_license
I have updated the web site to make this clear.
Sorry not to be more helpful.
Best regards,
Serge
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Okay, my name is Mikhail / Misha As Unicodia is NOT a hieroglyphic word processor, it’s perfectly possible to use them here :) Thanks.
The most interesting of my remakes (standard block only, beards aside) 007, 08: drew what was shown in Unicode charts 00C: just assembled 00D: same 01C, 1D: same, as I had versions with a branch, interesting too 02C: simplified and made giraffes shorter 03A: assembled from scratch, with the face of Bin Laden 03E, 3F: not only beards, but shorter
I will make my own versions of 040 (Noto has a really good way to draw it) and 047 (disunification 13047/13488 moves your nice wrapped Bin Laden to 488, and 047 is some sort of long dress)
046 done. Tomorrow 047 and a few hieros with zero/few changes → cool. Still hard.
For now, I fixed only 04F (hand positions). And 04B — enlarged sistrum. Still need to make 047, 4A, 4C.
Again, your Ptah sometimes has god’s beard, but his beard is always king’s.
Made new 13092, AB, AC, BC. Made 1309A with mace
Plans:. Remake 1308A, 81 and more Swap muzzles in F7 (baboon) / F8 (generic monkey) Add more whiskers to F9 Rip giraffe from 2C And more
Carrying on working on font. Made own 130E7, 0E8, 0F1, 0FC, 10A, 113. High-priority tasks are assembling everything from 138 to 13D.