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Dehuti v.1.2
Author/designer: T. Christopher White
You can contact me if you have suggestions, would like me to add additional characters, find problems, et cetera, at: [email protected]
Update 05/28/2017, version 1.2. I’ve added a couple more glyphs to the bold version, and created some alternate-spaced versions for ebooks or general usage (Dehuti Alt Book, et cetera). Note: The spacing is normally set high to accommodate diacritic usage and avoid overlapping and clipping.
Update 04/19/2017, version 1.2. I’ve corrected an arrow that was facing the wrong direction, and adjusted the weights for the bold versions, as they had been set for regular. Thank you for the input.
Update 04/16/2017, version 1.2. I’ve altered a couple of the combining diacritics, removed some repeated glyphs, and added some more arrows to the bold version.
Update 04/04/2017, version 1.2. I’ve added a few more arrows in the bold version, and corrected and added some more math symbols.
Update 03/23/2017, version 1.2. I’ve added polytonic Greek, plus the remaining punctuation for it, and relocated the mid-stroked Ks to A72C & A72D, as this is an alternate design for the Cuatrillo. The same applies to the mid-stroked Qs being an alternate for the Tresillo. I’ve moved ezh with palatal hook, i.e., F235, to 0293, slightly tweaked the bold X’s, added a few new characters, such as an alternate exclamation mark for math (2757), and an alternate logical not sign and obelus/divide sign in the bold versions, i.e., 00AB and 00F7, for use as dashes in Russian, Polish, et cetera. I’ve also redrawn and added the majority of math symbols, APL, arrows, and geometric shapes.
Update 10/17/2016, version 1.1. I’ve fixed some of the curves in a few characters that I missed while enlarging the font in early September. I’ve slightly altered a couple of the Cyrillic glyphs, some math glyphs that were offset, updated and added more currency symbols, relocated some glyphs, plus added some new glyphs, combining diacritics, and punctuation as per the latest version of Unicode.
Dehuti /de.ˈhjuː.tiː/, formerly Tehuti, is a modern font predominantly based off Dwiggins’ Electra, with touches from Palatino, Fairfield, and Goudy old style. Overall, Dehuti became what I had tried to achieve with Tehuti, i.e., a font that supports Amerindian and African languages, and one that is harmonized in all aspects. I did this because of my interest in linguistics, because there are so few fonts that support such languages, and because the ones that do aren’t entirely harmonized in their design. All extra features, including alternate characters, et cetera, are available via open type tables, or, for those programs without access to open type, are in the Private Use Area at the end of the font.
Since Dehuti is a Unicode font, I will update it on occasion, so check back for newer versions.
Notes: 1) The modifier letters are set at the optimal height for text; they are not superiors, but numerators, meaning that if you need to add additional letters to text use the numerator table, i.e., for abbreviations as in 5th, 1ère, and so on. The standard superiors are set for math. 2) The bold versions of the font have some alternate/reversed characters; I did this because there is no difference in the math or punctuation symbols, i.e., the bold versions are not actually bold, which gives the font a better harmony. 3) The font uses anchors, which means that it will not align properly for linguistic use, or otherwise, without open type. 4) For those interested, Open or Libre Office can access all glyphs using: Insert > Special Character.
Dehuti includes:
- Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic
- Redesigned click consonants that have accompanying uppercase versions in the PUA
- Redesigned Esh, Ezhes, and Yoghs
- Extended punctuation. For the uppercase middle dot, use (2E31). I placed the Teuthonista double bar on (2E3F). For those unfamiliar with the “reversed” question mark (2E2E), it is used for ironic statements.
- All relevant currency symbols, including the newest additions, such as bitcoin
- Fractions, as well as most math symbols, arrows, geometric shapes, and pictographs with some alternate designs in the bold versions
- Latin superscripts, subscripts, numerators (with additions for modifier letters), and denominators, which are ordered as listed
- Proportional (lining) numbers, which are in the PUA, and are followed by the tabular styles of both
- Redesigned turned As, Alphas, short a (turned v), rams horn, small capital r, inverted small capital r, and turned w and y, which better reflect their pronunciations
- Redesigned velar, palatal and retroflex characters
- Redesigned glottal stops. Their new design resembles curved 7s, i.e., they lack the stem, which is preferred in the languages that use them, and are also set at lowercase height. If you need to use cased versions, those are (0241 & 0242), and (01B8 & 01B9) for the voiced pharyngeal fricatives, i.e., the reversed Ezhes, which originally represented these sounds anyway.
- IPA, UPA, & Teuthonista (Combing Diacritical Marks Extended, plus Latin Extended-E)
- Capital small capital I (A7AE), counterpart to small capital ɪ (026A)
- J with crossed-tail (A7B2), counterpart to (029D)
- Latin Chis (A7B3 & AB53), Betas (A7B4 & A7B5), and Omegas (A7B6 & A7B7)
- Cyrillic alternates for Macedonian, Serbian, and Bulgarian
- SIL additions, which start at F1A1: 1) Nine-step tone markers for African orthographies (F1F1-F1F9); 2) Retroflex D with hook (F20D), counterpart to (1D91); 3) Z with palatal hook (F234), counterpart to (1D8E); and, 4) a & A for Kaolib (F247 & F248).
- Small mathematical operators that correlate with vector or cross product (2A2F), plus fullwidth mathematical operators that correlate with multiplication X (2715). Note: The fullwidth tilde in the Book version is intended for math. This character, in the other versions of the font, is the same as 301C (wave dash).
- Extra script, fraktur and double-struck letters, as well as raised MC and MD, and more pictographs.
These are my additions, which are mostly in the PUA:
- Alternate logical not sign for use as a dash (00AC), as well as an alternate division sign for use as a range indicator, i.e., an alternate en-dash (00F7). Both of these characters are in the bold versions of the font.
- Alternate forms for Product and Co-Product that harmonize with the standard Increment and Nabla. These are in the bold version, located on the square cap and cup.
- Alternate form for (2326), i.e., Erase to the right, which is in the bold version
- Alternate form for (2A00), or n-ary circled dot operator, which is in the bold version; this character is part of the set of enclosed black dots/circles that get progressively larger.
- Latin Yeris (0184 & 0185), i.e., the Latin tone six letters. This letter, used with Janalif, is the equivalent of Latin letter dotless I.
- Alternate diacritical marks replacing the deprecated grave and acute tones (0340 & 0341). These are the Saurashtra candrabindu, and a combined caron and comma above for Amerindian languages.
- Triple diacritic marks, which anchor to the center character: circumflex (1AFC), inverted breve (1AFD), breve below (1AFE), tilde below (1AFF)
- Circled Logical And and Logical Or, which are in the bold version
- Mathematical exclamation mark (2757), i.e., the heavy exclamation mark
- Question and exclamation marks with commas (E000-E003)
- A with right half ring (E049), counterpart to (1E9A)
- Bilabial trill B (E0E7), counterpart to the SIL addition (F2D6)
- Alternate B with hook (E0E9)
- Alternate Cyrillic Ve (E0E8)
- Alternate stroked B/b (A796 & A797)
- Alternate Cyrillic be (E0F2)
- Alternate Cyrillic ve (E0F3)
- Alternate stroked D/d (E11F & E131)
- Latin Delta (E121), counterpart to 1E9F
- Dh/Dl and dh/dl for Amerindian (2144 & 028E)
- Alternate African D (E122)
- Alternate F20D, or African D with hook (E123 & E125)
- Alternate D with hook (E124)
- Alternate Cyrillic de (E133)
- Open E variant (E179); turned open E is (2108)
- Open e variant for Teuthonista (E1C0); turned open e is (0258)
- Florin, i.e., for currency use (E249). This glyph is an open type alternate of (0192)
- Alternate stroked g (E260)
- Alternate hooked g (E261)
- Teuthonista g with stroked tail (E262)
- Alternate Cyrillic ghes (E263 & E264)
- H with line below (E282), counterpart to (1E96)
- Alternate barred H/h (E285 & E28F)
- Alternate H with hook (E286)
- Latin Yerus (E2C7 & E300). This letter, used with Wahki, is the equivalent of Latin letter I with stroke.
- Long i (E2CB), counterpart to (A7FE)
- Alternate Cyrillic ises (E301 & E302)
- Teuthonista stroked i (E32B)
- Teuthonista stroked j (E365)
- Alternate K with hook (E36E)
- Alternate Cyrillic kas (E377 & E378)
- Marshallese glyphs with cedillas: L (E382 & E394), M (E3A6 & E3BB), N (E3CE & E3DE), O (E429 & E465)
- Alternate Welsh Ll/ll (E388 & E39A)
- m and n with curled legs for Lithuanian (E3C4 & E3E5)
- Alternate retroflex N (E3EB)
- Alternate Eng (E3FF); (A790 & A791) are also alternate Engs, originally used with Janalif.
- Alternate Greek Omegas (E44C & E44D)
- Teuthonista stroked o (E4A4)
- Latin Phi (E520)
- Alternate P/p with hook (E521 & E52C)
- Alternate Cyrillic pe (E52D)
- Alternate Latin Q or Cyrillic Qa (E537)
- Alternate Yrs (E54D & E55A)
- R with cedilla (E547 & E554)
- Retroflex R (E54E), counterpart to (027B)
- Alternate Esh (E564)
- T with diaeresis (E572), counterpart to (1E97)
- T/t with palatal hook (E575 & E582). This is an alternate for Saanich (Senchothen) J, and also a possible glyph for tsh/tch/ch/ et cetera.
- Th/Tl and th/tl for Amerindian (01BB [Latin letter Two with stroke] & 019B) and (E577 & E583)
- Latin Thetas (E578 & E584) and (E579 & E585)
- Alternate Thorn (E57A)
- Alternate T with hook (E57B)
- Alternate Cyrillic te (E586)
- Alternate Cyrillic tse (E587)
- UE (E5ED), counterpart to (1D6B)
- Capital U with curl (E5EE), counterpart to (AB52)
- Teuthonista stroked u (E606)
- Alternate V/v with hook (E641 & E64B)
- V with right hook (E642), counterpart to (2C71)
- W with ring above (E653), counterpart to (1E98)
- Alternate Cyrillic sha (E660)
- Alternate Cyrillic shcha (E661)
- Y with ring above (E67A), counterpart to (1E99)
- Y/y with ogonek (E67D & E68C)
- Alternate Cyrillic yu (E693)
- Alternate Ezh (E69E)
- z with palatal hook - for dialectological use (E6A8)
- Alternate Cyrillic ze (E6A9)
- Alternate Cyrillic zhe (E6AA)
- Capital click consonants (E6AE–E6B2)
- Capital form of combining hook (E6B5), counterpart to (031B)
- Extra rhoticization (E6B6)
- Tonal glyphs (E6B8-E6BF)
- Extra characters for Teuthonista (E6C4-E6D5): subscript dotless i (E6D0), modifier letter dotless i (E6D1), combining dotless i (E6D2), modifier letter stroked dotless i (E6D3)
- Modifier letter e grave (E76B)
- Modifier letter Theta for Amerindian languages (E76C)
- Small script combining diaeresis (E76D)
- Modifier letter dotless j (E76E)
- Modifier letter dotless j with crossed-tail (E76F)
- Alternate parentheses and braces intended for math, but not necessarily (E7BA-E7BF). These are in the book version.
- Alternate exclamation mark for math/APL (E7C0)
- Alternate small colon for math (E7C1); this character has no spacing, and is designed to be used with the hair space (200A).
- Additional p and v with hat (circumflex) for math (E7C2 & E7C3). These are in the italic versions.
- Lowercase Latin et/ampersand (E7C5)
- Capital Tironian et (E7C6)
- Alternate ampersand for mathematical use (E7C7), which is in the book and bold versions.
- Additional characters for drafting (E7C8-E7CB), which are in the book and bold versions.
- Math solidus, i.e., solidus operator (E7CC). This is the counterpart to the reverse solidus operator (29F5), and is in the book version.
- Mathematical vertical bar (E7CD); book version.
- Mathematical double vertical bar (E7CE); book version.
- Chinantec alternates for spacing modifier letters (E7D0-E7D3); book version.
- Combining double breve, macron, tilde, and inverted breve for capitals (E7D4-E7D7)
- Reversed radical (E7D8); book and bold versions.
- Alternate Gradient/Nabla (E7D9)
- Combining “def” for math (E7DB); book and bold versions.
- Extended Cyrillic (E800-E83D)
- Extended Cyrillic vzmets & titlos (E84A-E84E). The triple titlo anchors to the center character.
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Copyright (c) 15 July 2015, T. Christopher White ([email protected]),
with Reserved Font Name Tehuti.
This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at: http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
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