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(If your browser does not display some of the Greek
letters on this page, I discuss Unicode issues on this page.)
On this page I am mainly
concerned with Unicode fonts for Hebrew, Greek, Phonetics, and the symbols in
the apparatus of the Nestle-Aland 27th edition New Testament. I consider
the first 4 fonts listed here to be must-have fonts for any Biblical student or
scholar. And they are all free of charge.
Free
download. Available for Windows, Mac intosh, and Linux.
Serif, upright. Compact text. The Latin/English text looks good,
and it has all the International Phonetic Alphabet glyphs except for the 5 tone
bars. It also works for the Unicode superscript numeral glyphs, and for
Hebrew and Greek transliteration. The Macintosh link given above is the
font in the older format that will work for both OS9 and OSX. Mac OSX
will also use the Windows version. Some versions of Linux will use the
Windows link, but some need the Debian package from the Linux link.
ἐν
τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ
"in the last day." א
� ⁴⁷ Σ
Ξ ɧ ʣ ʖ
................... - hōšîʻāh
nāʼ Ps. 118:25
Free
download. Available for Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux.
Serif, upright. This is especially designed for the International
Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). As you can see, it is a very nice looking
English font, and also very good for the Unicode superscript numerals. In
addition, it contains all the symbols in the NA27 Greek footnote
apparatus. Excellent for Hebrew and Greek transliteration.
σχ
"in the last day." א
𝔐 𝔓⁴⁷ ɧ
ʣ ʖ
.................. - hōšîʻāh
nāʼ Ps. 118:25
Free
download. Available for Windows, Mac OSX,
and Linux.
Serif, upright. This is the clearest Hebrew font by far. It has a
companion font that comes with it, called Ezra SIL, but I feel the cantillation
marks with that variant are not as clear as this one. The Latin / English
type with is is good too, as you can see here.
μ "in
the last day."
א
הוֹשִׁיעָה
נָּא
- hšîh n Ps.
118:25
Free
download. Available for Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux. Serif,
upright. Medium spread-out text. The only single font that has all
the glyphs in my documents. 2,881 glyphs. A very nice looking Greek
font when printed out. It also has all the Hebrew glyphs including
cantillation and diacritics, and all the IPA glyphs. Good for Hebrew and
Greek transliteration. The Latin / English appearance I don't like so
much.
ἐν
τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ
"in the last day." א
𝔐 𝔓⁴⁷ Σ Ξ ɧ ʣ ʖ
הוֹשִׁיעָה
נָּא
- hōšîʻāh
nāʼ Ps. 118:25
Free download. For Windows,
but can probably be made to work in Mac OSX. There is not a lare
selection of free Unicode Coptic fonts. The trait about this I don't like
is that it uses up so much space above and below the lines.
ⲞⲨⲞⳉ ⲀϤⳉⲈⲒ ⲀⲨⲰ ϤⲚⲀϣⲰⲚⲈ
Free
download. Available for Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux. Serif,
upright. Medium spread-out text.
ἐν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ
ἡμέρᾳ "in the last day." א
⁴⁷ Σ Ξ
ɧ ʣ ʖ
הוֹשִׁיעָה
נָּא
-
hōšîʻāh nāʼ Ps. 118:25
Free download. Available for Windows,
Mac OSX, and Linux. Serif, upright.
ἐν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ "in the last day." א ⁴⁷ Σ Ξ ɧ ʣ ʖ
הוֹשִׁיעָה
נָּא - hōšîʻāh nāʼ Ps. 118:25
Palatino Linotype
This font comes
free with Windows 2000 and XP, and also with Office 2003. It is one of
the clearest English fonts I have ever seen, and definitely the clearest font
for the superscript numerals. It contains the full Unicode polytonic
Greek glyph repertoire, though the accents, breathing marks, and subcripts are
a little too small for my liking. This font can be purchased from other
sources, such as
$99.00 from linotype.com
$21.00
$21.00
ἐν
τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ
"in the last day." א
⁴⁷ Σ
Ξ
הוֹשִׁיעָה
נָּא
– hōšî āh
nā Ps. 118:25
Free
download. Available for Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux. Serif,
upright. I think this is a good looking Greek, English and Latin font.
ἐν
τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ
"in the last day."
א ⁴⁷ Σ Ξ
הוֹשִׁיעָה
נָּא – hōšî āh nā
Ps. 118:25
Free
download. Available for Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux. Serif,
upright.
ἐν
τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ
"in the last day." א
Σ Ξ
הוֹשִׁיעָה
נָּא - hōšîʻāh nāʼ Ps.
118:25
Free
download. Available for Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux.
Serif, upright. Very spread-out text. This is especially designed
for the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). As you can see, it is a
very nice looking English font, and also very good for the Unicode superscript
numberals. In addition, it contains all the symbols in the NA27 Greek
footnote apparatus. Excellent for Hebrew and Greek transliteration.
σχ
"in the last day." א 𝔐 𝔓⁴⁷ ɧ
ʣ ʖ
הוֹשִׁיעָה
נָּא - hōšîʻāh nāʼ Ps.
118:25
Arial Unicode MS
This comes free
with Windows. This is probably the largest font in existence, in that it
has the glyphs for more languages than any other font out there. But it
is sans-serif, which I do not like.
ἐν
τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ
"in the last day." א
⁴⁷ Σ
Ξ ɧ ʣ ʖ
הוֹשִׁיעָה
נָּא
- hōšîʻāh nāʼ
Ps. 118:25
Lucida
Sans Unicode
Comes with Microsoft Windows
and many other Microsoft products.
ν τ
σχάτ
μέρ "in the last day." א
⁴⁷ Σ Ξ ɧ ʣ ʖ
הוֹשִׁיעָה
נָּא - hōšîʻāh nāʼ Ps. 118:25
Times New Roman
Comes with Microsoft Windows
and many other Microsoft products.
ν τ
σχάτ
μέρ "in the last day." א
Σ
Ξ
הוֹשִׁיעָה
נָּא – hōšî āh
nā Ps. 118:25