Esho Marcus, I changed the default Syriac font (Estrangelo Edessa) to a new one, and I was able to type in IM, e-mail and the internet browser using the new font. So I came up with the idea how about if we changed the looks of it, but use the same name! With the help of Dr. This "Estrangelo Edessa" font included in Windows© is one of the oldest fonts that have been designed and for most of today's readers is not readable or popular. And this is the only font that the internet applications such as e-mail, IM (Instant Messaging) or chat, building websites and browsers are able to use. In Assyrian language, this default font is called "Estrangelo Edessa". In the language bar that Microsoft granted all other languages other than English, each language can have only one font as default.
However, the user manual is now available for free for the AssyrianSchool students. To download the complete user's manual in PDF format, click here: User Manual, Atuta 2008/Manual.
In the package "Atuta 2008" I have included a printed user manual showing step by step how to work with Atuta fonts in PrintMaster© software. wmf, so forth and use these files independently or can import them into their text as graphics.
These software can flip the text blocks horizontally and will produce graphic files like photos with extensions. But to type on the internet and MS Office, I have come to this conclusion that it is best to step up to the next generation, using Microsoft's language bar and Unicode Open Type Fonts (OTF).įor the individuals who still want to work with Atuta fonts, they can always use them as graphics with software such as PhotoShop®, PrintMaster®, PageMaker®, InDesign®, CorelDraw® and Illustrator®. I have used these fonts and the "mirroring" technique until now. At that time, the best thing I could do for typing in Assyrian was to flip the mirror font horizontally to make the text readable. In English and other Western language software, the cursor moves from left to right, the fonts designed in the early 90's, were mostly TTF format, which were sufficient for English, but not for the Middle Eastern languages.
As True Type Font (TTF), they have the characteristics of the English fonts the computer recognized them as any other English font. I have designed the Atuta fonts in the early 90's. The language will change to Syriac (Assyrian). Click on "EN" or other language other languages will be listed. If the language bar is "SY" go to step 3, if not, go to step 2.Ģ. If it is "EN", it means the computer is set to "English", "FA" for Persian and "SY" for Syriac (Assyrian), etc. Esho Marcus' fonts and George Kiraz' - assuming the language bars, the fonts and the keyboards are already installed on your computer,-ġ.In the Task Bar at the right bottom corner of the screen, there are two letters such as "EN", "SY", "FA"… These are the language bars indicating the language which the computer is set up to at this moment. Here are two examples of how to type with Dr. To type correctly using a particular Syriac (Assyrian) font, make sure you use the keyboard related to that font. The vowels (zowei) and some of the characters will not look right. Esho Marcus' fonts, and substitute its content's font with Rabi Daniel Benyamin's or George Kiraz' fonts (and vice versa), it will look different in many ways. Even though most of the characters look the same, the creators of them have used their own keyboard and placed the vowels and some of the characters on different keys, which means if we take a text typed with Dr.
Note: These fonts are free of charge and easy to share. Link to video 8: Typing in MS Word, lesson 1:
Link to video7: Old and new Estrangelo Edessa fonts: Link to video6: Typing in Assyrian, MS Word: Link to video5: Importing Assyrian fonts from. Link to video4: Installing keyboard-on-screen: Link to video3: Installing Assyrian and English language bar: Link to video2: Introduction to Assyrian language and MS Office: Link to video1: Introduction to adding Syriac language bar: This page is dedicated to typing in Assyrian in Windows, including the internet-chat, e-mail, instant messaging and building websites. I have made how-to-videos showing how to type in Assyrian and posted them on Youtube©. By clicking on their links, you can watch them: