From: owner-scribes@castle.org (scribes digest) To: scribes-digest@castle.org Subject: scribes digest V4 #82 Reply-To: Sender: owner-scribes@castle.org Errors-To: owner-scribes@castle.org Precedence: bulk scribes digest Wednesday, November 22 2000 Volume 04 : Number 082 ======================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list, send email to with unsubscribe scribes-digets in the body of the message. Leave the subject line blank. Do not include any additional text. Re: [scribes]: Faux Hebrew? Re: [scribes]: Faux Hebrew? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 05:28:09 EST From: JFazio6634@aol.com Subject: Re: [scribes]: Faux Hebrew? Iconian Fonts - J there is one here called Jerusalem Computer Digest This one looks like you have to pay for it. There are rumors about other fonts, but I'm getting sleepy. Look for peace___.ttf, or one called Kosher. =================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list, send email to with a blank Subject: line and unsubscribe scribes in the body of the message. Do not include any additional text in the body. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 08:45:09 -0600 From: "Corinna Taylor/Al Frank" Subject: Re: [scribes]: Faux Hebrew? To someone who knows Hebrew, even the limited read-only knowledge many less observant Jews have, faux Hebrew can be very unpleasant and visually disturbing. I've seen faux Hebrew used where lamed -"l" - was twisted and used as the "s" it then resembled. It was dreadful! Though the work itself was beautiful. Instead, consider that most Jews were literate in the local language. Even before the destruction of the Second Temple, Hebrew was reserved primarily for prayer and ritual, and Aramaic was the spoken vulgate, later replaced with various forms of Yiddish. So I suggest that you write the scroll in English, Latin, whatever in an appropriate hand, and perhaps learn to write the necessary Hebrew characters to add the person's name in Hebrew. Real Hebrew is no harder to write than faux. One of my tricks to get good spacing is to write it backwards - start at the end of the word and go from left to right. There's a reasonably-priced little paperback on Hebrew calligraphy by Toby which is excellent. Greenspan's book is great for learning the basics, but his script is too modern and not terribly attractive. And I'll bet a Hebrew teacher at a local synagogue will be willing to help. Corinna aka hasoferet Sara bat-Avraham TreeGirtSea - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 12:28 AM Subject: [scribes]: Faux Hebrew? > I realize that faux scripts can be a touchy topic among scribes, BUT... > > A dear friend has a Jewish persona, and i wondered if anyone has come > up with an attractive faux Hebrew calligraphic hand. I recall having > a faux Hebrew bitmap font on my computer long ago, if i can find it > on a dusty old floppy disk, i might be able to create one, but i > don't have much time in the next few months, as i am going to be > Kitchen Steward of my first feast, then i'll be out of the country > for a month. And truly i was hoping for something more elegant... > > Any assistance will be appreciated, > Thank you, > > Anahita al-shazhiyya > =================================================================== > To unsubscribe from this list, send email to > with a blank Subject: line and > unsubscribe scribes > in the body of the message. Do not include any additional text in > the body. > =================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list, send email to with a blank Subject: line and unsubscribe scribes in the body of the message. Do not include any additional text in the body. ------------------------------ End of scribes digest V4 #82 ****************************