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From: MBEATTIE@VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK (Malcolm Beattie)
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Subject: Has anyone got fonts for Syriac?
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Date: 26 Apr 91 15:44:00 GMT
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The subject line says it all---I'm looking for some
Syriac fonts for a theologian/ancient historian friend of mine.
I know it's a rather forlorn hope but I thought I'd see if
anyone out there knew of where I could get such a font.
I've never created anything new with Metafont before,
and I believe Syriac would be fairly difficult---the fact
that many letters have to be joined up would seem to imply
lots of ligatures.  However, starting from scratch might be
a fun time-waster for me, if necessary.
Has anyone seen anything like it before?  Any advice would
be most welcome.
        Malcolm
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