Testing a Font

[JAZ Numismatics]

Seeing if the forum will support Noto Sans Nabataean.

 

N015 NABATAEA. Malichus I. 59/8-30 BC. Æ (19mm 4.7g, 12h). Petra mint, 33/32 BC. Diademed head of Malichus I right with long, curly hair / Eagle standing left; counterclockwise around from 10 o’clock: 𐢓𐢑𐢛𐢯 𐢓𐢑𐢛𐢁 - 𐢓𐢑𐢛 𐢕𐢃𐢋𐢯 “[Malichus the king], king of the Nabataeans”; in fields, 𐢜𐢕𐢇 - 𐢮𐢬𐢧𐢧 (Year 27). Meshorer 14; Barkay 13.

 

Edit: it worked! 🙂

Edited November 5, 2024 by JAZ Numismatics

[Bannerknight]

14 minutes ago, JAZ Numismatics said:

Seeing if the forum will support Noto Sans Nabataean.

 

N015 NABATAEA. Malichus I. 59/8-30 BC. Æ (19mm 4.7g, 12h). Petra mint, 33/32 BC. Diademed head of Malichus I right with long, curly hair / Eagle standing left; counterclockwise around from 10 o’clock: 𐢓𐢑𐢛𐢯 𐢓𐢑𐢛𐢁 - 𐢓𐢑𐢛 𐢕𐢃𐢋𐢯 “[Malichus the king], king of the Nabataeans”; in fields, 𐢜𐢕𐢇 - 𐢮𐢬𐢧𐢧 (Year 27). Meshorer 14; Barkay 13.

 

Edit: it worked! 🙂

I'm sorry, but it did not work for me (tried different browsers). All I got was this 

[JAZ Numismatics]

Hm. Maybe you have to have the font installed on your computer, but I'm seeing it on my phone.

[Bannerknight]

Probably you would need to have it installed. I doubt my browser fonts include Nabatean. Nor does Word when I tried.

[Phil Anthos]

I don't  see it.

[JAZ Numismatics]

11 minutes ago, Bannerknight said:

Probably you would need to have it installed. I doubt my browser fonts include Nabatean. Nor does Word when I tried.

I installed it on my computer, but not on my phone and I can see it on both. No bid deal though. I can use a transliteration on the forum.

[JAZ Numismatics]

Here's a screenshot. Nice font, even if it doesn't work in all settings. Definitely using to catalog my Nabataeans...

[TIF]

I can see it.  Mac.

[ACCLA-Mike]

You can download the font here. Installation is fairly simple. Just click on "get font" on the right hand side, then click on download to get the zip file and "see how to use" to install.

https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Sans+Nabataean

[maridvnvm]

For what it's worth I see it on PC (Windows 11/Firefox) and phone (Android) with no additional fonts installed.

[panzerman]

Anyone know how to install Medieval script/ numerals?

[quant.geek]

I would check out https://mufi.info/q.php?p=mufi for Medieval fonts...As for the OP, I can't see it on my computer, but it works on my phone. Fonts are finicky, especially for obscure scripts. The answer is to download Noto-based fonts to fix the issue as pointed out already...

Edited November 6, 2024 by quant.geek

[Factor]

Works on my phone, didn't need to install anything 

[mcwyler]

I think sometimes a document will have the font (or the bits of it you use) embedded within it, making it portable. I think that's one reason a doc file will be so much larger than just the text.  Maybe the same trick is used for html?

Anyway If you have a modern android phone all Noto fonts are installed by default.

 

Incidentally, @Bannerknight those funny boxes that appear if your computer can't render a glyph are called "tofu" for some reason. And the Noto family of fonts was so named to signify "No Tofu". You really needed to know that didn't you?

Edited November 6, 2024 by mcwyler

[Bannerknight]

5 hours ago, mcwyler said:

I think sometimes a document will have the font (or the bits of it you use) embedded within it, making it portable. I think that's one reason a doc file will be so much larger than just the text.  Maybe the same trick is used for html?

Anyway If you have a modern android phone all Noto fonts are installed by default.

 

Incidentally, @Bannerknight those funny boxes that appear if your computer can't render a glyph are called "tofu" for some reason. And the Noto family of fonts was so named to signify "No Tofu". You really needed to know that didn't you?

Thank for illuminating me, @mcwyler. They say no knowledge is ever wasted 😉

[JAZ Numismatics]

5 hours ago, mcwyler said:

Incidentally, those funny boxes that appear if your computer can't render a glyph are called "tofu" for some reason. And the Noto family of fonts was so named to signify "No Tofu". You really needed to know that didn't you?

Where is totally useless information more appropriate than on a numismatics forum? 😛

[DonnaML]

It worked on my Android phone, but not on my desktop (Windows 11 with Chrome). Interesting that it apparently works on Firefox, which I abandoned years ago.