The Poor Man’s Hieroglyphic Font

Contents
1 Introduction

22 The glyphs

23 Some cartouches

34 Some Cleopatras

45 Odd cartouching

56 Famous people

57 A sentence

68 Code tables

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1Introduction

This provides a short test of the characters in the Poor Man’s Hieroglyph fonts— the pmhg font family. Table 1 on page 8 shows the ‘numeric’ coded commands and the corresponding glyphs. Table 2 on page 9 shows the alphabetic
coding (in both single character and command form) and the corresponding
glyphs together with their transliterations. Note that not every glyph has atransliteration.

2The glyphs

As a single stream of glyphs:\textpmhg{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ \\abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz \\+?/| \\\Hms\Hibp\Hibw\Hibs\Hibl\Hsv\Hman\Htongue\Hscribe\Hplural\Hdual \\\Hone 234567}
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz+?/|´ˆ˜¨˝˚ˇ˘¯˙¸|234567

And in the Huge size:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX
YZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw
2xyz+?/|´ˆ˜¨˝˚ˇ˘¯˙¸| 2 3 4 56 7
Using single characters:Ai\pmglyph{{A-i:w-a}} wa\pmglyph{A} A\pmglyph{i} i\pmglyph{A-i} Aia\pmglyph{A-i-a:w-a} Ai w a
Using character commands:\pmglyph{\HA} A\pmglyph{\Hi} i\pmglyph{\HA-\Hi} Aia\pmglyph{\HA-\Hi-\Ha:\Hw-\Hl} Ai w lw

\pmglyph{\HA-\Hi-\Hw:\Ha-\Hl} Aial

3Some cartouches

This illustrates several ways in which glyphs can be assembled.
\pmglyph{\HA-\Hi-\Ha-\Hp-\Hx-\HH}\cartouche{\pmglyph{\HA-\Hi-\Ha-\Hp-\Hx-\HH}}\Cartouche{\pmglyph{\HA-\Hi-\Ha-\Hp-\Hx-\HH}}©²¯®
AiapxH ª±
AiapxH °AiapxH ­\pmglyph{\HA:\Hi:\Ha:\Hp:\Hx:\HH}\Cartouche{\pmglyph{\HA:\Hi:\Ha:\Hp:\Hx:\HH}}
¨ ¥
Aiapx
HAiapxH§ ¦3

\pmglyph{\HA-\Hi-\Ha:{\Hp-\Hx}-\HH}\Cartouche{\pmglyph{\HA-\Hi-\Ha:{\Hp-\Hx}-\HH}}²¯aaAi px H ±Ai px H °\pmglyph{\HA-\Hi-{\Hp-\Hx}:\Ha-\HH}\Cartouche{\pmglyph{\HA-\Hi-{\Hp-\Hx}:\Ha-\HH}}²¯pxpxAiaH ±
AiaH °\pmglyph{\HA\Hi{\Hp\Hx}:\Ha\HH}\Cartouche{\pmglyph{\HA\Hi{\Hp\Hx}:\Ha\HH}}
² ¯
Aipx
aH

Aipx

Aipx
aH

Aipx

aH±°
\pmglyph{\HA \Hi {\Hp \Hx}:\Ha \HH}
\Cartouche{\pmglyph{\HA\Hi {\Hp \Hx}:\Ha \HH}}² ¯
aH±°\pmglyph{\HA-\Hp-{\Hi-\HH}:\Ha-\Hx}\Cartouche{\pmglyph{\HA-\Hp-{\Hi-\HH}:\Ha-\Hx}}¯²iHiHApax ±
Apax °\pmglyph{\HA-\Hp-{\Hi-\ \HH}:\Ha-\Hx}\Cartouche{\pmglyph{\HA-\Hp-{\Hi\-\HH}:\Ha-\Hx}}
¯
²iH

iH

Apax ±
Apax °\pmglyph{\HA-\ \Hi-\ {\Hp-\Hx}:\Ha-\ \HH}
\Cartouche{\pmglyph{\HA-\Hi-{\Hp-\ -\Hx}:\Ha-{}\HH}}\Cartouche{\pmglyph{\HA-\Hi-{\Hp-{}-\Hx}:\Ha-{}\HH}}²¯²¯pxpxpx

A ia H ±AiaH °AiaH °±¯²pxa\Cartouche{\pmglyph{\HA-\Hi-{\Hp-\ -\Hx}:\Ha-\HH}} ±Ai H °¯²px\Cartouche{\pmglyph{A-i-{p-\ -x}:a-H}} ±AiaH °

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Some Cleopatras

This section uses the glyphs forming the name of the person we know as Cleopatra, and displays them in a variety of ways.
dKCleopatra \pmglyph{K:l-i-o-p-a-d:r-a} liopara
KCleopatra \pmglyph{K:liopat:ra} liopatra4dKCleopatra \pmglyph{\HK:\HExxiii-\Hi-\HViv-\Hp-\Ha-\Hd:\Hr-\Ha} liopara
KCleopatra \pmglyph{\HK:\HExxiii\Hi\HViv\Hp\Ha\Hd:\Hr\Ha} liopadraCleopatra \pmglyph{\HNxxix:\HExxiii-\HMxvii-\HViv-\HQiii-\HGi-\HXi:\HDxxi-\HGi}tK
lioparaCleopatra \pmglyph{\HNxxix:\HExxiii\HMxvii\HViv\HQiii\HGi\HXi:\HDxxi\HGi}
Kliopatra

Internal® ©cartouche \pmglyph{K-l-i-\cartouche{o-p-a}-d-r-a}oªpadraKli ­Internal\textpmhg{K-l-i-\cartouche{o-p-a}-d-r-a}® cartouche©
Kli ­opa ªdra
External© \pmglyph{K-l-i} \cartouche{\pmglyph{o-p-a}} \pmglyph{d-r-a}® cartouche
Kli ­opa ªdra

5Odd cartouching

Cartouches can be used for other things than hieroglyphs.
¨¥
Latin cartouche \cartouche{A Latin cartouche} §A Latin cartouche ¦example.
©
®
Math cartouche \cartouche{$sin^{2} x + cos^{2} x = 1$} ­sin2 x + cos2 x = 1 ªx + cos^{2} x = 1$ \\ Next line}® Multiline cartouche \cartouche{$sin^{2}©
22sinx+cosx=1Nextline­ª6

Famous people

The hieroglyphic forms of the names of some famous people are displayed.
Cleopatra \cartouche{\pmglyph{K:l-i-o-p-a-d:r-a}}\translitpmhg{\HK\Hl\Hi\Ho\Hp\Ha\Hd\Hr\Ha}®
©
d¸
Kk.lı wzpzdrz
liopara ª­
Huge Cleopatra \cartouche{\pmglyph{K:l-i-o-p-a-d:r-a}}\translitpmhg{\HK\Hl\Hi\Ho\Hp\Ha\Hd\Hr\Ha}

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Ptolemy \cartouche{\pmglyph{\Hp:\Ht-\Ho-\Hl:\HM-\Hy-\Hs}}\translitpmhg{\Hp\Ht\Ho\Hl\HM\Hy\Hs}®
©
p l
to Mys ªptwzlmys­

Berenice \cartouche{\pmglyph{\HB:\Hr-\Hn:\Hy-\Hg-\Ha-\Ht:\HO}}\translitpmhg{\HB\Hr\Hn\Hy\Hg\Ha}©
®
nt
Br y ga O ªbrnygz­
Alexander \cartouche{\pmglyph{\Ha-\Hl:\Hk-\Hs-\Hi-\Hn:\Hd-\Hr:\HS}}\translitpmhg{\Ha\Hl\Hk\Hs\Hi\Hn\Hd\Hr\HS}©
®
¸l nraksid S ªzlksı ndrs­
Caesar \pmvglyph{\Hk:\Hy:\HS:\Hl:\HS}kySlS¯ \vertouche{\pmvglyph{\Hk:\Hy:\HS:\Hl:\HS}}²CaesarkySl
S± °Autocrator \pmvglyph{{\Ha-\HW}:{\Ht-\HK}:\Hd:\Hr}
aWtKdr\Vertouche{\pmvglyph{{\Ha-\HW}:{\Ht-\HK}:\Hd:\Hr}}¶Autocrator³aWtKdr ´µ\cartouche{\pmglyph{\Hibp-\Hms-\Hs}}® Thothemes©
ˆ´s ª­

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A sentencenGqR tryNf t cmv | fZwVUwLJf | rtransliterates into (noting that not every glyph is transliterated as some aredeterminitives, etc)6

¸wd h.m.f h.r wrryt.f nt d ‘m ı b.f zw¯¯which, when translated means‘His Majesty departed upon his chariot of electrum, his heart joyful.’

8Code tables

Table 1 shows the ‘numeric’ coded commands and the corresponding glyphs.
Table 2 shows the alphabetic coding (in both single character and commandform) and the corresponding glyphs together with their transliterations. Notethat not every glyph has a transliteration.

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Table 1: Coded coding\HAii (A2)I\HNxxix (N31)K\HAai (Aa1)

C\HAxxviii (A28)Y\HNxxxv (N35)n\HAaxii (Aa12)

M\HDi (D1)Q\HNxxxvii (N37)z\HPWi (PW1)

x\HDii (D2)q\HOi (O1)j\HPWii (PW2)

y\HDiv (D4)e\HOiv (O4)h

\HFxxxi (F31)´\HDxxi (D21)r\HOxxxiv (O34)S\HGxxvi (G26)ˆ\HDxxxvi (D36)\HDxlvi (D46)\HDxlvii (D47)

AdP\HQiii (Q3)
\HRvii (R7)
\HSxii (S12)pBv\HGxxvis (G26*)\HGxxvii (G27)\HGxxviii (G28)˜¨˝\HDliv (D54)

L\HSxxix (S29)s\HZvi (Z6)˚\HDlviii (D58)b\HSxxxix (S39)?

\HAi (A1)ˇ\HExxiii (E23)l\HSxli (S41)c\HFxx (F20)˘\HFi (F1)

X\HTiii (T3)u

\HYiv (Y4)¯

\HFxxxiv (F34)

G\HTxiv (T14)/\HZii (Z2)˙

\HFxl (F40)Z\HUxxxvi (U36)J\HZiv (Z4)¸

\HGi (G1)a\HViv (V4)o\HCxi (C11)7\HGxvii (G17)m\HVxiii (V13)

T\HDl (D50)

5\HGxxxvi (G36)R\HVxxiv (V24)U\HIviii (I8)6

\HGxliii (G43)\HHviii (H8)
\HIix (I9)\HIx (I10)

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D

\HVxxviii (V28)\HVxxxi (V31)\HWxi (W11)\HXi (X1)

Hkgt\HMxii (M12)\HVi (V1)\HVxx (V20)432\HKi (K1)\HMiii (M3)
\HMviii (M8)FNE

\HYiV (Y1v)\HZi (Z1)\HZvii (Z7)

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\HMxvii (M17)i\HZxi (Z11)+8

Table 2: Alphabetic coding
A\HAA

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a\Haaz+\Hplus+¸ı myB\HBBbb\Hbbb?

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CD\HC\HDCDcd\Hc\Hdcd\Hslash\Hvbar/|k.mzw‘\HEEe\Heed ‘m¯d¸ır/|Eh˘d¯šz\Hms

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F\HF

FG\HGdhwty¯.
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Hf\Hfff\HibpˆG¸ıbg\Hggg\Hibw

˜\HHHh.

h\Hhh\Hibs¨I\HIIi\Hiih¸ı\Hibl

˝J\HJJj\Hjjpr\Hsv

˚KL\HK\HLKLkl\Hk\Hlklkl\Hman\Htongueˇ˘MN\HM\HNMNmn\Hm\Hnmnmn\Hscribe\Hplural¯˙OPQR\HO\HP\HQ\HROPQR

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23\Hdual\Hone\Hten\Hhundred¸|
23S\HSSss\Hsss

4\Hthousand

4T\HTTt\Httt

5\HXthousand

5U\HUUu\Huu\HCthousand

6\HVVv\Hvvh.d¯nbw

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7\Hmillion

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