Nefertiti™

What is the Nefertiti™ font?

As you can see, Nefertiti is a font based on ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and could be classified as a fun-font. I’ve always been really interested in Egyptology and a couple of years ago I thought it would be great to be able to write in hieroglyphs. I started to study them but soon realized it would take me a long time to be able to do this. Still, I was determined to find a way around this problem. At some point I came up with the idea of rearranging and reforming the hieroglyphs so as to resemble the English alphabet. During this process I tried as much as possible to preserve their ethos and appearance. However, since they are designed to write in English with, it’s obvious that they are not always going to look like the real thing. Despite this, I’m really happy with the final result and I think many Pharaohphiles who just want to have some fun will be also. More…
The only difference in this font between lower and upper case characters, is that the latter are set between two parallel, horizontal lines. These are for use with brackets (motif ends) to form cartouches – elongated ovals for names and/or titles. Try typing the following using the upper case in the sample text box.
e.g. (JOHN}
The zigzagged vertical lines at each end, separate the motifs from the hieroglyphs. Note the three types of ends/brackets. These lines are also used to separated words from one another and to give a more authentic appearance. So pressing the space bar gives a zigzagged line – not a space. They can also be used at any point within a cartouche to separate first and last names or titles.
e.g. ; (JOHN;BROWN} walked straight home after work.
Notice the eye glyph (period/full stop) at the end of the sentence. This is the only punctuation mark which can be used within a cartouche, e.g. after Mr. or to add a more Egyptian appearance to a name or title.
e.g. (MR>;JOHN;BROWN}
Parallel lines dividing hieroglyphical inscriptions and writing into rows or columns are very common. To incorporate these in a body of text, simple use the underline U. e.g.
(OSIRUS) and {ISIS} were important gods of the ancient Egyptians. (HORUS) {HATHOR} and [RA],the sun god, were also highly revered deities.
The punctuation marks available are shown below.
. , “ ” ‘ ! ? “where is the king?”
The font also includes the numbers 0-9, the following mathematical symbols and the hash sign(Scarab beetle). Once again, I’ve tried to make them look as Egyptian as possible; whether I’ve succeeded or not is open to debate.
e.g.
+ – x / = #
This font is named after Akhenaten’s beautiful wife, Nefertiti, who’s image can be seen in the graphic on this page.

Nefertiti™ Font families

The Nefertiti™ includes the following font families:

  • Nefertiti

Nefertiti™ Preview

Here is a preview of how Nefertiti™ will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.


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