Ancient Egyptian Technology
Hieroglyphs, Hieratic, Transliteration
Unicode, EGPZ, XML

Egyptological Tools

Here is a list of software tools that support hieroglyphs with EGPZ 1.0 and Unicode 5.2. Please contact us with information about other software for Ancient Egyptian you would like to see added to this list.

EGPZ and Unicode desktop software

InScribe 2008 Hieroglyphs

Fonts. Hieroglyphic (TrueType) Fonts. Saqqara Technology. Released November 2007. Complete EGPZ 1.0 font implementation - 'InScribe 2008 Hieroglyphs'. Unicode 5.1 transliteration characters. Pack also includes an experimental font - 'InScribe PDAM5A Unicode' - matching ISO/IEC 10646:2003 PDAM5 additions to ISO/Unicode character standards. Currently available as part of InScribe Beta Program.

InScribe 2004SE

Software and Fonts. Hieroglyphic Word Processor. Saqqara Technology. Windows XP, Vista, 7. In development for release Summer 2009 to InScribe Beta Program. InScribe 2004SE is the second edition of InScribe 2004 with support for Unicode 5.2 Egyptian Hieroglyphs and transliteration. UMdC and improved MdC data formats. See www.saqqara.org/inscribe/inscribe2004SE.

InScribe 3

Software and Fonts. Hieroglyphic Word Processor. Saqqara Technology. Windows XP, Vista, 7. In development. InScribe 3 is a new take on Ancient Egyptian following the InScribe tradition with Unicode 5.2 and complete EGPZ support. INSX, UMdC and MdC data formats. See http://www.saqqara.org/inscribe/inscribe3.htm.

EGPZ and Unicode on the web

InScribeX Web

Web software. Software and resources for Ancient Egyptian with integrated font. Saqqara Technology. Windows XP, Vista, 7, MacOS (Intel), Linux. Technical preview on www.inscribex.com. InScribeX Web uses Silverlight or Moonlight (Linux) to implement Unicode 5.2 and other standards based technology for Ancient Egyptian without a need to install software or fonts. Also see www.saqqara.org/inscribe/inscribexweb.htm.

Projet Rosette

Web site. Resources and tools for Ancient Egyptian and Hieroglyphs in English and French. Development ongoing. See www.projetrosette.info.

 

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