a tip of the hat to you and yours,
and thank you for downloading "syriac."

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a set of exotic letterforms
from the ancient language of syria.

"footprints past,
of both living and dead,
shall determine the scope
of the journey ahead..."

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"syriac"
is a windows95/macintosh truetype and postscript type 1 font 
handcrafted in the emerald city, seattle, washington, usa
by steven j. lundeen,
emerald city fontwerks,
copyright 1997.


please note,
"syriac" has been made available as freeware,
and no restrictions are placed on its distribution or use. 

however,
the user is encouraged to keep this readme file attached to the font
when distributing "syriac,"
as it includes a brief description of the syriac alphabet.

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the syriac alphabet
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Olaph 	- A,a
Beth	- B,b
Gomal	- C,c
Dolath	- D,d
He	- E,e
Wau	- F,f
Zain	- G,g
Cheth	- H,h
Teth	- I,i
Jud	- J,j
Coph	- K,k
Lomad	- L,l
Mim	- M,m
Nun	- N,n
Semchath- O,o
Ae	- P,p
Pe	- Q,q
Tsode	- R,r
Koph	- S,s
Risch	- T,t
Schin	- U,u
Tau	- V,v

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if you find the font "syriac" useful,
and wish to find out more about 
the emerald city fontwerks collection of typefaces,
or,
if you have ever considered having a computer font made 
from your own handwriting,
you can contact ecf for more information by way of:

ecf@speakeasy.org

or

manarts@seanet.com

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lest we forget,
we'd also like to let you know that ...

ecf offers a complete line of fonts in three speeds:
shareware, freeware and graphic art clipfonts.

you can look for us at:

http://www.speakeasy.org/~ecf

as well as in the indie designer section at:

http://members.tripod.com/~FreedomHigh/indie.htm


hope you'll stop by for a visit sometime.
coffee's always on,
and the fridge is stocked, too ...

remember,
what we do depends on you.
please register shareware fonts where appropriate
and continue to show your support for the art of fontography.

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finally,

you can always contact any member of the staff at ecf 
via the following address:

manarts@seanet.com

or

ecf@speakeasy.org

all comments, critiques, raves, rages, flames 
and offers of seattle mariner invited.


