Hebrew

Hebrew script is used to write Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino, and other languages. Historically Hebrew was one of the scripts used to write Aramaic (extinct).

The script is written from right to left. The letters represent consonants. Long vowels can be represented by three of the letters (ALEF, VAV & YOD). Short vowels are generally not marked, but can be by using "points" (small diacritic marks). Liturgical texts also use "cantillation marks" (more small diacritic marks) to indicate stress and musical motif. Most Hebrew fonts do not support cantillation marks, those that do are noted in the samples below.

• Font sizes for the various fonts above were adjusted to make them roughly the same size for the sake of comparison.
• The characters used for the font samples do not necessarily form words but were chosen for visual variety:
  איהשל
  אֵיָהַשׁלִ
• The second line (with the vowel points added) is not shown for fonts with alignment/spacing issues.