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Introduction

Syriac script is used for Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (also known as modern Syriac and modern Assyrian), literary & liturgical Syriac, Garshuni (Arabic written in Syriac), and other languages.

The Syriac script is written from right to left. There are three varieties: Estrangelo, East Syriac (Nestorian), and Serto.

Font Samples

font sample * font information
Sample of Code2000 at 24pt Code2000    [ show all samples ]  (code2000.ttf)
Source: Download this shareware font ($5) from James Kass's webpage.
Stats: Version 1.16 has 61,864 glyphs and 239 kerning pairs
Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Baluchi, Kirghiz, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek), Armenian, Bengali, Braille, Canadian Syllabics (all syllabaries, all characters), Cherokee, Chinese (Bopomofo only, including Extended), Cirth, Coptic, Cyrillic (all or most of range), Devanagari, Ethiopic (including supplement and extended blocks), Ewellic, Georgian (Mkhedruli and Asomtavruli), Greek (including polytonic and Coptic characters), Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hebrew, IPA, Japanese (Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji/Han Ideographs including Extension A), Klingon, Korean (Hangul only), Lao, Latin, Limbu, Mongolian, N'Ko, Ogham, Phaistos, Runic, Syriac, Tamil, Telugu, Tengwar, Thaana, Thai, Tifinagh, Vietnamese, Yi
OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Buhid, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Han Ideographic, Hangul, Hangul Jamo, Hebrew, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latin, Malayalam, Mongolian, Myanmar, N'Ko, Tamil, Telugu, Thai
Sample of East Syriac Adiabene at 30pt East Syriac Adiabene    [ show all samples ]  (SyrCOMAdiabene.otf from melthofonts-1.21.zip)
Source: Free download of font package from Beth Mardutho.
Stats: Version 1.21 has 555 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Syriac, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Syriac
Sample of East Syriac Ctesiphon at 28pt East Syriac Ctesiphon    [ show all samples ]  (SyrCOMCtesiphon.otf from melthofonts-1.21.zip)
Source: Free download of font package from Beth Mardutho.
Stats: Version 1.20 has 555 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Syriac, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Syriac
Sample of Estrangelo Antioch at 24pt Estrangelo Antioch    [ show all samples ]  (SyrCOMAntioch.otf from melthofonts-1.21.zip)
Source: Free download of font package from Beth Mardutho.
Stats: Version 1.20 has 555 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Syriac, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Syriac
Sample of Estrangelo Edessa at 24pt Estrangelo Edessa    [ show all samples ]  (SyrCOMEdessa.otf from melthofonts-1.21.zip)
Source: Free download of font package from Beth Mardutho. Also comes with Microsoft's Windows XP
Stats: Version 1.00 has 264 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Syriac
OpenType Layout Tables: Syriac
Sample of Estrangelo Midyat at 24pt Estrangelo Midyat    [ show all samples ]  (SyrCOMMidyat.otf from melthofonts-1.21.zip)
Source: Free download of font package from Beth Mardutho.
Stats: Version 1.20 has 555 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Syriac, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Syriac
Sample of Estrangelo Nisibin at 30pt Estrangelo Nisibin    [ show all samples ]  (SyrCOMNisibin.otf from melthofonts-1.21.zip)
Source: Free download of font package from Beth Mardutho.
Stats: Version 1.20 has 555 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Syriac, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Syriac
Sample of Estrangelo Nisibin Outline at 30pt Estrangelo Nisibin Outline    [ show all samples ]  (SyrCOMNisibinOutline.otf from melthofonts-1.21.zip)
Source: Free download of font package from Beth Mardutho.
Stats: Version 1.20 has 555 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Syriac, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Syriac
Sample of Estrangelo Quenneshrin at 30pt Estrangelo Quenneshrin    [ show all samples ]  (SyrCOMQenNeshrin.otf from melthofonts-1.21.zip)
Source: Free download of font package from Beth Mardutho.
Stats: Version 1.20 has 555 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Syriac, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Syriac
Sample of Estrangelo Talada at 28pt Estrangelo Talada    [ show all samples ]  (SyrCOMTalada.otf from melthofonts-1.21.zip)
Source: Free download of font package from Beth Mardutho.
Stats: Version 1.20 has 555 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Syriac, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Syriac
Sample of Estrangelo TurAbdin at 26pt Estrangelo TurAbdin    [ show all samples ]  (SyrCOMTurAbdin.otf from melthofonts-1.21.zip)
Source: Free download of font package from Beth Mardutho.
Stats: Version 1.20 has 555 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Syriac, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Syriac
Sample of Serto Batnan at 30pt Serto Batnan    [ show all samples ]  (SyrCOMBatnan.otf and SyrCOMBatnanBold.otf from melthofonts-1.21.zip)
Source: Free download of font package from Beth Mardutho.
Stats: Version 1.20 has 553 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Syriac, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Syriac
Sample of Serto Jerusalem at 30pt Serto Jerusalem    [ show all samples ]  (SyrCOMJerusalem.otf, SyrCOMJerusalemBold.otf, and SyrCOMJerusalemItalic.otf from melthofonts-1.21.zip)
Source: Free download of font package from Beth Mardutho.
Stats: Version 1.20 has 553 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Syriac, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Syriac
Sample of Serto Jerusalem Outline at 30pt Serto Jerusalem Outline    [ show all samples ]  (SyrCOMJerusalemOutline.otf from melthofonts-1.21.zip)
Source: Free download of font package from Beth Mardutho.
Stats: Version 1.20 has 553 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Syriac, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Syriac
Sample of Serto Kharput at 30pt Serto Kharput    [ show all samples ]  (SyrCOMKharput.otf from melthofonts-1.21.zip)
Source: Free download of font package from Beth Mardutho.
Stats: Version 1.20 has 553 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Syriac, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Syriac
Sample of Serto Malankara at 30pt Serto Malankara    [ show all samples ]  (SyrCOMMalankara.otf from melthofonts-1.21.zip)
Source: Free download of font package from Beth Mardutho.
Stats: Version 1.20 has 553 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Syriac, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Syriac
Sample of Serto Mardin at 30pt Serto Mardin    [ show all samples ]  (SyrCOMMardin.otf and SyrCOMMardinBold.otf from melthofonts-1.21.zip)
Source: Free download of font package from Beth Mardutho.
Stats: Version 1.20 has 553 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Syriac, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Syriac
Sample of Serto Urhoy at 30pt Serto Urhoy    [ show all samples ]  (SyrCOMUrhoy.otf and SyrCOMUrhoyBold.otf from melthofonts-1.21.zip)
Source: Free download of font package from Beth Mardutho.
Stats: Version 1.20 has 553 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Syriac, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Syriac
unusable font TITUS Cyberbit Basic    [ show all samples ]  (tituscbz.ttf)
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Note: This font does not have the OpenType tables necessary for Syriac.
Source: Free download (after submitting a form) from TITUS.
Stats: Version 3.0 (2000) has 9,779 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Armenian, Cyrillic (all or most of range), Ethiopic, Georgian (Mkhedruli and Asomtavruli), Greek (including polytonic and Coptic characters), Hebrew, IPA, Japanese (Hiragana and Katakana only), Latin, Ogham, Runic, Thaana, Vietnamese
 

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