Differences between glyphs in release-7.6.1 and release-7.9
Release 7.9 of JSesh contains lots of new and modified signs.
Notably:
- a set of Old Kingdom signs, mainly drawn by S. Thomas for a distinguished colleague of ours ;
- Fixes relative to the Hieroglyphica sign list, following remarks by Dr. Peter Dils ;
- Fixes to E240, which is not a lion, but a lionness;
- Redrawn sphinx signs to match the Hieroglyphica and epigraphic sources;
- A fix to A49 which might lead to the introduction of other variants.
Important notice / breaking changes !
Potential breaking changes in the font must be signaled:
-
B1J
and B1K 
were inverted in JSesh. I have swapped them back to their correct Hieroglyphical versions. If you have encoded texts with the JSesh fonts using those signs, you might consider checking them. You can use the search in folder function of JSesh for this. -
N104
and N104B: 
:this is trickier. The Hieroglyphica shape for N104 is
, but for a reason I don't fully understand, I used the code for the relatively usual . Many users have probably used N104 for , and I have decided to keep the JSesh code in this case.
One of the problem I have is that the IFAO uses JSesh with a font built from the Hieroglyphica. It might lead to differences between encoding in this case.
Table of sign differences
| Code | release-7.6.1 | release-7.9 | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| A210 |  |
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modified the drawing of the branch |
| A255 |  |
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added a running Apis bull |
| A302A |  |
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red crown instead of white crown |
| A357 |  |
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modified sw sign orientation |
| A41 |  |
 |
straight beard (king) |
| A42 |  |
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straight beard (king) |
| A42A |  |
 |
straight beard (king) ; same basis as A42 for uniformity |
| A42B |  |
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straight beard (king) ; same basis as A42 for uniformity |
| A42C |  |
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straight beard (king) |
| A49 |  |
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different headdress (foreigner). More information |
| A600 | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| A601 | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| A602 | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| A603 | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| A604 | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| A605 | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| A606 | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| A607 | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| Aa1B | n/a |  |
Oblique variant of Aa1 (shape found in Hieroglyphica). JSesh Aa1 corresponds to Gardiner shape. |
| Aa13VARA | n/a |  |
See here |
| Aa20D | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| Aa23B |  |
 |
added horizontal lines to match Hieroglyphica |
| Aa81 | n/a |  |
Sign from Vector Office X |
| B1J |  |
 |
B1J and B1K were inverted in JSesh |
| B1K |  |
 |
B1J and B1K were inverted in JSesh |
| B28 |  |
 |
mourner sign (with hands palms towards her face) |
| B8G |  |
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made more like a drawing reed |
| C102 |  |
 |
Ptah has a straight beard |
| C102A |  |
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Ptah has a straight beard |
| C102B |  |
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Ptah has a straight beard |
| C102C |  |
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Ptah has a straight beard |
| C102D |  |
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Ptah has a straight beard |
| C102E |  |
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Ptah has a straight beard |
| C102F |  |
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Ptah has a straight beard |
| C102G |  |
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Ptah has a straight beard. Holds ḏd and ꜥnḫ. |
| C11L |  |
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Same arms and legs position as Hieroglyphica |
| C12G |  |
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fixed size |
| C183VARA | n/a |  |
added |
| C19 |  |
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Ptah has a straight beard |
| C19A |  |
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Ptah has a straight beard |
| C19B |  |
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Ptah has a straight beard |
| C19C |  |
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Ptah has a straight beard |
| C20 |  |
 |
Ptah has a straight beard |
| C20A |  |
 |
Ptah has a straight beard |
| C20B |  |
 |
Ptah has a straight beard |
| D218A | n/a |  |
|
| D251 |  |
 |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| D26VARA | n/a |  |
See here |
| D500 | n/a |  |
See here |
| E1 |  |
 |
Modified the horns to be closer to the usual shape (lyra shaped). |
| E148K |  |
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changed knife orientation |
| E148M | n/a |  |
added to match latest Hieroglyphica versions |
| E148N | n/a |  |
added to match latest Hieroglyphica versions |
| E151 |  |
 |
fixed sphinx with straight beard and nemes |
| E151A |  |
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fixed sphinx with straight beard and nemes |
| E151B |  |
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fixed sphinx with straight beard and nemes |
| E152 |  |
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fixed sphinx with straight beard and nemes |
| E153 |  |
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fixed sphinx with straight beard and nemes |
| E154 |  |
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fixed according to IFAO original sign |
| E154A |  |
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fixed as a momiform sphinx. I have doubts about the beard (should be osirian?) |
| E155 |  |
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fixed according to IFAO original sign |
| E156 |  |
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fixed sphinx with straight beard and nemes |
| E157 |  |
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fixed sphinx with straight beard and nemes |
| E157A |  |
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fixed sphinx with straight beard and nemes |
| E158 |  |
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fixed sphinx with straight beard and nemes |
| E159 |  |
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fixed sphinx with straight beard and nemes |
| E159A |  |
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fixed sphinx with straight beard and nemes |
| E159B |  |
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fixed sphinx with straight beard and nemes |
| E160 |  |
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fixed sphinx with straight beard and nemes |
| E207A | n/a |  |
Sign from the latest versions of the Hieroglyphica |
| E240 |  |
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fixed sign - a lionness - see here |
| E240A |  |
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fixed sign - a lionness - see here |
| E240B |  |
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fixed sign - a lionness - see here |
| E240C |  |
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fixed sign - a lionness - see here |
| E251 |  |
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Fixed sign to match Hieroglyphica. sphinx with straight beard and pshent. Note that I have doubts about the beard. |
| E265 |  |
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fixed sign - a lionness - see here |
| E274 |  |
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fixed sphinx with straight beard and nemes |
| E275 |  |
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fixed sphinx with straight beard and nemes |
| E276 |  |
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fixed sphinx with straight beard and nemes |
| E295 | n/a |  |
Sign from the latest versions of the Hieroglyphica |
| E296 | n/a |  |
Sign from the latest versions of the Hieroglyphica |
| E297 | n/a |  |
Sign from the latest versions of the Hieroglyphica |
| E31B | n/a |  |
Hieroglyphica shape of E31 (with ankh sign) - for compatibility, as I keep the Gardiner shape of E31 with a seal |
| E8B |  |
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Correct shape of E8B - a kid with a seal as collar |
| E9B |  |
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modified to match the Hieroglyphica shape of the legs |
| F1 |  |
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more classical shape of F1 |
| F124B | n/a |  |
Sign from the latest versions of the Hieroglyphica |
| F200 | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| F27B |  |
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curved tail to match hieroglyphica shape |
| G1000 | n/a |  |
See here |
| G129D | n/a |  |
Sign from the latest version of the Hieroglyphica |
| G14A |  |
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Fixed to match Hieroglyphica shape (legs and neck) |
| G15A |  |
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Fixed to match Hieroglyphica shape (legs and neck) |
| G176A |  |
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Fixed to match Hieroglyphica shape (legs and neck) |
| G177B |  |
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Fixed to match Hieroglyphica shape (legs and neck) |
| G179A |  |
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Fixed to match Hieroglyphica shape (legs and neck) |
| G182A |  |
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Fixed to match Hieroglyphica shape (legs and neck) |
| G183A |  |
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Fixed to match Hieroglyphica shape (legs and neck) |
| G184A |  |
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Fixed to match Hieroglyphica shape (legs and neck) |
| G185A | n/a |  |
Missing sign, added to match the latest version of the Hieroglyphica |
| G186D |  |
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Fixed to match Hieroglyphica shape (legs and neck) |
| G204 |  |
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female ba sign, without beard |
| G204A |  |
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female ba sign, without beard |
| G217 |  |
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fixed size |
| G23A | n/a |  |
added to match the latest version of the Hieroglyphica |
| G266A | n/a |  |
added to match the latest version of the Hieroglyphica |
| G270B |  |
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Fixed to match Hieroglyphica shape (legs and neck) |
| G270C |  |
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Fixed to match Hieroglyphica shape (legs and neck) |
| G283 |  |
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Fixed to match Hieroglyphica shape (legs and neck) |
| G284 |  |
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Fixed to match Hieroglyphica shape (legs and neck) |
| G302 |  |
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the sign is holding a lotus leaf, not feeding a chick |
| G31F | n/a |  |
added to match the latest version of the Hieroglyphica |
| G96C | n/a |  |
added to match the latest version of the Hieroglyphica |
| G96D | n/a |  |
added to match the latest version of the Hieroglyphica |
| H44 |  |
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Modified to match the sign in Hieroglyphica. Was probably the wrong bird. |
| H8 |  |
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thinner line. |
| I138 | n/a |  |
added to match the latest version of the Hieroglyphica |
| I200 | n/a |  |
sign from the CT. See here |
| I70 |  |
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modified to match the style of the other uraei in the font |
| I70A |  |
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modified to match the Hieroglyphica shape |
| I70B |  |
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modified to match the Hieroglyphica shape |
| I70C |  |
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modified to match the Hieroglyphica shape |
| I70D |  |
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modified to match the Hieroglyphica shape |
| I71 |  |
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modified to match the Hieroglyphica shape |
| I71A |  |
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modified to match the Hieroglyphica shape |
| I72 |  |
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modified to match the Hieroglyphica shape |
| I73 |  |
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modified to match the Hieroglyphica shape |
| I74 |  |
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modified to match the Hieroglyphica shape |
| I75 |  |
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modified to match the Hieroglyphica shape |
| M22B | n/a |  |
I gave a Gardiner-like code to this sign. Previously only encoded as nn |
| M3 |  |
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More usual shape for M3 |
| M3B |  |
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modified to match the Hieroglyphica shape |
| M3C |  |
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modified to match the Hieroglyphica shape |
| M3D |  |
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modified to match the Hieroglyphica shape |
| M3E |  |
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modified to match the Hieroglyphica shape |
| M3G | n/a |  |
added to match latest release of Hieroglyphica |
| M43VARA | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| M8D |  |
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Correct number of flowers / Hieroglyphica shape |
| N104 |  |
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thinner lines. See discussion above |
| N104B | n/a |  |
N104 according to Hieroglyphica. See discussion above |
| N16D | n/a |  |
N16 with two dots, a request of the Synoptic Edition of Book of the Dead |
| N200 | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| N36D |  |
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Modified to match Hieroglyphica shape |
| N37A |  |
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Match Hieroglyphica shape: three oblique strokes instead of two |
| N6E | n/a |  |
added to match latest releases of Hieroglyphica |
| N74 |  |
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Modified to match Hieroglyphica shape |
| N97A | n/a |  |
added to match latest releases of Hieroglyphica |
| N97B | n/a |  |
added to match latest releases of Hieroglyphica |
| N97C | n/a |  |
added to match latest releases of Hieroglyphica |
| nTrw | n/a |  |
modified (reduced spacing) |
| O354 | n/a |  |
added to match latest releases of Hieroglyphica |
| O355 | n/a |  |
added to match latest releases of Hieroglyphica |
| O48 |  |
 |
Modified to match Gardiner version: vertical lines. |
| O500 | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| O501 | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| O501A | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| P63 |  |
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Modified to match Hieroglyphica. Very different signs. |
| P8A |  |
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Modified to match Hieroglyphica. |
| Q45 |  |
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Modified to match Hieroglyphica. Four feathers |
| Q47 |  |
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Modified to match Hieroglyphica. Not a bull's head. |
| R18G | n/a |  |
added to match latest releases of Hieroglyphica |
| S204 | n/a |  |
added to match latest releases of Hieroglyphica |
| S205 | n/a |  |
added to match latest releases of Hieroglyphica |
| S206 | n/a |  |
added to match latest releases of Hieroglyphica |
| S23A | n/a |  |
Old and middle Kingdom shape of S23. See here |
| S60 |  |
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slightly modified to match hieroglyphica shape. |
| S60A |  |
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modified to match hieroglyphica shape: S60 without solar disk |
| S65 |  |
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modified to match hieroglyphica shape |
| T100A | n/a |  |
added to match latest releases of Hieroglyphica |
| T130 |  |
 |
modified to match hieroglyphica shape |
| T200 | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| T28A |  |
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thinner lines |
| T77 |  |
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modified to match hieroglyphica. f viper added |
| U200 | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| U200A | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| US22S25A | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| V126 |  |
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modified to match hieroglyphica. The loops touch the gs sign. |
| V141 | n/a |  |
added to match latest releases of Hieroglyphica |
| V2 |  |
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Modified to match the shape in Gardiner font. The loop is above the line |
| V2B |  |
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reduced the size of the loop, and match the Hieroglyphica shape |
| V300 | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| V33B | n/a |  |
Alternative shape of V33, described by A. H. Gardiner in BIFAO 30, p. 170. |
| W17C |  |
 |
Modified to match the Hieroglyphica shape |
| W200 | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| W200A | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| W201 | n/a |  |
Old Kingdom sign. See here |
| W59A |  |
 |
Modified to match the Hieroglyphica shape |
| Y18D | n/a |  |
Added to match the latest version of Hieroglyphica |
| Z40 | n/a |  |
added to match Vector Office X |
| Z41 | n/a |  |
added to match Vector Office X |