Author's note

Glyph Basic 3 by the Centre for Computer-aided Egyptological Research is a free ancient dingbats font built from spare Egyptian-looking symbols. The set shown mixes zigzag bands, looped rail forms, forked staffs, and rounded stela-like shapes, so the overall feel is more like a toolkit of inscription fragments than ornamental decoration.

That makes it useful for museum graphics, archaeology books, exhibition panels, historical game interfaces, and chapter openings that need a quick reference to Egyptian material culture. As a free font, it also fits title cards, borders, and short academic callouts where those pared-back emblem forms can do the work of a small visual cue.

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Character map

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Basic Latin - Character map

Basic font information

Copyright notice
© 1995 Centre for Computeraided Egyptological Research, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Font family
GlyphBasic3
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Altsys Fontographer 4.0.4 GlyphBasic3
Full font name
GlyphBasic3
Name table version
Altsys Fontographer 4.0.4 14021995
Postscript font name
GlyphBasic3

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Revision1
Glyph count215
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsLicensed font (protected)
Family classSymbolic
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureOutlined
PitchNot monospaced
Complete pack contains 4 font weights listed below:
Glyph3.ttf
Glyph1.ttf
Glyph2.ttf
Glyph4.ttf