Author's note

Paleo-Hebrew, a free dingbat font, turns ancient letterforms into spare, inscription-like marks. The visible style feels lean and calligraphic, with long sweeping curves and a hooked finish that gives the symbols a hand-cut, archaeological character rather than a polished modern rhythm.

That makes it a natural fit for museum graphics, historical book covers, exhibition posters, editorial title cards, and packaging that borrows from antique or ritual references. Used as a free font for short headers, monogram-like emblems, section openers, or atmospheric spot graphics, it brings in just enough old-script texture without reading like a standard Latin display font.

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Basic font information

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Generated by Fontographer 3.5
Font family
Paleo-Hebrew
Font subfamily
NormalA
Unique subfamily identification
Alts:Paleo-Hebrew NormalA
Full font name
Paleo-Hebrew NormalA
Name table version
1.0 Fri Aug 30 20:40:43 1996
Postscript font name
Paleo-Hebrew-NormalA

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Revision1
Glyph count27
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classSymbolic
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI