Author's note

Visit the Nil by Manfred Klein is a free ancient Egyptian dingbat font built from tall, profile-view figures. The silhouettes use sharply outlined headdresses, staffs, and elongated limbs, with small interior details reserved for faces, collars, and clothing. Each character reads like a compact wall-painting motif.

Subjects drawn from pharaohs, deities, and ceremonial attendants make the font especially apt for museum education, historical games, and Egypt-themed events. In publishing, it can supply chapter ornaments or illustrated borders, but its clearest role is in educational material where the recognizable poses introduce ancient Egyptian subjects at a glance and function as imagery rather than ordinary lettering.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright (c) 5-5-05 M. Klein
Font family
VisitTheNil
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
VisitTheNil
Full font name
VisitTheNil
Name table version
1.0 2005-05-05
Postscript font name
VisitTheNil

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2005-05-07
Revision1
Glyph count228
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classSymbolic
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionMixed directional glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced