@ethiopic.bsky.social
Typer of the keys. Also: https://vt.academia.edu/DanielYacob , https://typo.social/@ethiopic , https://x.com/ethiopic
Plus, I'll be there, signing autographs for all who ask. ๐
If you can't make it, but would like to help support independent & woman filmmakers, consider buying a ticket anyway ๐
If you're local to Alexandria, VA, here's a rare opportunity to see an Amharic film in a major movie theater. Kidist Bayelign's latest film, Liya, will be presented at the Regal Theater in Kingstowne, Alexandria on Sunday, November 16th. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/liya-ticke...
13.11.2025 14:37 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0The latest update now finds 198 Ge'ez manuscripts back online! Bravo @britishlibrary.bsky.social !
06.11.2025 01:48 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Or, directly from Random House: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803893...
04.11.2025 16:36 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"Ethiopian Devotions: Paintings, Illuminated Manuscripts, and Processional Crosses from the Fourteenth to the Twentieth Centuries" - the final work of the late Dr. Marilyn Heldman has been published today: www.amazon.com/gp/product/1...
04.11.2025 16:34 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Scenes of Ge'ez calligraphy, animated ... cool! Great job all around! Even more animations in the channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxzR...
24.10.2025 02:23 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Aleme Tadesse, the Menbere typeface designer, demonstrates Ge'ez calligraphy: youtu.be/sda5RUJM0O0?...
22.09.2025 12:37 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I checked with a specialist in the language and am told that ๐ฉจ๐ฉฑ๐ฉฏ๐ฉฑ is not a word.
15.09.2025 11:48 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Josh Johnson sporting a Musnad outfit at the Emmys tonight. A repeating pattern of ๐ฉจ๐ฉฑ๐ฉฏ๐ฉฑ , would love to know a translation or if it is just a pattern.
15.09.2025 04:49 โ ๐ 40 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Base Layer.
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From Jermia Bayisa on Facebook.
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A new keyboard for a new year! A simple QWERTY-style design modeled on the iPhone & iPad layouts.
keyman.com/keyboards/gf...
Dedicated in memory of Yohannes Ejigu, a self-taught app developer whose Fyn Ge'ez keyboard set the quality standard - brilliant light sorely missed.
A minor update as the MetaAppz fonts go OpenSoure: github.com/geezorg/lega...
01.09.2025 15:53 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Legally Free Ge'ez Fonts collection to use and enjoy.
The first update in a year and a half adds 28 typefaces to the โLegally Free Geสพez Fontsโ collection. In total, a gift of 198 typefaces from just over 30 designers, totally free for you to use and enjoy! #Ethiopic
github.com/geezorg/lega...
Preview of new additions:
Hey @visithmml.bsky.social , thanks for posting this great news & milestone on your Facebook page -but please don't forget your Bluesky community ๐
hmml.org/collections/...
This Archive.org link lists everything archived under the base, "manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx", URL:
web.archive.org/web/*/http:/...
Fonts provided with the GFF Amharic v3.3 keyboard.
The GFF Amharic Keyman Keyboard v3.3 is ready for download (desktop & mobile), keyman.com/keyboards/gf...
The desktop keyboard now provides the wonderful Agbalumo and Menbere fonts. The full listing of bundled fonts appears below:
By 2021, the @britishlibrary.bsky.social had digitized 300 Ethiopian Manuscripts. Since the October 2023 cyberattack, 36 have been restored. This spreadsheet (docs.google.com/spreadsheets...) lists the manuscripts and maps the old URL to the new. Sources used are in the spreadsheet (2nd tab).
27.07.2025 13:10 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
An Agbalumo text sample of Ethiopic script in the Ge'ez language.
ICYMI, the Agbalumo #Ethiopic font was integrated into Agbalumo proper and became available recently at the Google Fonts site for all to enjoy. Bravo Raphael Alแบนฬgbแบนฬlแบนฬyแบนฬ and all involved!
fonts.google.com/specimen/Agb...
A new, color, scan of the undeciphered scroll in the @transcrireada.bsky.socialโฌ collection was published online this month. The scans give a boost to a new effort attempting to decipher it:
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
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RIP @babelstone.co.uk , you will be sorely missed ๐ฅ .
corp.unicode.org/pipermail/un...
So this popped up in my youtube feed today, I had missed the original video release. "Wow" to put it mildly. The language change, use of horns, and performance in suits are all delightfully jarring:
youtu.be/8kVYdLjoyPE?...
Can Bluesky be made to arrange 2 images vertically, instead of horizontally (the default)?
30.06.2025 16:49 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Harege Fidelat Keyboard.
Mesobe Fidelat Keyboard.
The Harege Fidelat and Mesobe Fidelat mobile keyboards received updates last week that polish some CSS stylings. Search for the keyboards by name from your Keyman mobile app to install.
30.06.2025 15:57 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A minor update now available. A touch of glow has been added to keys when tapped. iPhone and Android views below.
23.05.2025 06:18 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Publication day! ๐คฉ๐ฅณ
We are extremely excited to share the new volume of AETHIOPICA with you!
Vol. 27 (2024) is hot off the press, and also available online in open access.
journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/aethiopica/i...
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แฑแต แซแฌแต -a sermon in English:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=grwC...
Some new efficiency features are subtle:
* downward "flick" to enter the key shown in the hint.
* tap to enter the key shown (the most frequently occurring).
* double-tap to enter the 1st order (2nd most frequently occurring)
* triple-tap to enter the "hint" key in 1st order.
The Geสพez Frontier Foundation's Keyman mobile keyboard for Amharic v3.2 arrives. Updates include: hints (top-right corner of keys), flick, and multi-tap entry: keyman.com/keyboards/gf...
08.05.2025 16:55 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
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แผแฝ โบ แฌแญ ? Some kind of hipster cake? Or maybe someone's "k" key got stuck. Nice pastries nonetheless.
18.04.2025 20:03 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The 2nd part of the interview covers Yemane's personal story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfTa...
13.04.2025 23:09 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
An interview with Yemane Russom, of GeezSoft, on the publishing of Woldeab Woldemariam's final book:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ker...
