A Modern Hebrew Sans Serif Font for an Ancient Script

Shuneet Classic

The following text is set in Shuneet Classic which has all instantly recognizable characteristics of the Shuneet family of fonts.
It is sans serif modern yet with a feeling for the ancient.
אבגדהוזח טיכלמנס עפצק רשת ךםןףץ
Indeed the whole of this website is displayed using the Latin characters that are a part of this font. The Latin characters are designed to work alongside the Hebrew in an unobtrusive manner.
Abcd Defg Ghijklm Mnop Pqrstu Uvwxyz

Decorative

A line or page of text in Shuneet has a decorative appearance while at the same time each character has a simple sans-serif form.

The font Shuneet Original is intended to serve a decorative function. has the appeal of calligraphy and goes with the movement of the eye from right to left.
אבגדהוזח טיכלמנס עפצק רשת ךםןףץ
Note how some of letters overlap with the next letter in a 'nested' fashion.

Practical

The fonts include Latin characters for displaying Engish, French etc. All the fonts come in a WOFF version for use on web sites.
All Shuneet fonts have the same vertical dimensions and so may be be used interchangably on the same page or even in the same line.

Wordprocessor Set

These sans serif fonts are set up to work out-of-the-box in word processors. There are four fonts, each with a Regular and a Bold.

Classic		אבגדהוזח טיכלמנס עפצק רשת ךםןףץ Abcd Defg Ghijklm Mnop Pqrstu Uvwxyz
Classic Bold		אבגדהוזח טיכלמנס עפצק רשת ךםןףץ Abcd Defg Ghijklm Mnop Pqrstu Uvwxyz
Classic Italic		אבגדהוזח טיכלמנס עפצק רשת ךםןףץ Abcd Defg Ghijklm Mnop Pqrstu Uvwxyz
Classic Italic Bold		אבגדהוזח טיכלמנס עפצק רשת ךםןףץ Abcd Defg Ghijklm Mnop Pqrstu Uvwxyz
Original		אבגדהוזח טיכלמנס עפצק רשת ךםןףץ Abcd Defg Ghijklm Mnop Pqrstu Uvwxyz
Original Bold		אבגדהוזח טיכלמנס עפצק רשת ךםןףץ Abcd Defg Ghijklm Mnop Pqrstu Uvwxyz
Square		אבגדהוזח טיכלמנס עפצק רשת ךםןףץ Abcd Defg Ghijklm Mnop Pqrstu Uvwxyz
Square Bold		אבגדהוזח טיכלמנס עפצק רשת ךםןףץ Abcd Defg Ghijklm Mnop Pqrstu Uvwxyz

Designer Set

The font Shuneet Classic in seven weights. For graphic designers who want to get just the right degree of light or dark for a particular application.

Thin		אבגדהוזח טיכלמנס עפצק רשת ךםןףץ Abcd Defg Ghijklm Mnop Pqrstu Uvwxyz
Light		אבגדהוזח טיכלמנס עפצק רשת ךםןףץ Abcd Defg Ghijklm Mnop Pqrstu Uvwxyz
Book		אבגדהוזח טיכלמנס עפצק רשת ךםןףץ Abcd Defg Ghijklm Mnop Pqrstu Uvwxyz
Medium		אבגדהוזח טיכלמנס עפצק רשת ךםןףץ Abcd Defg Ghijklm Mnop Pqrstu Uvwxyz
Demi		אבגדהוזח טיכלמנס עפצק רשת ךםןףץ Abcd Defg Ghijklm Mnop Pqrstu Uvwxyz
Bold		אבגדהוזח טיכלמנס עפצק רשת ךםןףץ Abcd Defg Ghijklm Mnop Pqrstu Uvwxyz
Heavy		אבגדהוזח טיכלמנס עפצק רשת ךםןףץ Abcd Defg Ghijklm Mnop Pqrstu Uvwxyz

Some biographical stuff
Blog: wordpress.hebrewfontshuneet.com
Bio as artist: cunliffethompson.com

What's New

This release is for new Hebrew Font Shuneet3

Italic

Which way to slant the Hebrew Italic font?

I have added an Italic that as expected leans to the right. This is the way most wordprocessors work and what Israelis expect. When you select Shuneet Classic on a wordprocessor and press the [I] button will get you this. In previous versions the italic leant towards the left in the direction of reading - that font is now called Shuneet Original.

Shuneet Original

Here is a Hebrew font that leans to the left. My favorite slant...

This font is based on my own style of Hebrew calligraphy. It is more slightly less minimal than the other Shuneet fonts. It leans to the left and visually goes with the flow of reading. Although modern in both simplicity and sans-serif, it could be decribed as being an Old Style Font even ancient in character. Fittingly the numerals are in old style.

Web Fonts

For each of the Shuneet fonts I have provided a web font (.woff) for use on your web site.

Other Improvements

There are numerous improvements although most of them are individually very small. Greater use has been made Open Type capabiities to layout out each letter correctly relative to neighbouring letters. The goal was to make every page, or sentence, or single word look more harmonious.

License

This is a free font. The license requires that if you make use of it by altering it in any way then the resulting font should be no less free.

The Open Font License is a free software license, and as such permits the fonts to be used, modified, and distributed freely (so long as the resulting fonts remain under the Open Font License). Note that "Shuneet" is a Reserved Font Name.

This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
The text of the license is available with a FAQ at: http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Michael Cunliffe Thompson. April 2016

Free Font Downloads

These Open Type fonts are for word processors and design software that can handle Unicode and have right to left capability. They will work on Windows, Mac OSX and Unix. Please first read Frequently Asked Questions unless you are experienced in downloading Hebrew fonts.

Click on these links to download the fonts:
Word Processor Set (ZIP file)
Designer Set (ZIP file)

Web Font Downloads. You will need to put these font files on your server to enable HTML code to display the font Shuneet on your web pages. You can find examples on how to do this on the Internet.
Click on this link to download the Web fonts: Woff Set (ZIP file)

License This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
The text of the license is available with a FAQ at: http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

How to Install There are now so many types of computer and internet browsers having different procedures so the following tips can only be a rough guide.

On Windows: Click on the above links to zip files, they will be downloaded to your machine.
Save them into a some convenient temporary folder on your hard drive
Double clicking on a ZIP file will show you what is inside and allow you to drag
the fonts themselves into you temporary folder. Next select all the fonts and
right click with the mouse. Select the menu item "Install"
and the fonts will all be installed and ready for use.

On the Mac Click on the above links to zip files, they will be downloaded to your machine. An icon may appear on the Desktop.
Next, double click on the icon for the ZIP file and a folder window will open with the font files.
Double click on a font file and another window will appear with an "Install" button in it. Press this button. Do this for each font. In FontBook you will see the new font families appear.
If you previously had an older version of the font you
may use Resolve Duplicates to make sure the latest version is used.

Again, if any doubts have a look at Frequently Asked Questions.

Counters restarted April, 2016.
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