I have for years been making pieces of calligraphy in the Hebrew language. Passages from the Bible have been done as gifts to relatives or friends. Modern Israeli poetry is also a subject I enjoy. My style of writing with a pen reflects my attitude to the Language. It is a modern Israeli taste as distinct from the medieval or Yiddish styles of Europe. This style derives to some extent from ancient Hebrew texts such as the Dead Sea Scrolls and also Sephardic (Spanish) styles of writing Hebrew.
As my style matured I became attracted to the idea of developing a font. This required a new discipline as each character is printed the same no matter how it occurs in the text. In my calligraphy, I feel the characters should slope in the direction of the writing (and reading) so in my font the italic slopes to the left.
Another project has been to develop a version of my font suited to display in the relatively small sizes seen on the Internet. This font is called Mike Hebrew Web. The design has the goal of readability while retaining a unique style.
New Version 3.1 A page of text in the new version should appear more harmonious due to many small changes in the shape and size of individual characters. Numerals and and words in Western languages now look better in a page of Hebrew. I have removed some of idiosyncracies that came from my personal style of calligraphy and now that's done I wonder why I was so attached to them.
I would be delighted to hear from anyone providing their comments are filled with praise... Seriously, if you have any difficulties with using Mike Hebrew or even if you simply HATE it, just let me know! Contact information