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    What is the Estrangelo Edessa font named after?

    Question #79015. Asked by karshook. (Apr 17 07 2:38 PM)


    lanfranco

    		Sounds like a mysterious fictional character, doesn't it?

    The best I can do is tell you that "Estrangelo" is a script for writing Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic. Edessa is a place name, given or once given to more than one location. Evidently, someone decided that the two words sounded great together. And they do.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edessa

    Apr 17 07, 3:25 PM
    zbeckabee

    		I'm not finding any major information. However, did stumble upon this: "Estrangelo Edessa, based on the popular Estrangelo type used in printed editions; 1b Estrangelo Nisibin, based on types used in the press of the Assyrian Church of the East, Mosul; 1c Estrangelo Midyat, based on a manuscript at Mor Gabriel Monastery."

    http://syrcom.cua.edu/hugoye/Vol3No2/HV3N2PRKiraz.html

    Apr 17 07, 4:57 PM

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