[XeTeX] Egyptian hieroglyphs in XeTeX

[Janusz S. Bień]

On Tue, 25 Aug 2009  "Robert B. Gozzoli" <r.b.gozzoli at gmail.com> wrote:

[...]

> At the moment, I am using a specialised word processor, where I can
> type ASCII codes, and then copy and paste them, if I am in Word or
> similar processor. In TeX, I can save as picture and then insert it in
> such a way. 

Are you familiar with the work of  Serge Rosmorduc

    http://webperso.iut.univ-paris8.fr/~rosmord/PortraitE.html

in particular his HieroTex

    http://webperso.iut.univ-paris8.fr/~rosmord/archives/

and JSesh

    http://webperso.iut.univ-paris8.fr/~rosmord/Sesh/Sesh.html

?

Looks like it is no longer developed, but perhaps it is a good
starting point.

Best regards

Janusz

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dr hab. Janusz S. Bien, prof. UW -  Uniwersytet Warszawski (Katedra Lingwistyki Formalnej)
Prof. Janusz S. Bien - Warsaw University (Department of Formal Linguistics)
jsbien at uw.edu.pl, jsbien at mimuw.edu.pl, http://fleksem.klf.uw.edu.pl/~jsbien/