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Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · 17d

Aleme Tadesse, the Menbere typeface designer, demonstrates Ge'ez calligraphy: youtu.be/sda5RUJM0O0?...

Ge’ez Calligraphy by Aleme Tadesse

YouTube video by Center for African Studies at Howard University

youtu.be

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Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · 24d

I checked with a specialist in the language and am told that 𐩨𐩱𐩯𐩱 is not a word.

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Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · 24d

Josh Johnson sporting a Musnad outfit at the Emmys tonight. A repeating pattern of 𐩨𐩱𐩯𐩱 , would love to know a translation or if it is just a pattern.

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Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · 28d

መልካም አዲስ ዓመት! 🏵️፳፻፲፰🏵️

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.

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Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · Sep 1

A minor update as the MetaAppz fonts go OpenSoure: github.com/geezorg/lega...

Release Legally Free Geʾez Fonts v1.2.1 · geezorg/legally-free-geez-fonts

This is a minor update to v1.2.0 where the MetaAppz fonts (Chiret, Seat, & Tera) are now OpenSource under the Open Font License (OFL). Rejoice! 🎉🎉🎉

github.com

Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · Aug 12

The first update in a year and a half adds 28 typefaces to the “Legally Free Geʾez Fonts” 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:

Legally Free Ge'ez Fonts collection to use and enjoy.

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Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · Aug 11

Hey @visithmml.bsky.social , thanks for posting this great news & milestone on your Facebook page -but please don't forget your Bluesky community 😁

hmml.org/collections/...

Update: Cataloging progress on the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library (EMML)

Update: Cataloging progress on the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library (EMML) page

hmml.org

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Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · Aug 2

This Archive.org link lists everything archived under the base, "manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx", URL:

web.archive.org/web/*/http:/...

Wayback Machine

web.archive.org

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Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · Jul 29

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:

Fonts provided with the GFF Amharic v3.3 keyboard.

Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · Jul 27

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).

BL-Ethiopian-Manuscript-Status.xlsx

docs.google.com

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Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · Jul 22

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 Alẹ́gbẹ́lẹ́yẹ̀ and all involved!

fonts.google.com/specimen/Agb...

An Agbalumo text sample of Ethiopic script in the Ge'ez language.

Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · Jul 16

A new, color, scan of the undeciphered scroll in the @transcrireada.bsky.social‬ 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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Lettre du roi Abba Bagibo au gouverneur du Godjam

Lettre du roi Abba Bagibo au gouverneur du Godjam -- -- manuscrits

gallica.bnf.fr

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Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · Jul 15

RIP @babelstone.co.uk , you will be sorely missed 😥 .

corp.unicode.org/pipermail/un...

Andrew C. West 魏安 1960–2025

corp.unicode.org

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Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · Jul 7

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?...

uKanDanZ - WAR PIGS (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by ukandanz

youtu.be

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Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · Jun 30

Can Bluesky be made to arrange 2 images vertically, instead of horizontally (the default)?

Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · Jun 30

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.

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Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · May 23

A minor update now available. A touch of glow has been added to keys when tapped. iPhone and Android views below.

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Reposted by Daniel Yacob

Aethiopica Journal @aethiopica.bsky.social · May 20

Publication day! 🤩🥳
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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Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · May 17

ዝክረ ቅዱስ ያሬድ -a sermon in English:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=grwC...

ዝክረ ቅዱስ ያሬድ

YouTube video by DSKM EOTC

www.youtube.com

Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · May 8

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.

Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · May 8

The Geʾez 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...

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Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · Apr 18

ኼኽ › ኬክ ? Some kind of hipster cake? Or maybe someone's "k" key got stuck. Nice pastries nonetheless.

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Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · Apr 13

The 2nd part of the interview covers Yemane's personal story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfTa...

Interview with Yemane Russom (Part 2): The Creation of GeezSoft & Digitizing Tigrinya

YouTube video by Daniel Mulugeta

www.youtube.com

Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · Apr 13

An interview with Yemane Russom, of GeezSoft, on the publishing of Woldeab Woldemariam's final book:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ker...

Interviewing Yemane Russom | Publishing Woldeab Woldemariam’s Last Manuscript

YouTube video by Daniel Mulugeta

www.youtube.com

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Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · Apr 8

Some detail that I should have provided. The left side sequence is probably mixed up, but the languages are:

[Left] [Right]
Pashto Amharic
Dari English
Arabic Spanish

Where English is on the backside of each card.

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