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Hesperapis

A reproduction of the 1868–69 Russell Bros. typeface, drawn for the Illinois Deseret Consortium.

𐐔𐐓𐐙
StyleText face
Weights1 weight
ScriptDeseret, U+10400–1044F
FormatsOTF · WOFF2
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Ligatures: 𐐱 + j → 𐑎, 𐐉 + j → 𐐦, 𐐭 + j → 𐑏, 𐐅 + j → 𐐧. Underlined letters show which spelling in the keyword stands for the sound. Keywords from The Deseret Alphabet (Shosted & Davis). For system-wide typing, get IDC Deseret on Keyman ↗; to convert English, try 2deseret ↗.

Weights
Regular 400
𐐜 𐐒𐐋𐐗 𐐉𐐚 𐐣𐐃𐐡𐐣𐐊𐐤. 𐐐𐐶𐐩𐑉𐑁𐐬𐑉, 𐐮𐐻 𐐮𐑆 𐐰𐑌 𐐰𐐺𐑉𐐮𐐾𐑋𐐯𐑌𐐻 𐐱𐑂 𐑄 𐑉𐐯𐐿𐐲𐑉𐐼 𐐱𐑂 𐑄 𐐹𐐨𐐹𐑊 𐐱𐑂 𐐤𐐨𐑁𐐴
Specimen
The full specimen of IDC Hesperapis: every glyph, majuscules and minuscules, a page per weight. Download PDF
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