Mike Hebrew Regular and Bold The goal has been to convey some of the ancient calligraphic qualities of the language but at the same time acheive a modern appearance. The calligraphic features include diagonal strokes rather than the strict "square" design of most hebrew fonts. Mike Hebrew also has a softness of overall appearance acheived by rounding the ends of the strokes.
The full set of niqud and cantillation marks allow this font to be used for religeous text.
Mike Hebrew Italic and Bold Italic This was the first font I designed being similar to my calligraphic hand. The reason I named it Italic was for convenience in using wordprocessors most of which have a button for italic. When the "Italic" button is pressed the text becomes slanted. For some years, I had the sloped version as a separate font called "Atiq"! Such a font is intended to have a more ancient style.
You can use Mike Hebrew Italic or Mike Hebrew Bold Italic for inscriptions (even in stone!), for framed quotations and for poetry.
These fonts slope towards the left as does the writing in the Dead Sea Scrolls and I have favored this in my hand calligraphy. If a italic font is not available in a word processor, pressing the Italic button causes the software to generate a faux font sloping to the right. This can be rather ugly. Another reason for me to supply Mike Hebrew Italic and Bold Italic.
Mixing Hebrew and Latin The font Mike Hebrew also includes Latin characters (the ABC in upper and lower case) which are intended to be used when a few words or sentences of English appear in the middle of a Hebrew text. The ABC can dominate visual because the letters contain more verticals and often are more compact (more black). In Mike Hebrew, the Latin characters are made a bit smaller and lighter so they will not stand out so much in a page of Hebrew.
Mike Hebrew Web The primary goal of the design was to provide the unique characteristics of the Mike Hebrew family and at the same time to ensure readibility.
Mike Hebrew Web works well for reading on-line Israeli newspapers or email. You can set the options in your browser and email to do this. Note that the person who receives email from you will not see Mike Hebrew unless they have it on their machine and make it the font they use in reading Hebrew email.
There is no italic version of Mike Hebrew Web. The slope would make the text less legible especially in small sizes. Niqud and cantillation are only included for completeness.
I designed this font using Font Creator Program Version 5.6 from High Logic.
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