We’ve had several previous versions of the Assyrian Language
Kit in the past 6 years or so and the unique nature of
the Assyrian script has always presented challenges. This upcoming
OS X version is unfortunately no different.
At a typographic level, the Assyrian script is similar to Arabic
in structure — it too is written from right to left and
uses a variety of letter forms depending on the character and
its position in a word (isolated, initial, medial and final).
These same things make it difficult to implement properly and
there are also a few glitches in Apple’s advanced typography support
that are hampering our efforts...so far. Nevertheless, we are
attempting to work around the biggest issues and hope to have
a solution soon.
As you can see above, we provide a total of 4 different fonts
and two different vowel systems (three, if you count the lack of
vowels) — offering support for most varieties of the written
language. All four of our fonts are designed from scratch and
represent traditional typestyles used by various communities.
More news about when you can expect an OS X version of the Assyrian
Language Kit will be made available once we’ve addressed
the remaining problem areas.