I did a little research for the website logo and found
Paul Morrow's work (and wouldn't you believe it, he's Canadian. just proves to show how we pinoys need to cherish our heritage more, and i'm glad i'm part of that here in Baraw Sugbo, well, website-wise anyway). I thought you guys might be interested:
Bisaya Hervás is based on a typeface that appeared in 1787 in an Italian work by Lorenzo Hervás y Pandura, Saggio prattico delle lingue… (Practical examples of languages with prologues and a collection of the Lord's prayer in over 300 languages and dialects). Because this book was not written specifically about the Philippines or Philippine languages, I believe that the type style is taken from an earlier source. It most closely resembles Ezguerra's typeface of 1663 in his Arte de la lengua Bisaya en la provincia de Leyte. The samples used to create this font are from two Austrian books that reproduced Cebuano text in this baybayin style, Illustrirte Geschichte der Schrift (The Illustrated History of Writing) by Karl Faulman, 1880 and Sprachenhalle (Hall of Languages) by Alois Auer, 1847.
Although the Spanish + shaped kudlít was not used in these documents, it is available in this font. There was also no letter for Wa; the U/O character was used instead. The R sound was represented by the letter Da in Bisayan words and the La character was used for Spanish words. Many thanks go to Mr. Wolfgang Kuhl for providing scans of these documents and some source infromation.Anywho, here's where you can get the font for writing on your computers:
Windows -
http://www.barawsugbo.com/uploads/bisherv.ttfMacintosh -
http://www.barawsugbo.com/uploads/bisherv.sitBasic/Elementary Instructions on how to write:
http://www.barawsugbo.com/uploads/bisherv.rtfEnjoy! ^_^
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