Fonts
Listed below are the fonts that I’ve created for my various publications. These fonts may be purchased and utilized for personal use only. If you’d like to purchase these fonts, or you’d like to use these for commercial or public applications, please contact me via the contact page.
These fonts are updated regularly as issues are found and fixed. If you have an issue with one of the fonts or a suggestion for improving them, please send me an email.
The fonts have all been optimized for use in Microsoft Office Word 365 on Windows 10, and I cannot guarantee that they will work for other software or on other operating systems.
Roedelheim Type 2 - v3.0.1.1
This is the first font in my collection. It is quite crude and does not support Taamei Mikroh (trop). It has largely been usurped by the newer “Taamei Roedelheim Type 2” (see below).
Taamei Roedelheim Type 2 - v3.3.2
This is my primary font, and most of my publications use it as the main font. It is based on the font used in the “Siddur Schaare Tefillah,” published in 1906 in Frankfurt a.M. (Rödelheim) by Joseph Benjamin Levy. It was originally designed as a modified version of the traditional “Roedelheim” font (see “Taamei Roedelheim Type 1” below) for use in school siddurim. The changes were made to make the letters more differentiable from each other. The font was later utilized by Raphael N. Levi in his Amud Siddurim for K’hal Adath Jeshurun, printed in 1965 and 1983.
I designed this font to replace my original font “Roedelheim Type 2.” This font improves the uniformity of various nekudos, as well as the spacing between letters. It also adds full support for Taamei Mikroh (hence the font name).
As this is my primary font, it is also the most advanced in my collection, and is updated much more frequently than the others. If you use this font, make sure to check here periodically to make sure you have the latest version installed.
If you find an issue with this font or any of the others, or if you are having trouble typing a specific set of characters, please contact me via the Contact page, as I may be able to provide a solution to your issue without requiring a font update.
Taamei Roedelheim Type 1 XL - v1.0.1
This font is the largest in the font family of the traditional “Roedelheim” font. It was used in applications which required very large letters, such as book titles and Kiddush Levanah boards.
This digital rendition is based on the shell of an early version of “Taamei Roedelheim Type 2.” The Nekudos and Taamei Mikroh were all recycled from there, though the character placements were adjusted to match the new letters. This process was also used on all the other fonts in the Taamei Roedelheim Type 1 family.
Taamei Roedelheim Type 1 Large - v1.0.2
This is the regular traditional “Roedelheim” font. It needs a little bit of work straightening the letters and making them all the same size, but it is still quite usable.
Taamei Roedelheim Type 1 Med - v1.0
This is the smaller “Roedelheim” font, used for all the mid-sized texts in the traditional Roedelheim publications. It also needs a bit of work with the sizing, but not as much as the larger font.
Judisch-deutsch - v1.0
Also known as Frauendeutsch or Vaybertaytsh, this font was originally used in Europe to write German text using Hebrew characters.
This digital rendition needs significant work to make all the letters the same size.
Roedelheim Fraktur - v1.0
This font is a variation of the traditional German Fraktur font family. It was used in all publications from Rödelheim before WWII. The download file contains the regular font, as well as a bold version. These fonts can be used as independent fonts, or they can be used together as an embedded bold font by pressing the “bold” button.