[B-Greek] pictures of the new SBL GNT

Ian W Scott iscott at tyndale.ca
Thu Dec 2 22:38:54 EST 2010


Yes, the font is bigger than NA27. The font is the relatively new SBL
Greek, the unicode heir to the old SPIonic. The font has a very free
license, so it's easy to use in other projects.

Ian

On Fri, 2010-12-03 at 14:36 +1100, Nigel Chapman wrote:
> To whomever answers Mark's question...
> 
> Can you also say what the font is? It should be on the front page. I'm
> curious as to whether it's GFS NeoHellenic?
> 
> http://www.greekfontsociety.gr/pages/en_typefaces20th.html
> 
> http://code.google.com/webfonts/family?family=GFS+Neohellenic&subset=greek
> 
> Looks like a rounded sans-serif, but it's slightly cursive like Gentium
> also; seems midway in between.
> 
> More readable than older fonts, though, even at a smaller point size.
> 
> Nigel.
> 
> 
> On Fri, December 3, 2010 1:52 pm, Mark Lightman wrote:
> 
> > Somebody posted some nice shots of the new SBL GNT:
> >
> > http://walkingtowardsjerusalem.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/sblna2.jpg
> >
> > It looks like the font is larger than the standard NA editon.  Can someone
> > who
> > has the book confirm this?
> >
> >  Mark L
> >
> >
> >
> > FWSFOROS MARKOS
> >
> >
> >
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Ian W. Scott, Ph.D. (McMaster RS)
Associate Professor of New Testament
Tyndale Seminary
Toronto, Canada
http://www.ian-w-scott.com
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