https://github.com/alexeyev/gardiner2unicode

f("A1") = 𓀀; also A1.png
https://github.com/alexeyev/gardiner2unicode

egyptology gardiner unicode-characters

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f("A1") = 𓀀; also A1.png

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/alexeyev/gardiner2unicode
• Owner: alexeyev
• License: mit
• Created: 2021-11-26T19:24:58.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2021-12-16T20:32:09.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-22T08:48:09.787Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: egyptology, gardiner, unicode-characters
• Language: Python
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• Size: 370 KB
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Citation: CITATION.cff

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# gardiner2unicode: Mapping Egyptian Hieroglyphs

A Python3.6+ package that 

* provides a convenient out-of-the-box way to access the mapping 

of [Gardiner's Sign List](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardiner%27s_sign_list) codes to unicode IDs;

* generates hieroglyphs as images.

A list of hieroglyphs was copied from 

[this Wikipedia template](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:List_of_hieroglyphs&action=edit).

A 2.06 version of [NewGardiner font](https://mjn.host.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/egyptian/fonts/newgardiner.html) is used

by default. Please note that since 2.05 its license is [OFL 1.1](https://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=OFL_web).

One can use any other font with `UnicodeGlyphGenerator`.

![Python 3x](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.x-blue.svg)

[![PyPI version][pypi_badge]][pypi_link]

[![Downloads](https://pepy.tech/badge/gardiner2unicode)](https://pepy.tech/project/gardiner2unicode)

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[pypi_link]: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/gardiner2unicode

## Installation

    pip install -U gardiner2unicode

## Usage example

```python

from gardiner2unicode import GardinerToUnicodeMap, UnicodeGlyphGenerator

g2u = GardinerToUnicodeMap()

print(g2u.to_unicode_hex("A1"))

ugg = UnicodeGlyphGenerator()

ugg.generate_image("𓉓", save_path_png="O3_image.png")

```

Output:

`00013000`

![O3](O3_image.png?raw=true "Generated O3 image: a combination of a house, an oar, a tall loaf and a beer jug.")

## How to cite

Please cite this repository if you use this work in your research.

```bibtex

@misc{gardiner2unicode2021alekseev,

  title     = {{alexeyev/gardiner2unicode: Mapping Egyptian Hieroglyphs}},

  author    = {Anton Alekseev}, 

  year      = {2021},

  url       = {https://github.com/alexeyev/gardiner2unicode},

  language  = {english},

  publisher = {GitHub}, 

  journal   = {GitHub repository},  

  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/alexeyev/gardiner2unicode/}}, 

}

```

## Links

* [NewGardiner font](https://mjn.host.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/egyptian/fonts/newgardiner.html)

* [Gardiner's Sign List](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardiner%27s_sign_list)