unicode-keyboard-layout-phoenician

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Example
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Palæo-Hebrew / Phoenician fonts

NOTE: To be able to display the Unicode characters or glyphs beyond the ASCII range, you will need an appropriate Unicode font installed in your system.

Example

English: John
- Translation: Yahuah is gracious
- Transliteration: Yokanan; Yahukanan; Yochanan; Yohanan
- Modern Hebrew
  - with diacritical marks: יוֹחָנָן
  - without diacritical marks: יוחנן
- Paleo-Hebrew: 𐤉𐤅𐤇𐤍𐤍

To see the Phoenician/Palæo-Hebrew script above, you need a Unicode compliant font. The font must have a properly implemented Unicode characters (it should use not have the Phoenician scripts located in the ASCII range). There are suggested fonts listed below.

Labels/Terminologies

Embed
- Embedding of the font in a document (a setting usually found when saving PDF and documents)
- When viewed, the actual fonts used will be displayed even if the machine does not have the font
Web font (CSS @font-face use)
- web font is not embedding itself on the website
- web font is linking to the font, so the browser can download it in its cache
- because of the above, web font falls under distribution
License: governing license of the font

IMPORTANT: The information below is based on our interpretation of the different licenses. It is in no way a legal advice.
- Creative Commons
  - personal use: yes
  - embed: yes
    - if Share-Alike (SA): a modified version of the original font is allowed provided that the derivative is under the same license as the original
    - if Non-Commercial (NC): the document can not be sold if the embedded font is marked as NC
    - if No-Derivative (ND): only the original font can be embedded in documents
  - web font: yes
    - if Share-Alike (SA): a modified version of the original font is allowed provided that the derivative is under the same license as the original
    - if Non-Commercial (NC): the document can not be sold if the font used is marked as NC
    - if No-Derivative (ND): an ND font used to display a document, or website, should not be modified
- SIL Open Font License (OFL)
  - personal use: yes
  - embed: yes
  - web font: as long as it remains as-is
    - even for slightest modification read: Open Font License FAQ
- GPL+FE: GNU Public License with Font Exception
  - personal use: yes
  - embed: yes
  - web font: yes; but check for other requirements, even for slightest modification of the font
  - see en:wikipedia
- GPL (without Font Exception): GNU Public License
  - personal use: yes
  - embed: no; do not embed these fonts in your documents, as it will become GPL as well
  - web font: not clear
  - ask the Font Foundry/Designer to re-release it with Font Exception (i.e. GPL+FE)
- All Rights Reserved
  - personal use: yes
  - embed: no
  - web font: no
  - contact the Font Foundry/Designer for written permission
Reminder: The above is based on our interpretation of the different licenses. It is in no way a legal advice.
Foundry: designer of the font

Palæo-Hebrew / Phoenician fonts

Unicode range: U+10900…U+1091F
Unicode name: Phoenician
Also known as: Palæo-Hebrew/Paleo-Hebrew/Middle Hebrew
Keyboard layout: PHNX-UKL

Font name	Sample	Download	License	Foundry
Proto Canaanite	PrCan	Culmus Project	GPL+FE	Culmus Project - Yoram Gnat
Hebrew Paleo Gezer	HePGz	Culmus Project	GPL+FE	Culmus Project - Yoram Gnat
Noto Sans Phoenician	NSPHN	Google Noto Fonts	Apache 2.0	Google, Inc.

Proto Canaanite is an Ancient Hebrew script, a parent of Paleo-Hebrew / Phoenician script family.
It may have its own Unicode block in the future, until then, I personally think it's fine to display this using the Phoenician Unicode block or even the modern Hebrew Unicode block.