Rashi script

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Hebrew typeface semi-cursive script

Rashi script is a semi-cursive Hebrew typeface historically used in Jewish religious and scholarly texts, especially for commentaries and Judeo-languages.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Solitreo script 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew typeface ⓘ
semi-cursive script ⓘ
associatedWith Jewish printing ⓘ
Sephardic tradition ⓘ
rabbinic literature ⓘ
commonlyPrintedIn Mikraot Gedolot ⓘ
Talmud editions ⓘ
rabbinic commentaries around main text ⓘ
culturalContext Jewish textual tradition ⓘ
Sephardic printing tradition ⓘ
developedInPeriod late Middle Ages ⓘ
developedInRegion Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Sephardi Jews ⓘ
surface form: Sephardic Jewish communities
distinguishedFrom Ashkenazi cursive Hebrew ⓘ
square Hebrew script ⓘ
firstWidelyUsedIn Jewish printing ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew incunabula
firstWidelyUsedInCentury 15th century ⓘ
glyphStyle distinct from handwritten Rashi script ⓘ
semi-cursive letterforms ⓘ
hasLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
hasTransliteration Rashi ⓘ
namedAfter Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki ⓘ
Rashi ⓘ
notUsedFor main biblical text in printed editions ⓘ
requiresFontSupport specialized Hebrew fonts ⓘ
scriptFamily Hebrew script ⓘ
stillInUse true ⓘ
typographicRole commentary typeface ⓘ
secondary text typeface ⓘ
UnicodeBlock Hebrew ⓘ
usedAlongside square Hebrew type ⓘ
usedBy Jewish scholars ⓘ
publishers of traditional Jewish texts ⓘ
religious students ⓘ
usedFor Bible commentaries ⓘ
Jewish religious texts ⓘ
Jewish scholarly texts ⓘ
Judeo-Arabic ⓘ
Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) ⓘ
surface form: Judeo-Spanish

Judeo-languages ⓘ
Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) ⓘ
surface form: Ladino

Talmud commentaries ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
rabbinic commentaries ⓘ
visualFunction to distinguish commentary from primary text ⓘ
writingDirection right-to-left ⓘ
writingSystem Hebrew alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lamed → appearsInScriptType → Rashi script ⓘ
Aleph → hasCalligraphicStyle → Rashi script ⓘ
Gimel → hasCalligraphicStyle → Rashi script ⓘ
Resh → hasScriptForm → Rashi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Solitreo script
Judeo-Arabic → scriptVariant → Rashi script ⓘ
Yod → scriptVariant → Rashi script ⓘ
Judeo-Persian → usesScriptVariant → Rashi script ⓘ
Judezmo → writingSystem → Rashi script ⓘ