Originally drawn in 1999 as a college project with the ambition to make the ‘most beautiful’ alphabet in the world. After these heroic beginnings Spaghetti lay dormant in the VLNL vaults for many years, appearing to silently peter away. Now look at it! Ten years hence, it is finally being served up in glorious OpenType, precisely al dente. As automated special sauce, each lowercase character before or after a space receives a nice little ball ending to round things off. And finally, the parmesan cheese sprinkled on top is like a tasty bunch of ligatures – enough to make your mouth water.

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 Der schludrige und raue handgeschriebene Fraktur Cha­rak­ter, geben der Schrift eine hohe Wiedererkennung und eine gewisse Einzigartigkeit. Das Motto lautet handgemacht, rau, Fraktur & modern. EINSATZGEBIETE
 Das dreckige, dicke Aussehen der handgeschriebenen Schrift würde sich über fol­gende Gebiete sehr freuen und sich dort dreckig heimisch füh­len: Logos/Wortmarken aller Art, Flyer für fast jede Party, Plat­ten­Co­ver, Comic-Cover und Gra­phic Novel Let­te­ring, Pla­kat­ De­sign, Movie-Font, als Head­line­schrift für print und digi­tale Maga­zine, Bücher und Web­sei­ten u.v.m. TECHNISCHE INFORMATIONEN Überschriften | Auszeichnungsschrift | Fraktur Handschrift »Modern Hand Fraktur«. OpenType Schrift mit 258 Glyphen & 1 Schriftschnitt (regu­lar). Symbole und Ligaturen (mit dia­kri­ti­schen Zei­chen & €)

Palatino Arabic is a collaboration between Lebanese designer Nadine Chahine and Prof. Hermann Zapf. The design is based on the Al-Ahram typeface designed by Zapf in 1956 but reworked and modified to fit the Palatino nova family. The design is Naskh in style but with a strong influence of the Thuluth style as well. This is evident in the swash-like finials and the wide proportions of the letterforms. It is designed for use in print in both large and small sizes. The counters are wide open to allow for better readability in small sizes as well as to maintain an open and friendly appearance. The font has 1091 glyphs and includes a large number of extra ligatures and stylistic alternates as well as the basic Latin part of Palatino nova and support for Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. It also includes proportional and tabular numerals for the supported languages. Palatino Arabic wins Type Directors Club award. Each year, the New York-based Type Directors Club judges typeface designs from all over the world in their TDC2 contest. Linotype is pleased to announce that a very new typeface of its own is among 2008’s winners: Palatino Arabic. A collaboration between Nadine Chahine and Prof. Hermann Zapf, this face is an extension of Zapf’s Al-Ahram Arabic type from 1956 recreated to join the Palatino nova family.

Old Labels JNL was inspired by the red and white gummed labels that were used for shipping parcels long before self-adhesive materials and desktop publishing rendered the older labels obsolete. The fifty-two glyphs include a generous supply of phrases such as ‘Air Mail’, ‘Do Not Bend’, ‘Rush’, etc. along with a number of blank label backgrounds and decorative frames. NOTE: Commercial replication of the images within this font for any resale purposes (including, but not limited to labels, t-shirts, stock designs, et al) requires a separate license which may be obtained by contacting the designer via the email address found within the End User License Agreement.

Bestlady is a romantic textured brush font suitable perfectly for invitations, brand projects, logos, greeting cards, news, product packaging, posters blogs, everything including personal charm etc. This font is alternates all lowercase,also have equipped with 69 ligatures unique and beautiful: zz yy ww vv uu tt tl th st ss sh rr qq pp oz oy ow ov ou ot os or op oo on om ol ok oj oi og of od oc ob nt nn nl ng mm lt ll lh kk is ii id hh gg ff et el ee cl ck ch cc bl bb aw at ap an am al ah af ab aa

Shubbak ('window' in Arabic) is a highly flexible Arabic Sans (Kufic) typeface that was designed to work with a wide range of Latin counterparts. A friendly and human typeface family that is very flexible to use when coupled with many popular fonts you may use. Full set of Arabic, Farsi (Persian) and Urdu character sets as well as a basic Latin set are included. There is also a Variable version of Shubbak. Designed originally by British designer Ruh Al-Alam, further developed by Mohammed Gabr, Muhammad Hadi and then fully expanded by Abdelrahman Farahat. Archetype Foundry aims to help revolutionise and spread the use of beautiful Arabic and multi-lingual typefaces.

Designed at Polygraphmash type design bureau in 1951-52 by Vera Chiminova, Isay Slutsker, et al. Based on Candida of Ludwig&Mayer, 1936, by Jakob Erbar. This typeface has the characteristics of slab-serif, but serifs are much thinner. The capitals are of generous width, x-height is large. Good legibility in small sizes makes this typeface useful in newspaper and magazine typography, while strong character shapes provide for pleasant display lines. The digital version in 3 weights was designed at Polygraphmash by Alexander Tarbeev in 1988. Small capitals, additional Bold, Extra Bold, and Extra Condensed styles were developed by Manvel Shmavonyan and released by ParaType in 2008.

Eckhardt Bold JNL continues a series of sign painter-inspired type designs and is named in honor of the late Al Eckhardt, a talented sign man who was a good friend of Jeff Levine for about 18 years until his passing. The font is available in both regular and oblique versions and was inspired by an example found in the 1928 edition of E.C. Mattthews' "How to Paint Signs and Sho' Cards". Both squat and wide for maximum use in wall and window applications, the original name for the design is "Heavy Plug". Plug was the sign painter's term at the time for describing this type of letter form.

Shubbak Variable is a highly flexible and dynamic Arabic Sans (Kufic) typeface that was designed to work with a wide range of Latin counterparts. A friendly and human typeface family that is very flexible when coupled with many popular fonts you may already use. It includes a full set of Arabic, Farsi (Persian) and Urdu character sets as well as a basic Latin set are included. Designed originally by British designer Ruh Al-Alam, further developed by Mohammed Gabr, Muhammad Hadi and then fully expanded by Abdelrahman Farahat. Archetype Foundry aims to help revolutionise and spread the use of beautiful Arabic and multi-lingual typefaces.

CONCEPT/CHARACTERISTICS The typeface “Soul Lotion” is a sans serif font for display sizes. Con­struc­ted, clear and sim­ply with mono­line cha­rac­ter. The round and unador­ned look is modern & simple. APPLICATION AREA The modern, clear and simply sans serif font “Soul lotion” would be happy as a display typeface in headline size on the following areas and there simply feel good: Logos/Wordmarks, party flyer, album covers, CD covers, Poster design, video game design, and much more as display typeface for print and digital magazines, books and websites. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Head­line Font | Dis­play Font | Sans Serif Font “Soul Lotion” Open­Type Font (Mac + Win) with 6 styles (regu­lar, bold, light + 3x italic) & 354 glyphs. Incl. accents, alter­na­tive let­ters, liga­tures & €. Desk­top Font (.otf) + Web Font (.svg, .eot, .woff) KONZEPT/BESONDERHEITEN Die Schrift »Soul Lotion« ist ein serifenloser Font für Headlinegrößen. Kon­stru­iert, klar und einfach mit gleich­blei­ben­der Strich­stärke. Die run­den und schnör­kel­lo­sen For­men wir­ken modern & schlicht. EINSATZGEBIETE Die moderne, klare und einfache Sans Serif Schrift »Soul Lotion«, würde sich als Aus­zeich­nungs­schrift in Head­line­größe über fol­gende Ein­satz­ge­biete sehr freuen und sich dort schlicht wohl­füh­len: Logos/Wortmarken, Flyer für fast jede Party, Plat­ten­Co­ver, CD-Cover, Pla­kat­De­sign, Video­spiel Design, als Head­line­schrift für print und digi­tale Maga­zine, Bücher und Web­sei­ten u.v.m. TECHNISCHE INFORMATIONEN Head­line Font | Dis­play Font | Sans Serif Font »Soul Lotion« Open­Type Font (Mac + Win) mit 6 Schrift­schnit­ten (regular, bold, light + 3x italic) & 354 Gly­phen. Inkl. dia­kri­ti­sches Zei­chen, alter­na­tive Buch­sta­ben, Liga­tu­ren & €. Desk­top Font (.otf) + Web Font (.svg, .eot, .woff)

Pronto is a fast and breezy calligraphic handwriting font that moves to a timeless beat. Its catchy rhythm and casually artful forms make it a choice font not only for packaging, but also for signs and café bistro boards and menus. Alternative forms for almost every letter are provided within the font. Pronto is a single feature-rich font that includes extra alternate characters, as well as a wide range of Latin-based languages, including Turkish and the languages of Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic region. To take advantage of all the OpenType features included in the font, please use within programs that support such advanced typography. Designed by Koziupa and digitized by Ale Paul.

Aceituna means ‘olive’ in Spanish. It comes from the Arabic Al-Zeitoun. I am multi-tasking today: finishing this font and thinking about what to cook for my family tonight (yes, I am the one who cooks!). We normally eat Asian food, but I was toying with the idea of serving something Mediterranean and realised we had run out of olives. So there you have it: the super simple trick of naming a new font! But enough of cooking: Aceituna font was made with a Japanese brush pen. It is a very versatile font: tall and thin, elegant and a little messy. A hint of texture and, like olives, it goes with almost anything.

Boisterous is a fashionable and elegant handwriting font, which looks like a signature, This font is intentionally made with unique ligatures and alternates. Boisterous fits perfectly for branding, logos, business cards, posters, invitations, greeting cards, news, product packaging, blog posters, all including personal charms etc. This font is also equipped with unique and interesting ligatures. By using these ligatures you can give your text a real hand-lettered style: tt ss ow os on oh nn ll il et en eb ch an ak ut st oy ot ont oi nt mm in ff er el ck ar al ab wh th sh ou oo ol of ng it ht es em co at am ah

Journal type family is a low-contrast text face of the Ionic-Legibility group. It was designed at the Polygraphmash Type Design Bureau in 3 styles in 1951–53 by Lev Malanov and Elena Tsaregorodtseva. The fonts were based on Cyrillic version of Excelsior that was developed in 1936 in Moscow by professor Michael Shchelkunov, Nikolay Kudryashev et al., that in its turn was based on Excelcior by Chauncey H. Griffith, 1931, Mergenthaler Linotype. Digital version was developed in ParaGraph (ParaType) in 1991. In 2012–13 designer Natalia Vasilyeva made some corrections in original digital data, extended character set and add bold italic style. The family was rereleased in ParaType in 2013.

Joane mixes the elegancy of French didones, calligraphic endings and glyphic serifs, thus its features convey a warm unique style. Moreover, its curves have been beautifully designed, and it also comes with both and engraved and deco versions, which add more versatility to the way it can be used. Joanes is perfectly suited for magazines, branding, advertising, labels, web and packaging. Joane is my first typeface to be published worldwide. To achieve this goal, I received essential help from W team and friends. I personally want to say thanks to Diego Aravena for the patience, good will and learning; for the friendship and support to Franco Jonas and Raúl Meza. Because of their help I could find the treasures at the end of the process. Ale Navarro

Courteous is absolute elegance. It's semi-condensed serif font with straight and consistent shape in every letter that will give a taste of professional feels to any design. Adding ligature will make it more stylish and modish, very suitable for fashion or beauty projects. Courteous also have the bold version that will looks more gentle. FEATURES: Regular and Bold Version Uppercase and Lowercase are the same 35 Ligature that only works with lowercase, so you can access regular letter by using only uppercase. Ligature: od ai ad ap ed eb ab ib ob ud id ub ou rt yl al le an lu ur gn ha ri ce ho ry ev in ro um ox ve as on Numbers, symbols, and punctuation Multi language support

Uma is a typeface family consisting of two weights: light and bold. The typography is fresh, informal and friendly at first glance, but the constructive architecture makes it elegant and modern. It works equally as well in large or small sizes, and the combination between the two weights is very interesting to work with. It is a contemporary typeface, ideal for use in magazines, brochures, flyers and advertising among other applications. Uma may seem simple at a first glance, but it is very functional and professional, with aesthetic enchanting details. Uma has a wide range of functionality and has a great personality. Designed by Ariel Di Lisio and digitized by Ale Paul, Uma includes alternates, fractions, ligatures and a wide range of latin languages.

Vallentino is a stylish and elegant handwritten font, which looks like a signature, this font is deliberately made with unique ligatures and alternatives. Vallentino is perfect for signatures, branding, logos, business cards, posters, invitations, greeting cards, news, product packaging, blog posters, all including personal charms etc. This font is also equipped with unique and interesting ligatures, by using these ligatures you can give a real handlettered style: ab ah ak al am an ar at ch ck cr eb el em en er es et ff ht il im in it ll mm ng nn nt of oh oi ol on or oo od ou ow oy sh ss st th tt ut wh Th ft Multiple Language Support: ŠÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏŸŽÐÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿŒœš Thank you for your purchase!

«Seferis» is an uppercase typeface with a wide repertoire of ligatures, stylistic alternatives, and some swashes. It also has an important language coverage based on Latin. Although the «Seferis» family is mainly influenced by the classical imprint of the incised typefaces, its structure, proportions and aesthetic proposal show modern features, which give it elegance, sophistication, inner strength and an epic character. Designed by Edwin Moreira, with the invaluable support of Ale Paul in the expansion and production of the family. Seferis works perfectly in spaces as diverse as posters, logos, magazine headlines, album and book covers, packaging and many other environments where it can highlight its qualities. Available in 5 weights and a variable file that is included with the full package.

Ghimli Sans was created using the ping-pong method, based on the graphic idea of Artem Rulev and the participation of Vladimir Anosov after. Then we sent the font file to each other, adding something of our own and making corrections, and so on many times. Ghimli Sans has already managed to get 2nd place in the Granshan competition in the Cyrillic section. The name was obtained by combining the name of the dwarf Gimli and Studio Ghibli. The font is quite friendly, dense, kind, as if a dwarf is walking around the lawn with a mug of intoxicated ale on a pleasant sunny day. Suitable for short word design, logo creation, menu layout and use in movies about gnomes and anything fantastic.

With ascenders and descenders gone tall and wind-bent just the right way and capitals of enough weathered artistry to touch off waves of mystique and experience, Almond Script is calligraphy gone rusty and textured like only Angel Koziupa and Alejandro Paul can make it. Scarred and wavy like an exhausted warrior, slim and delicate like a tango dancer, this typeface is a unique convergence of the rough ancient brush and the modern Latin elegance. Nine out of ten packaging design experts agree: Almond Script has nothing to do with whitening your teeth, but it certainly can brand your product like no other script can. Designed by Koziupa and digitized by Ale Paul this font cover all your packaging needs!

Apothicaire is a new font designed by Ale Paul and the Sudtipos team that is inspired in, but not limited to, an antique style casted by a German type foundry during the late XIX century. With the addition of a contemporary design approach, Apothicaire comes in three widths —from condensed to expanded— and five weights —from light to extra bold—, offering a wide range of combinations to explore. As a bonus the font family is also available in a single variable format. An elegant small caps set, a variety of ball terminals and delicate swashes, as well as the possibility to choose from many alternates are also included in the OpenType features. Apothicaire supports a wide range of Latin alphabet-based languages.

Introducing Cartoon Mood - a cute handwritten font by Elysart This font is perfect for children's books, logos, greeting cards, animation designs, clothes, posters, krafting, stickers, toys, and more!

From the beginning “Esmeralda” was born with a strong influence of the classical “capitalis monumentalis”, carved in stone. In the same way, the origin of this majuscule writing emerged from the brush, from a way of writing made merely by hand. For this reason, these two universes were intended to lie beneath the shape of each letter, redefining them. And this combination of styles should also be reflected in a lower case set that also allows to open up the spectrum of usage possibilities. Foundational calligraphy represented a solid base for the development of lower case glyphs, ensuring proper interaction with the upper case letters. “Esmeralda” features a great number of ligatures that mix classic structures with a more contemporary impression. With more than eleven hundred glyphs, it provides a multiplicity of uses across a wide combinatory of ligatures, alternative signs, initial caps, miscellaneous and connectors; each one of them accessible through Open Type. “Esmeralda” is perfect to speak with a classical yet fresh, modern – and a little bit bold – tone of voice. Designed by Guille Vizzari, together with the tough and remarkable work of Ale Paul, in use “Esmeralda” stands out in a subtle and unexpected way that’s almost unnoticeable. Its delicate yet solid curves, serifs and endings give each composition a fine, elegant and exquisite feeling, along with a firm and sturdy look. “Esmeralda” was initially born as a typographic project developed by Guillermo Vizzari – tutored by Ale Paul and Ana Sanfelippo – under completion of the Specialization in Typography Design at University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, during the years 2011 and 2012.

Chyletoon, a hand crafted cartoon font consisting of 24 styles. Crafted from childish mind, the cartoonish characters of this font are suitable for many uses, the limit being the boundaries of your own imagination.

A unique kind of type by Michael Herold: The 14 cuts of Corner are equally distributed to the two style variants A and B. From Thin to Extra Bold, variant A comes with technical and pure forms while B appears with a soft, more personal character. In combination, the two variants add up to a highly versatile family which is very well suited for branding purposes, thanks to its diverse forms of expression. Eine besondere Schriftfamilie von Michael Herold: Die 14 Schnitte der Corner sind auf die beiden Stilvarianten A und B verteilt. Von Thin bis Extra Bold kommt die Corner im Stil A mit technischen, reinen Formen und im Stil B mit weichem, persönlicherem Charakter. Als Kombination ergibt sich eine sehr vielfältige Familie, die sich mit ihren verschiedenen Ausdrucksformen besonders fürs Branding eignet.

While designing a logotype for a client, she described herself as "loud and colorful." Thinking about some eras in typefaces that portrayed this idea, I instantly thought of the "Roaring 20s" and the Prohibition era where the cinema is starting to take off and the Italian mafia are running the bars. (Which is coincidental because my client has family connections to Al Capone.) One of the most iconic typefaces designed for these times was Broadway by Morris Fuller Benton in 1925. This typeface was the zeitgeist of Broadway, the big city, theater, and cinema, which can now be seen in use almost everywhere an old family run cinema is located. Using the heavy influences of the thick and thin contrast of this typeface, Maritote brings the charm of Broadway into the 21st century.

The DEWANY (ALMONA DEWANY ) font is a font of original Arabic fonts and is specialized in writing in the offices of the Sultan and Arab’s Kings. It is also one of the most beautiful Arabic fonts as it has the flexibility to write official graduation certificates, certificates of appreciation, scientific progress and decorations. It is also commonly used in writing posters and sequences for serials, films, medals and decorations on clothes. The ALMONA DEWANY font has its aesthetics derived from its round and interlocking letters. In this version of Dewany font ( Almona Dewany ) you will find many of Arabian names, Ayat of Holley Quran and Good names of Allah (Asmaa Allah Al-Hosnna) and all of this is ready to written quickly by one click and choose glyphs you want to add.

The single-named, multi-talented designer Joluvian now lives in Madrid. But he grew up in the “Caribe” of Venezuela, where thick jungles meet endless beaches, and fecund trees bear juicy fruit – a tropical paradise where music and dance vibrate in the humid air. The Tropical pack, designed by Joluvian and digitized by Ale Paul, echoes the spirit of his birthplace. Its three faces are casually stylish – a bold, wet-looking display script, an inky, textured brush script, and hand-penned capitals with a felt-tip look. Like a fruit cocktail, each ingredient is tasty on its own, but they combine even more deliciously. Sprinkle the included catchwords, shapes, and bursts in your layout to complete the easygoing, Carribbean vibe. Each face includes alternates and support for multiple Latin languages.

“Corinthiago” feels equally charming and elegant. This stunning handwritten font is a stylish homage to classic calligraphy. It features a varying baseline, smooth lines, gorgeous glyphs and stunning alternates Alternates to help enrich your designs: 1. Titling (titl) alternates, are accents for initial letters. is the first stroke that is long and and slightly curved according to the letters, both lowercase and uppercase. 2. Swash (swsh) alternates, is an accent at the end of a letter, is an additional stroke to end writing. 3. Stylistic alternate (Salt), is an alternative glyph to add style emphasis. 4. Stylistic set (SS), some additional glyphs for design alternatives. If you use a combination of two lowercase with a combination of tilt and swsh it will produce a harmonic letter that you can use for a logo, no problem also for a logo consisting of more than two letters, all you have to make sure is starts with a titl and ends with swsh. All glyph alternates (titl, swsh, Salt and SS) are also supported by multiple languages. Another OpenType that is also very important is Ligature (league), this font consists of 51 Ligatures including: Abe, Ade, Ale, Ab, Ad, Af, Aj, Ak, Al, Am, An, Ao, Ap, As, Ax, Ay, Az, aa, ar, be, cc, da, de, di, do, du, dy, ee, er, ii, ir, is, le, ll, lt, om, on, oo, op, or, ov, ow, ox, oy, oz, ss, st, th, tl, tt, ur and uu. We continue to see the possibility to update ligatures in the future. This font is the right choice for a modern design, can be applied to invitations, writing messages in the form of quotes, book and magazine covers, and of course for your brand logo text.

Alfarooq is the most widely known epithet for the Islamic figure Umar ibn al-Khattab (c. 586 - 644) who was a leading companion and an adviser to the Islamic prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) who later became the second Muslim Caliph after Muhammad’s death (pbuh) in 632. Muslims widely know Umar ibn Al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) as Alfarooq (i.e., he who knows and distinguishes between truth and falsehood). Alfarooq is a unique, wide, and headline Arabic display typeface. The main trait of this typeface is the novel design of its letters' tails and its dots which renders it as one of the modern stylish typefaces used for headlines and titles. This can be noticed in different letters such as Ain, Ghain, Jeem, Khah, Seen, Sheen, and others. In addition, Alfarooq font has an Arabic character set which supports Arabic, Persian, Kurdish, and Urdu letters and numerals with a limited range of specific Arabic ligatures. This typeface comes in two ultra-bold styles (i.e., Alfarooq and Alfarooq-Pro) and more than 430 distinctive glyphs with a single weight for each style. Alfarooq typeface effectively offers diverse typographic and digital usages including mainly the very large and wide poster-size works. Due to its strong baseline-stroke, Alfarooq typeface is appropriate for heading and titling works in Arabic, Persian, Kurdish, and Urdu newspapers, magazines, and other printed materials. It is also elegantly suitable for signs, book covers, advertisement light boards, street and city names, products- and services names, and titles of flyers, pamphlets, and posters. The wide style of Alfarooq font’s characters gives it more distinction when it is used in greeting cards, covers, exhibitions' signboards, external or internal walls of malls, and also the exits and entrances of airports and halls.

A premium hand-crafted wide display family.

Perfect for everything from branding to crafting. This versatile font is great for merchandise, products, quotes, editorial, posters or whatever design you have in mind. This is a great font for crafters. Thank you and Happy Crafting!

Introducing Summer Magic, Perfect for everything from branding to crafting. This versatile font is great for merchandise, products, quotes, editorial, posters or whatever design you have in mind. This is a great font for crafters. Thank you and Happy Crafting!

Adresack is a classic arts and crafts period font.

Widwinter Fire: A Gothic Fantasy Font A decorative serif font inspired by tales of gothic fantasy and horror. Inspired by gothic cathedrals, ancient myths and campfire horror stories, Midwinter Fire is a font for the coming of Autumn when our days become shorter, darkness closes in and the snow begins to fall. It's for those chilling tales of terror and fairy tales that caution us not to go into the woods. Midwinter Fire is a versatile serif font, classical in style that can be applied to book covers, movie titles, rock albums, arcade games or even a vintage ale! It's the perfect choice for a decorative gothic look that remains readable at smaller sizes. Midwinter Fire is an all-caps serif font that includes lots of alternative characters and underlines along with numerals, punctuation and language support.

Proudly present Mrs. Santhi, a fancy Signature Font. This font is very unique. I designed it for you who want something different from the others. It is perfect for branding, photography, invitations, quotes, watermarks, advertisements, product designs, labels, and much more! I created 194 ligatures to keep this font look natural: aa ab ah ak al am an at ant all amm ann att bh bt cc ch ct dd eb ee ek em en et enn ent ett ff gh hh ii ib ik in it inn int itt ix ixx kh ll mm mt nt nn oo oh on ob ok ol oll om ot ont ott oot onn ox oxx ph pt and more as you can see on the presentation pictures. Mrs. Santhi also features punctuations and multilingual support. Hope you love it!

I present Hatran as the last font of 2023. The Hatran script was used in what is now northern Iraq to write Hatran Aramaic, a Middle Aramaic dialect that was spoken in the region of Hatra and Assur in northeastern Mesopotamia from about the 3rd Century BC to the 3rd Century AD. Hatran Aramaic is also known as Aramaic of Hatra or Ashurian (Leššānā Assūrāyā \ ܠܫܢܐ ܐܣܘܪܝܐ), and first appeared in writing in 98 BC. The script is also known as the Hatran Aramaic script or Ashurian script. It appears mainly in texts found in the ruins of Hatra. There are also some texts in Hatran Aramaic from Assur and other places. It was discovered in 1912 by archaeologtists working in Hatra, which is near to the villages of Al-Hadar (الحضر) in the Nineveh Governorate (محافظة نينوى) of Iraq.