hrmm, seems yahoo found that mail after all, sorry about that...

> Speaking of such, I was highly amused by the Ethiopic font modelled

on

> German blackletter that appeared in one of your Unicode conference

slides.

> Can you tell me from where this font is available? Thanks.
>

I'm dazzled by your memory! That typeface has come to be known as the
"Yigezu Bisrat" typeface named after the artist who designed it. I
believe in the 60s, possibly in the earlier 70s though. He's passed
away though. His intention was indeed to apply western styles to
Ethiopic script. There is no shortage of Ethiopic typefaces, the
"Merkato" district in Addis Ababa is a typeface wonderland if you are
ever there. Unfortunately there is a shortage of Ethiopian artists
with the computers skills to bring the more exotic designs into
electronic reality.

The NCIC (National Computer and Information Center) in Ethiopia sells
the typeface within Ethiopia as part of the Agafari series
(http://www.telecom.net.et/~estc/NCIC/computer.htm). These are 8bit
fonts using diacritics. They've granted me permission to redistribute
the font in bitmap form. I've Unicodified it (reassembled the
diacritical marks) in TrueType and it has sat on the back burner for a
few years. I suspect they may no longer be actively maintaining the
font, in which case I'll approach them about releasing the TT version
for non-commercial use.