Mandaic is a Unicode block containing characters of the Mandaic script used for writing the historic Eastern Aramaic, also called Classical Mandaic, and the modern Neo-Mandaic language.
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Mandaic block:
Mandaic typefaces
Mandaic typefaces developed by Ardwan Al-Sabti include:
Ardwan Malka (2010), one of the first Mandaic typefaces. Ardwan Manuscript (2015), a cursive font based on the Manuscripts of Ganzibra Bahram. Ardwan Lidzbarski (2018), based on the Mandaic handwriting of Mark Lidzbarski. Ardwan Drower (2020), based on the Mandaic handwriting of E. S. Drower. Ardwan RRC (2022), based on the most ancient Mandaic manuscripts and the most modern studies related to the Mandaic script by Ardwan Alsabti.