Ancient Egyptian

This page offers basic guidance on typesetting a LaTeX document in the Ancient Egyptian language using the Egyptian hieroglyphs script.

Support with ini locale file

Here is a minimal sample file with ancientegyptian as the main language, with luatex.

\documentclass[ancientegyptian]{article}

\usepackage[provide=*]{babel}

\babelfont{rm}[Renderer=Harfbuzz]{Noto Sans Egyptian Hieroglyphs}

% The next 2 lines make sure the Latin script is displayed.
\babelprovide[onchar=fonts letters]{english}
\babelfont[english]{rm}{NewComputerModern10}

\begin{document}

Local name $=$ 𓂋𓏺𓈖 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖

\end{document}

You may need download the font or replace it with another one in your system.