{"id":20591,"date":"2025-09-01T22:41:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T22:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?p=20591"},"modified":"2026-02-21T01:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T01:30:15","slug":"episode-23-meet-rgme-bembino-facets-of-a-font","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/episode-23-meet-rgme-bembino-facets-of-a-font\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 23. &#8220;Meet RGME Bembino: Facets of a Font&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;The Research Group Speaks&#8221;<br \/>\nEpisode 23<\/h2>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Meet RGME Bembino:<br \/>\nFacets of a Font&#8221;<br \/>\nA Conversation<\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Saturday 21 February 2026<\/span><br \/>\n1:00\u20132:30 pm EST (GMT-5) by Zoom<\/h3>\n<p>[<em>Posted on 31 August 2025, with updates<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>As the series wherein &#8220;The Research Group Speaks&#8221; unfolds, we respond to suggestions and requests. For information about the series, please see:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/the-research-group-speaks-the-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The Research Group Speaks&#8221;: The Series<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Plan<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-20477 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/swash1-265x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/swash1-265x300.png 265w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/swash1-906x1024.png 906w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/swash1-133x150.png 133w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/swash1-768x868.png 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/swash1-1359x1536.png 1359w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/swash1-1812x2048.png 1812w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/swash1.png 2005w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Join us for an informal conversation with the RGME Font-Designer, the RGME Director, an author, a graphic designer, and others who use our copyright multi-faceted multi-lingual digital font <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/bembino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bembino<\/a> for scholarly or literary work, quality book-layout, and everyday use.<\/p>\n<p>Years in the making, and responsive to requests (such as recently for Elvish),\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/bembino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bembino<\/a>\u00a0is freely available for use whether commercial or non-commercial. It is FREE for download on our RGME website. It continues to develop, and we welcome feedback.<\/p>\n<h2>Meet the Font<\/h2>\n<p>For our Episode, we gather experts to report on their experience with the font, its use, its abilities, and its beauty.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Leslie J. French<\/strong> (see the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/interview-with-our-font-and-layout-designer\/\" target=\"&quot;_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interview with our Font and Layout Designer<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mildred Budny<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/mildred-budny-her-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mildred Budny: Her Page<\/a><a>)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reidbyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reid Byers<\/a><\/strong>, author of <em><strong>Imaginary Books<\/strong><\/em> (Oak Knoll Press, 2024) \u2014 the first full-length book to be set in RGME Bembino<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/matthewyoungdesign.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Matthew Young<\/strong><\/a>, designer of Reid Byer&#8217;s book and exhibition catalogue of <strong><em>Imaginary Books<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Reid Byers, <em><strong>Imaginary Books<\/strong><\/em> (set in RGME Bembino)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"www.oakknoll.com\/pages\/books\/141071\/reid-byers\/imaginary-books-lost-unfinished-and-fictive-works-found-only-in-other-books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Reid Byers, Imaginary Books: Lost, Unfinished, and Fictive Works Found Only in Other Books&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_20632\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20632\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-20632 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Imaginary-Books-covee-for-web.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"708\" height=\"957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Imaginary-Books-covee-for-web.webp 708w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Imaginary-Books-covee-for-web-222x300.webp 222w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Imaginary-Books-covee-for-web-111x150.webp 111w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Front Cover: Imaginary Books by Reid Byers (Oak Knoll Press, 2024), via https:\/\/reidbyers.com\/?page_id=147; see https:\/\/www.oakknoll.com\/pages\/books\/141071.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11621 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Bembino-Poster-1-6-with-border-201x300.png\" alt=\"Poster announcing Bembino Version 1.6 (January 2019)\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Bembino-Poster-1-6-with-border-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Bembino-Poster-1-6-with-border-100x150.png 100w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Bembino-Poster-1-6-with-border-768x1148.png 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Bembino-Poster-1-6-with-border-685x1024.png 685w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Bembino-Poster-1-6-with-border.png 796w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/bembino\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bembino<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/multi-lingual-bembino\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Multi-Lingual Bembino<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/bembino\/runes-for-bembino\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Runes for Bembino<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/more-fonts-for-bembino-devanagiri-hindi-and-tibetan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Fonts for Bembino: Devan\u0101gar\u012b (Hindi) and Tibetan (High-Uchen Script)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/bembino-wp-for-word\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bembino WP for Word<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/rgme-bembino-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bembino: Handlist of Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Registration<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/episode-23-meet-rgme-bembino-facets-of-a-font-tickets-1770936632139\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 23. Meet RGME Bembino: Registration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_10800\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10800\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10800 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cover-Page-from-MultiLingual_pages-with-border.png\" alt=\"Cover page for 'Multi-Lingual Bembino' demonstrating specimens from a wide range of languages typeset in Bembino\" width=\"616\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cover-Page-from-MultiLingual_pages-with-border.png 616w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cover-Page-from-MultiLingual_pages-with-border-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cover-Page-from-MultiLingual_pages-with-border-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Multi-Lingual Bembino Booklet Cover<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Flyer<\/h2>\n<p>Downloadable as a 1-page pdf here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/21176\/?tmstv=1770657247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 23. RGME Bembino: Flyer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_21180\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21180\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-21180 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Page-Promo-for-Bembino-Episode-23-v2-with-border.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Page-Promo-for-Bembino-Episode-23-v2-with-border.png 616w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Page-Promo-for-Bembino-Episode-23-v2-with-border-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Page-Promo-for-Bembino-Episode-23-v2-with-border-116x150.png 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Episode 23. RGME Bembino: Poster, Set in RGME Bembino.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><b>About the Font Bembino<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/bembino\/\">Bembino<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/bembino\">https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/bembino<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/multi-lingual-bembino\/\">Multi-Lingual Bembino<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/multi-lingual-bembino\">https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/multi-lingual-bembino<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/bembino-wp-for-word\/\">Bembino WP for Word<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/bembino-wp-for-word\/\">https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/bembino-wp-for-word\/<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/rgme-bembino-resources\/\">Bembino: Handlist of Resources<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/rgme-bembino-resources\/\">https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/rgme-bembino-resources\/<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Permission for Use<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Note that <strong>RGME Bembino<\/strong> is FREE.<br \/>\nThe copyright for the Bembino font programs belongs to the RGME, which grants an automatic free license for use in typeset publications, including both scholarly and commercial material.<\/p>\n<h2>It Tracks<\/h2>\n<p>Keep track of the series as it unfolds:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/the-research-group-speaks-the-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The Research Group Speaks&#8221;: The Series<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We welcome suggestions and requests.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Research Group Speaks&#8221; Episode 23 &#8220;Meet RGME Bembino: Facets of a Font&#8221; A Conversation Saturday 21 February 2026 1:00\u20132:30 pm EST (GMT-5) by Zoom [Posted on 31 August 2025, with updates] As the series wherein &#8220;The Research Group Speaks&#8221; unfolds, we respond to suggestions and requests. 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