Fonts: Revision history

4 July 2023

• curprev 06:2606:26, 4 July 2023 David Haslam talk contribs 20,826 bytes +646 →All-Purpose: BabelStone Roman

2 January 2021

• curprev 19:3419:34, 2 January 2021 David Haslam talk contribs 20,180 bytes +107 →Khmer: Google font [https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Nokora Nokora] is highly recommended for the Khmer script.

30 May 2018

• curprev 10:5210:52, 30 May 2018 Refdoc talk contribs 20,073 bytes −675 →Broad-Coverage Shareware/Commercial Fonts: deleted section - there are now adequate non-commercial fonts availabe
• curprev 10:5110:51, 30 May 2018 Refdoc talk contribs 20,748 bytes −1,037 →Font Technology: This section is irrelevant in this particular place. If we want a frontend developer's page with helpful hints it might be useful there. But TBH I think the time where any frontend needed to consider font display is gone

25 November 2017

• curprev 18:4818:48, 25 November 2017 David Haslam talk contribs 21,785 bytes +143 →Particular languages: The FileFormat page for each [http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/block/index.htm Unicode Block] gives details of which fonts support it.

22 May 2017

• curprev 15:4215:42, 22 May 2017 David Haslam talk contribs 21,642 bytes +4 →Particular languages: Moved Bangla & Punjabi to the section for Indian languages

5 May 2017

• curprev 09:0209:02, 5 May 2017 David Haslam talk contribs 21,638 bytes +663 →Coptic: ==== Syriac ==== *[http://www.bethmardutho.org/index.php/resources/fonts.html Meltho Fonts] – package consists of over 20 Unicode OpenType fonts. '''Beth Mardutho''': The '''Syriac Institute''' seeks to promote the study and preservatio

26 April 2017

• curprev 08:3408:34, 26 April 2017 David Haslam talk contribs 20,975 bytes +805 →Punjabi: ==== Coptic ====

18 January 2017

• curprev 12:1812:18, 18 January 2017 David Haslam talk contribs 20,170 bytes +45 →Punjabi: See All Purpose fonts.
• curprev 12:1712:17, 18 January 2017 David Haslam talk contribs 20,125 bytes +165 →Punjabi: GNU FreeFont
• curprev 12:1312:13, 18 January 2017 David Haslam talk contribs 19,960 bytes +93 →Punjabi: <ref>Raavi does not support the special space characters in the range U+2000 to U+200C.</ref>

11 January 2017

• curprev 11:1611:16, 11 January 2017 David Haslam talk contribs 19,867 bytes +196 →Bangla: ==== Punjabi ==== *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raavi Raavi] is a Microsoft font that's pre-installed with Windows. It supports the Gurmukhi script used for Eastern Punjabi as well as English.

12 December 2015

• curprev 10:1210:12, 12 December 2015 David Haslam talk contribs 19,671 bytes +102 →Devanagari: * There are some extra ligature characters used in Nepali that are not supported by most Indic fonts.
• curprev 10:1010:10, 12 December 2015 David Haslam talk contribs m 19,569 bytes 0 →iOS Fonts: f
• curprev 10:0010:00, 12 December 2015 David Haslam talk contribs 19,569 bytes +347 →Malayalam: updated

10 December 2015

• curprev 16:3016:30, 10 December 2015 David Haslam talk contribs 19,222 bytes +99 →Malayalam: See also several [http://smc.org.in/fonts/ free unicode fonts] by Swathanthra Malayalam Computing.
• curprev 14:4514:45, 10 December 2015 David Haslam talk contribs 19,123 bytes +376 →All-Purpose: [https://www.google.com/get/noto/ Google Noto Fonts] – Google has been developing a font family called Noto, which aims to support all languages with a harmonious look and feel

9 December 2015

• curprev 21:3221:32, 9 December 2015 David Haslam talk contribs 18,747 bytes −9 Undo revision 13988 by David Haslam (talk)
• curprev 21:3121:31, 9 December 2015 David Haslam talk contribs 18,756 bytes −12 Undo revision 13989 by David Haslam (talk)
• curprev 21:2921:29, 9 December 2015 David Haslam talk contribs 18,768 bytes +10,387 Undo revision 13990 by David Haslam (talk)
• curprev 21:2821:28, 9 December 2015 David Haslam talk contribs m 8,381 bytes −10,387 Reverted edits by David Haslam (talk) to last revision by Niccarter
• curprev 21:2221:22, 9 December 2015 David Haslam talk contribs 18,768 bytes +12 →Malayalam: The Malayalam Unicode Font [http://malayalam.changathi.com/Fonts.aspx Anjali Old Lipi]
• curprev 21:2021:20, 9 December 2015 David Haslam talk contribs 18,756 bytes +9 →Malayalam: [http://malayalam.changathi.com/Fonts.aspx Anjali Old Lipi Malayalam Font]
• curprev 21:0921:09, 9 December 2015 David Haslam talk contribs 18,747 bytes +113 →Devanagari: ===== Malayalam ===== * [http://www.fontsc.com/font/lohit-malayalam Lohit Malayalam Font] is worth considering.

11 November 2015

• curprev 17:0917:09, 11 November 2015 David Haslam talk contribs 18,634 bytes +228 →All-Purpose: [https://www.google.com/get/noto/ Google Noto Fonts] – Google has been developing a font family called Noto, which aims to support all languages with a harmonious look and feel

18 February 2015

• curprev 15:2715:27, 18 February 2015 David Haslam talk contribs 18,406 bytes +620 →iOS Fonts: pasted section for Charset Conversion

26 December 2014

• curprev 13:5513:55, 26 December 2014 David Haslam talk contribs 17,786 bytes −112 →Hebrew: removed dead direct link for TrueType download.

5 August 2014

• curprev 18:4418:44, 5 August 2014 David Haslam talk contribs 17,898 bytes +263 →Tibetan: * Special provision should be made when normalizing Tibetan characters in Unicode. See [http://www.thlib.org/tools/scripts/wiki/encoding%20model%20of%20the%20tibetan%20script%20in%20the%

26 June 2014

• curprev 16:2216:22, 26 June 2014 David Haslam talk contribs m 17,635 bytes 0 →Hebrew: normalization (spelling)
• curprev 16:1916:19, 26 June 2014 David Haslam talk contribs m 17,635 bytes +5 →Hebrew: Font
• curprev 08:1708:17, 26 June 2014 David Haslam talk contribs 17,630 bytes +175 →Hebrew: <br> NB. Unicode normalisation can easily break Biblical Hebrew text. See on page 9 in the [http://www.sbl-site.org/Fonts/SBLHebrewUserManual1.5x.pdf SBL Hebrew User Manual].

24 May 2014

• curprev 19:5319:53, 24 May 2014 David Haslam talk contribs 17,455 bytes +120 →Bangla: Free Bangla Fonts
• curprev 19:5119:51, 24 May 2014 David Haslam talk contribs 17,335 bytes +18 →Arabic: ==== Bangla ====

20 May 2014

• curprev 13:4313:43, 20 May 2014 David Haslam talk contribs 17,317 bytes +125 →Hebrew: The "SBL Hebrew" font displays some Hebrew points more accurately. [http://www.sbl-site.org/educational/biblicalfonts.aspx]
• curprev 13:4113:41, 20 May 2014 David Haslam talk contribs 17,192 bytes +45 →Hebrew: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantillation cantillation]

16 May 2014

• curprev 20:3920:39, 16 May 2014 David Haslam talk contribs 17,147 bytes +375 →All-Purpose: Quivira

8 May 2014

• curprev 17:0917:09, 8 May 2014 David Haslam talk contribs 16,772 bytes +12 →Fonts: or OpenType
• curprev 17:0817:08, 8 May 2014 David Haslam talk contribs m 16,760 bytes −5 →All-Purpose: rem "~~~~"
• curprev 17:0817:08, 8 May 2014 David Haslam talk contribs 16,765 bytes +114 →All-Purpose: <ref>Having tried this font in Xiphos 3.2.0 for Windows, I found that it required lines double spacing. ~~~</ref>
• curprev 07:2307:23, 8 May 2014 David Haslam talk contribs 16,651 bytes +288 →All-Purpose: [http://scholarsfonts.net/ Fonts for Scholars] (Latin, Germanic Languages, Greek, Hebrew and Linguistics) – Materials compiled by David J. Perry Rye High School, Rye, New York

13 March 2014

• curprev 09:1909:19, 13 March 2014 David Haslam talk contribs 16,363 bytes +542 →Tibetan: TCRC Youtso Unicode Font for Tibetan

2 November 2013

• curprev 10:5910:59, 2 November 2013 David Haslam talk contribs 15,821 bytes +710 →Arabic: Droid Arabic Kufi
• curprev 10:5410:54, 2 November 2013 David Haslam talk contribs 15,111 bytes +18 →Armenian: ==== Arabic ====

18 June 2013

• curprev 13:2513:25, 18 June 2013 David Haslam talk contribs 15,093 bytes +155 →Coptic: Coptic readers prefer glyphs to be like those of the '''New Athanasius Coptic Font''' as it's similar to many printed Coptic books, and so easier to read.
• curprev 13:2213:22, 18 June 2013 David Haslam talk contribs 14,938 bytes +167 →Coptic: See also [http://www.copticchurch.net/coptic_fonts/] and [http://st-takla.org/Download-Software-Free/Coptic_Downloads_Ta7mil___Christian_&_Coptic_Free-Fonts_05.html].

29 May 2013

• curprev 17:4617:46, 29 May 2013 David Haslam talk contribs 14,771 bytes +264 →Armenian: The [http://dejavu-fonts.org/ DejaVu] Sans font supports the Armenian script, and the Sans family includes Oblique, Bold & Bold-Oblique styles. Through such Bitstream fonts are copyrigh

15 May 2013

• curprev 18:4218:42, 15 May 2013 David Haslam talk contribs 14,507 bytes +410 →Armenian: added some observations
• curprev 18:3118:31, 15 May 2013 David Haslam talk contribs 14,097 bytes +20 →India & Turkey: ==== Armenian ====

8 February 2013

• curprev 10:5210:52, 8 February 2013 David Haslam talk contribs 14,077 bytes +178 →Devanagari: * Windows 7 uses Aparajita as the default font for Devanagari, though this is probably not redistributable. - - also - - Annapurna SIL is cleaner and crisper in appearance than Apara

2 February 2013

• curprev 17:3417:34, 2 February 2013 David Haslam talk contribs 13,899 bytes +166 →Amharic: See also [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=AbyssinicaSIL Abyssinica SIL], which is a Graphite font released under the SIL Open Font License (OFL).