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** Download is [http://scholarsfonts.net/cardo98.zip here] (hard to find on the page!)
** Download is [http://scholarsfonts.net/cardo98.zip here] (hard to find on the page!)
** [[Wikipedia:Cardo (typeface)|Cardo]] Wikipedia article  
** [[Wikipedia:Cardo (typeface)|Cardo]] Wikipedia article  
* [http://home.att.net/~jameskass/code2000_page.htm Code2000] is shareware — not the world's most elegant font, but with good coverage.
** [[Wikipedia:Code 2000|Code 2000]] at Wikipedia.
* [http://scripts.sil.org/Gentium Gentium] is very good looking and has good Latin and Greek coverage. Has italic but no bold style.  The combining palatal and retroflex hooks are interchanged (the developers are notified of this.)
** [[Wikipedia:Gentium|Gentium]] at Wikipedia.
* [http://www.mufi.info/ The Medieval Unicode Font Initiative] defines several useful characters in the [[Wikipedia:Unicode|Unicode]] [[Wikipedia:Private Use Area]]. See the MUFI [http://www.mufi.info/fonts/ font page] for fonts that cover it.  ATM [http://www.mufi.info/fonts/#Andron Andron Scriptor Web] has the best MUFI coverage, although its coverage of other useful Unicode ranges like IPA is less than satisfying.  Careful use of [[Template:MUFI]] for just those characters included in MUFI is advised!
** [[Wikipedia:MUFI|MUFI]] at Wikipedia.
* [http://scripts.sil.org/DoulosSILfont Doulos SIL] is good if you want a Times lookalike. The new version is much improved with correct stacking of diacritics.
** [[Wikipedia:Doulos SIL|Doulos SIL]] at Wikipedia.
* [http://scripts.sil.org/CharisSILfont Charis SIL] is awesome, with the same coverage as Doulos SIL plus italic/bold/bold italic styles, and correct diacritic stacking.  Somewhat heavy looking.
** [[Wikipedia:Charis SIL|Charis SIL]] at Wikipedia.
* [http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/framee.htm?/software/softwa.htm#Etabelle TITUS Cyberbit Basic] (page disfigured by frames!)
* [http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/framee.htm?/software/softwa.htm#Etabelle TITUS Cyberbit Basic] (page disfigured by frames!)
** [[Wikipedia:TITUS Cyberbit Basic|TITUS Cyberbit Basic]] Wikipedia article
** [[Wikipedia:TITUS Cyberbit Basic|TITUS Cyberbit Basic]] Wikipedia article
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== Other ==
== Other ==


* [http://www.mufi.info/ The Medieval Unicode Font Initiative] defines several useful characters in the [[Wikipedia:Unicode|Unicode]] [[Wikipedia:Private Use Area]]. See the MUFI
[http://www.mufi.info/fonts/ font page] for fonts that cover it.  ATM [http://www.mufi.info/fonts/#Andron Andron Scriptor Web] has the best MUFI coverage, although its coverage of other useful Unicode ranges like IPA is less than satisfying.  Careful useof [[Template:MUFI]] for just those characters included in MUFI is advised!
* [http://scripts.sil.org/DoulosSILfont Doulos SIL] is good if you want a Times lookalike. The new version is much improved with correct stacking of diacritics.
* [http://scripts.sil.org/CharisSILfont Charis SIL] is awesome, with the same coverage as Doulos SIL plus italic/bold/bold italic styles.  Somewhat heavy looking.
* [http://home.att.net/~jameskass/code2000_page.htm Code2000] is shareware — not the world's most elegant font, but with good coverage.
* [ftp://ftp.io.com/pub/usr/hmiller/fonts/Thryomanes11.zip Thryomanes] by conlanger Herman Miller contains a selection of Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and IPA characters.
* [ftp://ftp.io.com/pub/usr/hmiller/fonts/Thryomanes11.zip Thryomanes] by conlanger Herman Miller contains a selection of Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and IPA characters.
* [http://everywitchway.net/linguistics/fonts/chrysuni.html Chryſanþi Unicode] — so spelled! {{-)}}
* [http://everywitchway.net/linguistics/fonts/chrysuni.html Chryſanþi Unicode] — so spelled! {{-)}}

Revision as of 02:31, 28 May 2007

Since many pages on this wiki make use of more or less arcane Unicode characters I put together this list of freely available Unicode fonts. Some of it is still just links to links culled from Wikipedia; I'll fix that eventually. I will also update the style class used by Template:IPA accordingly. You should use the IPA template {{IPA|[laɪk ˈðɪz]}} to make at least your IPA visible to Internet Explorer users...

Freeware Unicode fonts listed at Wikipedia

Other free Unicode fonts listed at Wikipedia

  • Bitstream Cyberbit Wikipedia article (free for non-commercial use only)
  • Bitstream Vera Wikipedia article
  • Cardo (free for non-commercial and non-profit uses) — Times lookalike
    • Download is here (hard to find on the page!)
    • Cardo Wikipedia article
  • Code2000 is shareware — not the world's most elegant font, but with good coverage.
  • Gentium is very good looking and has good Latin and Greek coverage. Has italic but no bold style. The combining palatal and retroflex hooks are interchanged (the developers are notified of this.)
  • The Medieval Unicode Font Initiative defines several useful characters in the Unicode Wikipedia:Private Use Area. See the MUFI font page for fonts that cover it. ATM Andron Scriptor Web has the best MUFI coverage, although its coverage of other useful Unicode ranges like IPA is less than satisfying. Careful use of Template:MUFI for just those characters included in MUFI is advised!
  • Doulos SIL is good if you want a Times lookalike. The new version is much improved with correct stacking of diacritics.
  • Charis SIL is awesome, with the same coverage as Doulos SIL plus italic/bold/bold italic styles, and correct diacritic stacking. Somewhat heavy looking.
  • TITUS Cyberbit Basic (page disfigured by frames!)
  • Y.OzFontN Wikipedia article

Other

  • Thryomanes by conlanger Herman Miller contains a selection of Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and IPA characters.
  • Chryſanþi Unicode — so spelled! ☺
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