Help:Free Unicode fonts
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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
- Gentium Wikipedia article
- The DejaVu fonts are highly recommended for legibility, although somewhat lacking in non-Latin characters (but contains basic Cyrillic and [polytonic] Greek).
- Download page
- DejaVu fonts Wikipedia article
- Junicode is especially cool if you like Old English and/or old typography
- Junicode Wikipedia article
- ClearlyU Wikipedia article
- Free UCS Outline Fonts Wikipedia article — Times/Arial lookalike
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
- TITUS Cyberbit Basic (page disfigured by frames!)
- TITUS Cyberbit Basic Wikipedia article
- Y.OzFontN Wikipedia article
Other
- The Medieval Unicode Font Initiative font page
- Doulos SIL is good if you want a Times lookalike.
- Code2000 is shareware — not the world's most elegant font, but with good coverage.
- Thryomanes by conlanger Herman Miller contains a selection of Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and IPA characters.
- Chryſanþi Unicode — so spelled! ☺