Fonts
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Documenting the fonts needed for Wikimedia projects, and font related developments.
Common.css
[edit]Language | Project | Common.css |
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English | Wikipedia | w:en:MediaWiki:Common.css/WinFixes.css |
All | Meta | MediaWiki:Common.css |
Skins
[edit]Many of the skins on English Wikipedia ask for Times New Roman and Courier New.
Gadgets
[edit]There is a gadget on English Wikipedia which demonstrates w:font embedding: w:MediaWiki:Gadget-DejaVu Sans.css. More information at w:User_talk:Remember_the_dot/Archive/9#Gadget_question
Templates
[edit]{{Unicode}} is often used to add font families. {{Unicode fonts}}
{{Script}}
Font information
[edit]Name | License | Source | Provides |
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Aegean | Phoenician | ||
Akkadian | [1] | Cuneiform | |
The Centurion Font style | [2] | dafont
| |
ALPHA-Demo | non-free | [3] | Mufi |
ALPHABETUM Unicode | non-free | [4] | Phoenician, Mufi |
Analecta | [5] | Coptic | |
Arabic Transparent | Arabic | ||
Arial | Arabic | ||
Arial Coptic | [6] | Coptic | |
Arial Unicode MS | was gratis | Microsoft | IPA, Unicode, Polytonic, Slavonic fallback |
Athena Unicode | Polytonic | ||
Bitstream Cyberbit | non-commercial | Unicode, Slavonic fallback | |
Bitstream CyberBase | Unicode, Slavonic fallback | ||
BukyVede | [7] | Unicode 5.1 Slavonic | |
Cardo | Mufi | ||
Ceanannas | Gaelic | ||
Charis SIL | OFL | IPA, Slavonic fallback, Braille | |
Chrysanthi Unicode | Unicode, Slavonic fallback | ||
Code2000 | shareware | IPA, Unicode, polytonic, Unicode 5.1 Slavonic, Runic | |
Code2001 | shareware | Unicode, Slavonic fallback, Phoenician, Cypriot | |
Corcaigh | Gaelic | ||
Courier | Symbols (w:Template:Msym) | ||
Courier New | Monospace | ||
CuneiformComposite | [8] | Cuneiform | |
David | Hebrew | ||
Dilyana | Unicode 5.1 Slavonic | ||
DejaVu Sans | free | IPA, Unicode, Hebrew, Unicode 5.1 Slavonic, Arabic, Braille | |
DejaVu Serif | free | Unicode | |
Doulos SIL | OFL | IPA, Unicode, Slavonic fallback, Braille | |
Duibhlinn | Gaelic | ||
Ezra SIL SR | OFL | Hebrew | |
FrankRuehl | Hebrew | ||
Free Monospaced | GNU GPLv3 | [9] | Runic |
Free Idg Serif | GPL | [10] | Cuneiform |
w:Free Sans | GNU GPLv3 | Unicode, Slavonic fallback, Phoenician | |
w:Free Serif | GNU GPLv3 | Unicode, Slavonic fallback | |
Gaelic | Gaelic | ||
Gentium | OFL | IPA, Unicode, Polytonic, Okina | |
GentiumAlt | OFL | IPA, Unicode | |
Gentium Plus | OFL | IPA, Unicode, Polytonic, Okina | |
Hnias | Runic | ||
IranNastaliq | [11][12][13][14] | Nastaliq | |
Jameel Noori Nastaleeq | Nastaliq | ||
Junicode | GPL | Runic, Mufi | |
Kliment Std | [15] | Unicode 5.1 Slavonic | |
Lateef | OFL | [16] | Arabic |
Lazov | Unicode 5.1 Slavonic | ||
LeedsUni | non-commercial | [17] | |
Lucida Sans Unicode | Microsoft | Unicode, Polytonic, Okina, Slavonic fallback | |
Lucida Grande | Polytonic, Hebrew, Slavonic fallback | ||
Menaion | Unicode 5.1 Slavonic | ||
Menaion Medieval | Unicode 5.1 Slavonic | ||
Microsoft Sans Serif | Microsoft | Unicode, Hebrew, Slavonic fallback, Arabic | |
MPH 2B Damase | [18][19] | Coptic, Phoenician | |
Myanmar1 | Shan | ||
Myanmar2 | Shan | ||
Myanmar3 | Shan | ||
MyMyanmar | Shan | ||
Nafees Nastaleeq | [20] | Nastaliq | |
Narkisim | Microsoft | Hebrew | |
New Athena Unicode | [21] | Coptic | |
Noto * | Apache Licence 2.0 | Google, Adobe and others | Collection of free fonts for almost all scripts of the world, including lot of minority scripts, historic scripts, and symbols All modern scripts supported by Unicode are now covered. High quality, hinted, with coherent metrics, designed for readability and rendering on screen for UI as well as printing. Full coverage of sinographic script for CJKV languages (with 5 linguistic variants). The goal is to provide complete coverage of the latest version of Unicode, with full support of OpenType features needed for the layout of complex scripts using contextual glyph forms, placements, and required substitutions by ligatures. Project Initially initiated by Google (for use in Android), but usable on all platforms that can process TrueType/OpenType fonts and render web contents with some browser to provide equal experience of international text for all users independantly of their platform. |
Padauk | Myanmar | ||
Pak Nastaleeq | [22] | Nastaliq | |
PakType Naskh Basic | GPL | [23] | Arabic |
Palatino Linotype | Polytonic | ||
Parabaik | Shan | ||
PDMS_Jauhar | [24] | Nastaliq | |
Quivira | [25] | Coptic | |
RomanCyrillic Std | [26] | Unicode 5.1 Slavonic | |
TITUS Cyberbit Basic | non-commercial | IPA, Unicode, Slavonic fallback, Mufi | |
SBL Hebrew | Hebrew | ||
Scheherazade | OFL | [27] | Arabic |
Tahoma | Microsoft | Persian | |
Times New Roman | Hebrew, Arabic | ||
Thryomanes | Slavonic fallback | ||
Xerxes | Old Persian |
Other fonts
[edit]- w:Template:Script/Slavonic mentions Resources at Obshtezhitie (Dilyana v 2.001, Lazov v 1.00, Menaion Medieval v 2.10)
See also
[edit]- mw:Universal Language Selector and the general mw:Milkshake
- mw:Extension:WebFonts#Adding a new language support (old instructions, still apply)
- SVG fonts
- Future Global Font Format Requirements
- w:Help:Multilingual support