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| Freefont |
| Computer languages | Spline Font Database (SFD) format + |
|---|---|
| Full description | The GNU FreeFont project aims to provide a … The GNU FreeFont project aims to provide a useful set of free scalable (i.e., OpenType) fonts covering as much as possible of the ISO 10646/Unicode UCS (Universal Character Set). It includes: <br /> * Latin, Cyrillic, and Arabic, with supplements for many languages * Greek, Hebrew, Armenian, Georgian, Thaana, Syriac * Devanagari, Bengali, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Oriya, Sinhala, Tamil, Malayalam * Thai, Tai Le, Kayah Li, Hanunóo, Buginese * Cherokee, Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics * Ethiopian, Tifnagh, Vai, Osmanya, Coptic * Glagolitic, Gothic, Runic, Ugaritic, Old Persian, Phoenician, Old Italic * Braille, International Phonetic Alphabet (and extensions) * currency symbols, general punctuation and diacritical marks, dingbats * mathematical symbols (including much of the TeX repertoire of symbols) * technical symbols: APL, OCR, arrows, * geometrical shapes, box drawing * musical symbols, gaming symbols (chess, checkers, mahjong), miscellaneous symbols <br /> hjong), miscellaneous symbols <br /> |
| GNU package identifier | freefont + |
| Homepage URL | http://www.gnu.org/software/freefont/ + |
| Is GNU | true + |
| Keywords | TrueType + , font + , printing + , character set + , OpenType + , PostScript Type0 + , 10646/Unicode UCS + |
| Last review by | Steve White + |
| Last review date | 3 May 2012 + |
| License | GPL + , GPLv2orlater + , GPLv3orlater + |
| License note | with special font exception http://www.gnu.org/software/freefont/license.html + |
| License verified by | Kelly Hopkins + |
| License verified date | 23 September 2010 + |
| Name | Freefont + |
| Prerequisite description | FontForge (for compiling SFD to TrueType/OpenType/etc format) + , Python (used by automated build scripts, tests, etc) + , make (convenient automated build from Makefile) + |
| Prerequisite kind | Required to build + , Weak prerequisite + |
| Real name | Steve White + |
| Related projects | FontForge + |
| Resource URL | http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/trunk/?root=freefont + , https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=freefont + , https://savannah.gnu.org/mail/?group=freefont + , http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freefont/ + , https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group=freefont + , https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?group=freefont + |
| Resource kind | VCS Repository Webview + , Bug Tracking + , Mailing List Info/Archive + , Download + , Support + , General + |
| Revisionid | 14,398 + |
| Revisiontimestamp | 3 May 2012 14:40:31 + |
| Revisionuser | Swhite + |
| Role | Maintainer + |
| Short description | Free UCS outline fonts + |
| Submitted by | Database conversion + |
| Submitted date | 3 May 2012 + |
| Text-creation | font + |
| Use | localization + , printing + , text-creation + |
| User level | intermediate + |
| VCS checkout command | svn co svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/freefont/trunk/freefont + |
| Version comment | (Other formats available. See Resources.) |
| Version date | 3 May 2012 + |
| Version download | http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/freefont/freefont-ttf-20120503.zip + |
| Version identifier | 20120503 + |
| Version status | beta + |
| Works-with | graphics + , text + |
| Has improper value forThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Resource audience + |
| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. | 25 May 2012 02:02:48 + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Entry + |
| EmailThis property is a special property in this wiki. | swhite@zipcon.net + |
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