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* Latin, Cyrillic, and Arabic, with supplements for many languages | * Latin, Cyrillic, and Arabic, with supplements for many languages | ||
* Greek, Hebrew, Armenian, Georgian, Thaana, Syriac | * Greek, Hebrew, Armenian, Georgian, Thaana, Syriac | ||
− | * Devanagari, Bengali, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Sinhala, Tamil, Malayalam | + | * Devanagari, Bengali, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Oriya, Sinhala, Tamil, Malayalam |
* Thai, Tai Le, Kayah Li, Hanunóo, Buginese | * Thai, Tai Le, Kayah Li, Hanunóo, Buginese | ||
* Cherokee, Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics | * Cherokee, Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics | ||
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|Related projects=FontForge | |Related projects=FontForge | ||
|Keywords=TrueType,font,printing,character set,OpenType,PostScript Type0,10646/Unicode UCS | |Keywords=TrueType,font,printing,character set,OpenType,PostScript Type0,10646/Unicode UCS | ||
− | |Version identifier= | + | |Version identifier=20120503 |
− | |Version date= | + | |Version date=2012/05/03 |
− | |Version status= | + | |Version status=beta |
− | |Version download=http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/freefont/freefont-ttf- | + | |Version download=http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/freefont/freefont-ttf-20120503.zip |
+ | |Version comment=(Other formats available. See Resources.) | ||
|Last review by=Steve White | |Last review by=Steve White | ||
− | |Last review date= | + | |Last review date=2012/05/03 |
− | |Submitted by= | + | |Submitted by=Database conversion |
− | |Submitted date= | + | |Submitted date=2012/05/03 |
|License verified date=2010-09-23 | |License verified date=2010-09-23 | ||
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|License verified by=Kelly Hopkins | |License verified by=Kelly Hopkins | ||
|License verified date=2010-09-23 | |License verified date=2010-09-23 | ||
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+ | http://www.gnu.org/software/freefont/license.html | ||
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|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview | |Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview | ||
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|Resource URL=https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=freefont | |Resource URL=https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=freefont | ||
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|Resource kind=Mailing List Info/Archive | |Resource kind=Mailing List Info/Archive | ||
|Resource URL=https://savannah.gnu.org/mail/?group=freefont | |Resource URL=https://savannah.gnu.org/mail/?group=freefont | ||
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+ | |Resource kind=Download | ||
+ | |Resource URL=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freefont/ | ||
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+ | |Resource audience=Users needing help | ||
+ | |Resource kind=Support | ||
+ | |Resource URL=https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group=freefont | ||
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+ | |Prerequisite description=Python (used by automated build scripts, tests, etc) | ||
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Revision as of 10:40, 3 May 2012
Freefont
https://www.gnu.org/software/freefont/
UCS outline fonts.
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:
- 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
This is a GNU package:freefont
Download
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freefont/freefont-ttf-20120503.zip
Categories
Licensing
License
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License
Verified by
Kelly Hopkins
Verified on
23 September 2010
Leaders and contributors
Contact(s) | Role |
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Steve White | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
Audience | Resource type | URI |
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Debian (Ref) (R) | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ttf-freefont | |
Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freefont-bugs/ | |
Debian (Ref) (R) | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/fonts-freefont | |
VCS Repository Webview | https://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/freefont | |
Debian (Ref) | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/freefont | |
Download | https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freefont/ | |
Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/ | |
General | https://savannah.gnu.org/people/ | |
Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freefont-announce/ | |
Savannah (Ref) | https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/freefont/ |
Software prerequisites
Kind | Description |
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Weak prerequisite | Python (used by automated build scripts, tests, etc) |
Required to build | FontForge (for compiling SFD to TrueType/OpenType/etc format) |
Weak prerequisite | make (convenient automated build from Makefile) |
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