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|Name=GNU Freefont
 
|Short description=Free UCS outline fonts
 
|Short description=Free UCS outline fonts
 
|Full description=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:
 
|Full description=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:
 
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* ISO 8859 parts 1-15
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* Latin, Cyrillic, and Arabic, with supplements for many languages
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* Greek, Hebrew, Armenian, Georgian, Thaana, Syriac
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* CEN MES-3 European Unicode Subset
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* Devanagari, Bengali, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Oriya, Sinhala, Tamil, Malayalam
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* Thai, Tai Le, Kayah Li, Hanunóo, Buginese
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* IBM/Microsoft code pages 437, 850, 852, 1250, 1252 and more
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* Cherokee, Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
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* Ethiopian, Tifnagh, Vai, Osmanya, Coptic
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* Microsoft/Adobe Windows Glyph List 4 (WGL4)
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* Glagolitic, Gothic, Runic, Ugaritic, Old Persian, Phoenician, Old Italic
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* Braille, International Phonetic Alphabet (and extensions)
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* KOI8-R and KOI8-RU
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* currency symbols, general punctuation and diacritical marks, dingbats
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* mathematical symbols (including much of the TeX repertoire of symbols)
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* DEC VT100 graphics symbols
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* technical symbols: [[APL]], OCR, arrows,
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* geometrical shapes, box drawing
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* International Phonetic Alphabet
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* musical symbols, gaming symbols (chess, checkers, mahjong), miscellaneous symbols
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* Arabic, Hebrew, Armenian, Georgian, Ethiopian and Thai alphabets,
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|Homepage URL=https://www.gnu.org/software/freefont/
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including Arabic presentation forms A/B<br />
 
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* mathematical symbols, including the whole TeX repertoire of symbols,
 
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APL symbols, etc.<br />
 
 
|User level=intermediate
 
|User level=intermediate
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|Status=Live
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|Is High Priority Project=No
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|Component programs=
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|VCS checkout command=svn co svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/freefont/trunk/freefont
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|Homepage URL=http://www.gnu.org/software/freefont/
 
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|VCS checkout command=:pserver:anoncvs@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/freefont
 
 
|Computer languages=Spline Font Database (SFD) format
 
|Computer languages=Spline Font Database (SFD) format
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|Documentation note=
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|Decommissioned/Obsolete=No
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|Paid support=
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|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=No
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|IRC help=
 
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|IRC general=
 
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|IRC development=
 
 
|Related projects=FontForge
 
|Related projects=FontForge
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|Keywords=TrueType,font,printing,character set,opentype,PostScript Type0,10646/Unicode UCS
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|Keywords=TrueType,font,printing,character set,OpenType,PostScript Type0,10646/Unicode UCS
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|Is GNU=y
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|Version identifier=20120503
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|Last review by=Janet Casey
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|Version date=2012/05/03
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|Last review date=2010-09-23
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|Version status=beta
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|Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freefont/freefont-ttf-20120503.zip
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|Test entry=No
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|Last review by=Bendikker
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|Last review date=2018/05/09
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
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|Submitted date=2011-04-01
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|Submitted date=2011/04/12
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|Version identifier=20100919
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|Is GNU=Yes
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|Version date=2010-09-19
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|GNU package identifier=freefont
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|Version status=stable
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|Version download=http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/freefont/freefont-ttf-20100919.tar.gz
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{{Project license
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|License=GPLv3orlater with exception
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|License verified by=Kelly Hopkins
 
|License verified date=2010-09-23
 
|License verified date=2010-09-23
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|Version comment=
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|License note=https://www.gnu.org/software/freefont/license.html
 
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{{Person
 
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|Real name=Steve White
 
|Role=Maintainer
 
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|Real name=Steve White
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|Email=stevan.white@googlemail.com
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|Email=swhite@zipcon.net
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|Resource URL=
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Debian (Ref) (R)
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|Resource URL=https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/fonts-freefont
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Debian (Ref) (R)
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|Resource URL=https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ttf-freefont
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Debian (Ref)
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|Resource URL=https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/freefont
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Savannah (Ref)
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|Resource URL=https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/freefont
 
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|Resource audience=Developer
 
 
|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview
 
|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview
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|Resource URL=http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=freefont
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|Resource URL=https://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/freefont
 
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|Resource audience=Bug Tracking
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|Resource kind=Mailing List
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|Resource URL=https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freefont-bugs
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|Resource URL=https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=freefont
 
 
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|Resource audience=Help
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|Resource kind=Download
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|Resource URL=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freefont
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|Resource URL=https://savannah.gnu.org/mail/?group=freefont
 
 
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|Interface=command-line
 
 
|Text-creation=font
 
|Text-creation=font
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|Use=text-creation
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|Use=localization, printing, text-creation
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|Works-with=text
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|Works-with=graphics, text
 
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{{Software prerequisite
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|License=GPL
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|Prerequisite kind=Required to build
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|License verified by=Kelly Hopkins
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|Prerequisite description=FontForge (for compiling SFD to TrueType/OpenType/etc format)
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|License verified date=2010-09-23
 
 
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|License=GPLv2orlater
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|Prerequisite kind=Weak prerequisite
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|License verified by=Kelly Hopkins
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|Prerequisite description=Python (used by automated build scripts, tests, etc)
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|License verified date=2010-09-23
 
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{{Project license
 
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|License=GPLv3orlater
 
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|License verified by=Kelly Hopkins
 
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|License verified date=2010-09-23
 
 
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|Prerequisite kind=Required to build
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|Prerequisite kind=Weak prerequisite
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|Prerequisite description=PfaEdit (for converting SFD sources to TrueType or other compiled font formats. Fonts in TrueType/OpenType format are also available for those who prefer them).
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|Prerequisite description=make (convenient automated build from Makefile)
 
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Revision as of 06:06, 9 May 2018


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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


Heckert gnu.small.png This is a GNU package:freefont

Download

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freefont/freefont-ttf-20120503.zip




Categories





Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

License

GPLv3orlater with exception

Verified by

Kelly Hopkins

Verified on

23 September 2010

Notes

https://www.gnu.org/software/freefont/license.html




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Steve White Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
Debian (Ref) (R)https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ttf-freefont
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freefont-bugs/
Debian (Ref) (R)https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/fonts-freefont
VCS Repository Webviewhttps://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/freefont
Debian (Ref)https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/freefont
Downloadhttps://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freefont/
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/
Generalhttps://savannah.gnu.org/people/
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freefont-announce/
Savannah (Ref)https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/freefont/


Software prerequisites

KindDescription
Weak prerequisitePython (used by automated build scripts, tests, etc)
Required to buildFontForge (for compiling SFD to TrueType/OpenType/etc format)
Weak prerequisitemake (convenient automated build from Makefile)




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