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|Computer languages=Spline Font Database (SFD) format
 
|Computer languages=Spline Font Database (SFD) format
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|Decommissioned/Obsolete=No
 
|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=No
 
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|Version date=2012/05/03
 
|Version date=2012/05/03
 
|Version status=beta
 
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|Version download=http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/freefont/freefont-ttf-20120503.zip
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|Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freefont/freefont-ttf-20120503.zip
|Version comment=(Other formats available.  See Resources.)
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|Test entry=No
 
|Last review by=Bendikker
 
|Last review by=Bendikker
|Last review date=2018/02/14
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|Last review date=2018/05/09
|Submitted date=2012/05/03
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|Submitted by=Database conversion
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|Submitted date=2011/04/12
 
|Is GNU=Yes
 
|Is GNU=Yes
 
|GNU package identifier=freefont
 
|GNU package identifier=freefont
 
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{{Project license
 
{{Project license
|License=GPL
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|License=GPLv3orlater with exception
 
|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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|License note=https://www.gnu.org/software/freefont/license.html
{{Project license
 
|License=GPLv2orlater
 
|License verified by=Kelly Hopkins
 
|License verified date=2010-09-23
 
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{{Project license
 
|License=GPLv3orlater
 
|License verified by=Kelly Hopkins
 
|License verified date=2010-09-23
 
|License note=with special font exception
 
http://www.gnu.org/software/freefont/license.html
 
 
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|Real name=Steve White
 
|Real name=Steve White
 
|Role=Maintainer
 
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|Email=swhite@zipcon.net
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|Email=stevan.white@googlemail.com
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|Resource URL=https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/fonts-freefont
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|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview
 
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|Resource URL=https://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/freefont
 
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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






Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

Verified by

Kelly Hopkins

Verified on

23 September 2010




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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