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'''Code2000''' is a pan-[[Unicode typefaces|Unicode digital font]], which includes [[Grapheme|characters]] and symbols from a very large range of [[writing system]]s. It is designed and implemented by James Kass to include as much of the [[Unicode|Unicode 4.0 standard]] (5.2 is the current version) as possible, and to support [[OpenType]] digital typography features. '''Code2001''' and '''Code2002''' are related fonts created by Kass which support characters in higher [[Mapping of Unicode character planes|Unicode planes]].

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'''Code2000''' is a [[serif font|serif]] and pan-[[Unicode typefaces|Unicode digital font]], which includes [[Grapheme|characters]] and symbols from a very large range of [[writing system]]s. As of the current version 1.176 released in 2023, Code2000 is designed and implemented by James Kass to include as much of the [[Unicode|Unicode 15.1 standard]] as practical (with 15.1 being the currently-released version), and to support [[OpenType]] digital typography features. Code2000 supports the [[Basic Multilingual Plane]]. '''Code2001''' was designed to support the [[Supplementary Multilingual Plane]], with [[ISO 8859-1]] characters shared with Code2000 for compatibility. A third font, '''Code2002''', was left substantially unfinished and never officially released.

Code2000 was released as [[shareware]]/[[donationware]], with the licensing fee set at $5.00. Code2001 was released under a [[free software license]] that prohibited most [[derivative work]]s but otherwise allowed free use, redistribution and [[font embedding|embedding]]. The project was discontinued in 2008, with its web ___domain name later taken by an Australian [[Computer programming|programming]] site.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://code2000.net/ |title=Last archive copy of James Kass' website |access-date=December 26, 2011 |archive-date=January 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108105420/http://code2000.net/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

The fonts are available as [[shareware]] from the author's website.

On September 13, 2023, after 15 years of inactivity, Kass relaunched the project and began work on updating the fonts.<!-- see the link in "External links" -->

Other well-known Unicode fonts include [[Arial Unicode MS]], [[Lucida Sans Unicode]], [[TITUS Cyberbit Basic]], the [[Free UCS Outline Fonts]] and other Free software Unicode fonts.

==Code2000==

== Unicode coverage==

The names in the following list are taken directly from the Unicode standard.

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*Basic [[Latin alphabet|Latin]]

*[[ISO/IEC 8859-1|Latin-1]] Supplement

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*Combining [[Diacritics|Diacritical]] Marks

*[[Greek alphabet|Greek]] and [[Coptic alphabet|Coptic]]

*[[Cyrillic alphabetscript|Cyrillic]]

*Cyrillic Supplementary

*[[Armenian alphabet|Armenian]]

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*[[Ge'ez alphabet|Ethiopic]]

*[[Cherokee language|Cherokee]]

*[[Unified Canadian Aboriginal syllabics (Unicode block)|Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics]]

*[[Ogham]]

*[[Runic]]

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*[[Khmer alphabet|Khmer]]

*[[Mongolian script|Mongolian]]

*[[Limbu script|Limbu]]

*[[Tai Le script|Tai Le]]

*New Tai Lue

*Khmer Symbols

*[[Buginese script|Buginese]]

*[[Balinese script|Balinese]]

*[[Sundanese script|Sundanese]]

*[[Lepcha script|Lepcha]]

*[[Ol Chiki script|Ol Chiki]]

*Phonetic Extensions

*Phonetic Extensions Supplement

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*[[Operation (mathematics)|Mathematical Operators]]

*Miscellaneous Technical

*Control Pictures, which are graphical presentations (via different [[code point]]s) for the 34 [[control characters]] in [[7-bit ASCII]] and among the first 128 code points of Unicode, including space and delete

*Control Pictures{{Clarify me|date=August 2008|reason=What is a "control picture"?}}

*[[Optical character recognition|Optical Character Recognition]]

*Enclosed [[Alphanumeric]]s

*Box Drawing

*Block Elements

*[[GeometryGeometric Shapes (Unicode block)|Geometric]] [[ShapeShapes]]s

*[[Miscellaneous Symbols]]

*[[Dingbat]]s

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*Supplemental Mathematical Operators

*Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows

*[[Glagolitic script|Glagolitic]]

*Latin Extended-C

*[[Coptic script|Coptic]]

*Georgian Supplement

*[[Tifinagh]]

*Ethiopic Extended

*Cyrillic Extended-A

*[[Supplemental Punctuation]]

*[[CJK Radicals Supplement]]

*[[Kangxi Radicals]]

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*[[Yi script|Yi]] Syllables

*Yi Radicals

*[[Vai syllabary|Vai]]

*Vai

*Cyrillic Extended-B

*Modifier Tone Letters

*Latin Extended-D

*[[Syloti Nagri]]

*[['Phags-pa script|Phags-pa]]

*[[Saurashtra script|Saurashtra]]

*[[Kayah Li script|Kayah Li]]

*[[Rejang script|Rejang]]

*[[Cham script|Cham]]

*Hangul Syllables

*CJK Compatibility Ideographs

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*Half-width and Full-width Forms

*Specials

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It also includes several scripts not officially recognized, in the Unicode [[Mapping of Unicode characters#Private use characters|Private Use AreaAreas]]:

*[[Tengwar]] ([[ConScript Unicode Registry]])

*[[Cirth]] (ConScript Unicode Registry)

*[[Ewellic alphabet|Ewellic]] (ConScript Unicode Registry)

*[[Phaistos]] (ConScript Unicode Registry)

*[[Klingon language|Klingon]] (ConScript Unicode Registry)

== Code2001==

This is a second font in the ''Code 2000'' family. It covers the Unicode Plane One [[Mapping of Unicode character planes#Supplementary Multilingual Plane|Supplementary Multilingual Plane]], mostly used for historic language scripts. The majority of these glyphs are not found in ''Code 2000''.

''Code2001'' includes support for:

*[[ISO-8859-1]] characters

*[[Deseret alphabet|Deseret]]

*[[Linear B]]

*[[Aegean civilization|Aegean]] numbers

*[[Phaistos]]

*[[Old Italic alphabet|Old Italic]]

*[[Gothic alphabet|Gothic]]

*[[Aegean civilization|Aegean]] numbers

*[[Cypriot syllabary]]

*[[Linear B]]

*[[Pollard script]]

*[[Shavian]] script

*[[Ugaritic alphabet|Ugaritic]]

*[[Old Persian language|Old Persian]] [[Cuneiform script|Cuneiform]]

*[[ISO-8859-1]] characters

*[[Deseret alphabet|Deseret]]

*[[Shavian]] script

*[[Osmanya script|Osmanya]]

*[[Cypriot syllabary]]

*[[Phoenician alphabet|Phoenician]]

*[[Byzantine Musical Symbols]]

*Musical Symbols

*[[Tài Xuán Jīng]] Symbols

*[[Counting rods|Counting Rod]] Numerals

*[[Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols]] (including the ones in the Letter-like Symbols block)

*Domino Tiles

As the font ceased updating in 2008, it does not include the [[emoji]], added to Unicode in version 6.0, that make up the best-known and most commonly used characters in the set.

This font covers a few characters in the Unicode Plane Two [[Supplementary Ideographic Plane]]. It also covers a few tags in Unicode Plane Fourteen [[Supplementary Special-purpose Plane]].

Also included are:

*[[Tengwar]]

*[[Old Persian language|Old Persian]] [[Cuneiform script|Cuneiform]]

*[[Cirth]]

*Tengwar

*[[Pollard script]]

*Cirth

The first two are not yet approved for use in Unicode, and therefore are encoded in the Plane Fifteen Private Use Area and the [[Basic Multilingual Plane]]. (As noted above, the former two are also available in ''Code2000''.) The Pollard Script is in Unicode now, so its spot is deprecated.

==Code2002==

These three are not yet approved for use in Unicode, and therefore are encoded in the Plane Fifteen Private Use Area and the [[Mapping of Unicode character planes#Basic Multilingual Plane|Basic Multilingual Plane]]. (As noted above, the latter two are also available in ''Code2000''.)

This is a third font in the ''Code 2000'' family. The glyphs in this font are not part of either ''Code 2000'' or ''Code 2001''.

This font partially covers the Unicode Plane Two [[Supplementary Ideographic Plane]]. This is a Supplementary Plane used for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean [[ideograph]]s. Roughly 40% of Plane Two is included in this font.

==Code2002 ==

This is a third font in the ''Code 2000'' family. The glyphs in this font are not part of either ''Code 2000'' or ''Code 2001''.

==See also==

This font partially covers the Unicode Plane Two [[Mapping of Unicode character planes#Supplementary Ideographic Plane|Supplementary Ideographic Plane]]. This is a Supplementary Plane used for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean [[ideograph]]s. Roughly 40% of Plane Two is included in this font.

* [[Unicode typeface]]

* [[Free software Unicode typefaces]]

* [[Unicode]]

Other well-known Unicode fonts include:

==External links==

* [[Arial Unicode MS]]

*[http://www.code2000.net/ Code2000 site]

* [[Lucida Sans Unicode]]

* [[TITUS Cyberbit Basic]]

* [[TITUS Cyberbit Unicode]]

* [[Free UCS Outline Fonts]]

== References ==

[[Category:Pan-Unicode typefaces]]

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==External links==

* https://www.code2001.com

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