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{{short description|Computer font that maps glyphs to code points defined in the Unicode Standard}}
Fonts which support a wide range of [[Unicode scripts]] and [[Unicode symbols]] are sometimes referred to as "pan-Unicode fonts", although as the maximum number of glyphs that can be defined in a [[TrueType]] font is restricted to 65,535, it is not possible for a single TrueType font to provide individual glyphs for all defined Unicode characters ({{unicodenover}}). This article lists some widely used Unicode fonts (those shipped with an operating system or produced by a well-known commercial font company) that support a comparatively large number and broad range of Unicode characters. ==Background==
The [[Unicode]] <!-- (ISO 10646 UCS) --> standard does not specify or create any font ([[typeface]]), a collection of graphical shapes called glyphs, itself. Rather, it defines the abstract characters as a specific number (known as a ''code point'') and also defines the required changes of shape depending on the context the glyph is used in (e.g., [[combining character]]s, [[precomposed character]]s and [[Letter (alphabet)|letter]]-[[diacritic]] combinations). The choice of font, which governs how the abstract characters in the Universal Coded Character Set (UCS) are converted into a bitmap or vector output that can then be viewed on a screen or printed, is left up to the user. If a font is chosen which does not contain a glyph for a code point used in the document, it typically displays a question mark, a box, or some other [[substitute character]].
[[Computer font]]s use various techniques to display characters or glyphs. A [[bitmap font]] contains a grid of dots known as [[pixel]]s forming an image of each glyph in each face and size. [[Outline font]]s (also known as vector fonts) use drawing instructions or mathematical
Fonts also include embedded special [[orthography|orthographic]] rules to output certain combinations of letterforms (
No single "Unicode font" includes all the characters defined in the present [[The Unicode Standard#History|revision]] of [[Universal Character Set|ISO 10646]] (Unicode) standard, as more and more languages and characters
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<abbr title="Universal Coded Character Set">UCS</abbr> has over 1.1 million code points, but only the first 65,536 (the Plane 0: [[Basic Multilingual Plane]], or BMP) had entered into common use before 2000.
:''See the [[Unicode planes]] article for more information on other planes, including: Plane 1<!--always capital P-->: [[Supplementary Multilingual Plane]] (SMP), Plane 2: [[Supplementary Ideographic Plane]] (SIP), Plane 14: [[Supplementary Special-purpose Plane]] (SSP), Plane 15 and 16: reserved for [[Private Use Areas]] (PUA).''
The first Unicode fonts (with very large character sets and supporting many [[Unicode blocks]]) were [[Lucida Sans Unicode]] (released March 1993), [[Unihan font]] (1993), and [[Everson Mono]] (1995).
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| '''[[Arial Unicode MS]]'''
| 38,917 || 50,377 || 0 ||{{small|0~6: Smoothed.<br>7~18: Hinted.<br>19+: Hinted & Smoothed.}}|| v1.01 sfnt rev 1<br>2002-11-18 || ARIALUNI.TTF<br>(22.1 MB) || Arial Unicode MS<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/family.aspx?FID=24 |title=Arial Unicode MS |website=[[Microsoft]] |access-date=2010-01-15 |archive-date=2010-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108131000/http://c/www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/family.aspx?FID=24 |url-status=live }}</ref> || Medium (Normal), Regular || OTF+TTO{{ref|otftto|†}}|| Normal Sans || {{Proprietary}} || Agfa Monotype Corporation.<br>Monotype Corporation. ||{{small|Included with [[Microsoft Office 2013]] and earlier versions}}
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| '''[[Bitstream Cyberbit]]'''
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| '''Brampton'''
| 1,916 || 1,979 || 0{{ref|kernpairs|‡}} || || v0.16<br>2011-09-22 || Brampton.ttf<br>(622 kB)|| Brampton || || [[TrueType font|TTF]] || Slab serif || [[SIL Open Font License|OFL]] || [
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| '''[[Cardo (typeface)|Cardo]]'''
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| '''[[DejaVu fonts|DejaVu Sans]]'''
| 5,467 || 5,762 || 2,637 ||{{small|0~6: Smoothed.<br>7+: Hinted & Smoothed.}}|| v2.32 sfnt rev 2.31999<br>2010-08-22 || DejaVuSans.ttf<br>(667 KB) || DejaVu Sans || Medium (Normal), Book || OTF+TTO{{ref|otftto|†}}|| Normal Sans || [[Bitstream Vera]] license and public ___domain for additions || Bitstream, Inc.<br>Tavmjong Bah.<br>public ___domain. ||{{small| }}
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| '''[[Everson Mono]]'''
| 6,391 || 6,399 || 0 ||{{small|0~6: Smoothed.<br>7~12: Hinted.<br>13+: Hinted & Smoothed.}}|| v5.203 sfnt rev v5.203<br>2010-07-03 || Everson Mono.ttf<br>(1.91 MB) || Everson Mono || Medium (Normal), Regular || [[TrueType font|TTF]] || {{Any}} || Shareware<br>(unrestricted) || [[Michael Everson]] ||{{small|Monospaced width.}}
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| '''[[Gentium
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| '''[[GNU FreeFont]]'''
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| '''HAN NOM A,<br>HAN NOM B'''
| 32,328<br>45,020 || 34,147<br>45,175 || 0<br>0 ||{{small|0~6: Smoothed.<br>7~12: Hinted.<br>13+: Hinted & Smoothed.}}|| v2.0; 2005 sfnt rev 2<br>2005-02-05 ||{{small|HAN NOM A.TTF}}<br>(20.3 MB)<br>{{small|HAN NOM B.TTF}}<br>(32.2 MB)|| HAN NOM A<br>HAN NOM B || Medium (Normal), Book, Regular || [[TrueType font|TTF]] || No Fit || {{free|Freeware}} || Chan Nguyen, Thien Vien Chieu, To Minh Tam ||{{ref|HanNom|⸸}} {{small|[
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| '''Horta'''
| 1,858 || 1,988 || 0 || || v0.7<br>2016-05-16 || Horta demo.ttf<br>(127 kB)|| Horta || || [[TrueType font|TTF]] || Sans || [[SIL Open Font License|OFL]] || [
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| '''[[Junicode]]'''
| 3,022 || 3,096 ||{{small|14,438}}||{{small|0~6: Smoothed.<br>7~13: Hinted.<br>14+: Hinted & Smoothed.}}|| v0.6.17 sfnt rev 0.599991<br>2009-07-11 ||{{small|Junicode<br>-Regular.ttf}}<br>(752 KB) || Junicode || Medium (Normal), Book, Regular || [[TrueType font|TTF]] || {{Any}} || {{GPL-lic}} || Peter S. Baker ||{{small|[
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| '''Kelvinch'''
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| '''[[Linux Libertine]]'''
| 2,549 || 2,552 || 0 ||{{small|0~6: Smoothed.<br>7~13: Hinted.<br>14+: Hinted & Smoothed.}}|| v4.7.5 sfnt rev 4.7<br>2010-06-15 ||{{small|LinLibertine<br>_Re-4.7.5.ttf}}<br>(893 KB) || Linux Libertine || Medium (Normal), Book, Regular || OTF+TTO{{ref|otftto|†}}|| {{Any}} || {{GPL-lic}}, [[SIL Open Font License|OFL]] || Philipp H. Poll ||{{small| [
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| '''[[Lucida Grande]]'''
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| '''[[Squarish Sans CT]]'''
| 1,609 || 1,757 || 0{{ref|kernpairs|‡}} || || v0.10<br>2011-09-22 || Squarish Sans CT Regular.ttf<br>(106 kB)|| Squarish Sans CT || || [[TrueType font|TTF]] || Sans || [[SIL Open Font License|OFL]] || [
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| '''[[STIX]]'''
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| '''[[Times New Roman]]'''
| 2,790 || 3,414 || 867 ||{{small|0~6: Smoothed.<br>7~13: Hinted.<br>14+: Hinted & Smoothed.}}|| v5.05<br>2009-02-06 || times.ttf<br>(816 KB) || Times New Roman || Medium (Normal), Regular || OTF+TTO{{ref|otftto|†}}|| Cove || Proprietary;{{small|only some versions up to version 2.82 were Freeware<ref>{{cite web | url=
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| '''[[TITUS Cyberbit Basic]]'''
| 9,209 || 10,044 || 0 ||{{small|0~6: Smoothed.<br>7~12: Hinted.<br>13+: Hinted & Smoothed.}}|| v3.0 (2000) sfnt rev 4<br>2005-10-08 || TITUSCBZ.TTF<br>(1.91 MB) || TITUS Cyberbit Basic || Medium (Normal), Regular || [[TrueType font|TTF]] || Cove || {{free|Freeware}} || Bitstream Inc / TITUS project. ||{{small| }}
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| '''[[WenQuanYi]] Bitmap Song'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wenq.org/enindex.cgi?BitmapSong_en |title=Wen Quan Yi – Open Source Chinese: BitmapSong en |publisher=Wenq.org |date=2012-05-14 |access-date=2012-08-21 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| 41,295 || 154,997 || 0 ||{{N/A}}|| 1.0.0-RC1 ||{{N/A}}|| WenQuanYi Bitmap Song || Regular || Multi-strike Bitmap Font || Song(Serif) Style for Chinese|| {{GPL-lic}} ||{{N/A}}||{{small|It has full coverage to GB18030 Hanzi at 11-16px font sizes. [http://wenq.org/enindex.cgi?Hero_README More info].}}
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| '''WenQuanYi Micro Hei'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wenq.org/enindex.cgi?MicroHei%28en%29 |title=Wen Quan Yi – Open Source Chinese: MicroHei(en) |publisher=Wenq.org |access-date=2012-08-21 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| 34,707 || 48,755 || 0 ||{{N/A}}|| 0.2.0-beta ||{{N/A}}|| WenQuanYi Micro Hei and WenQuanYi Micro Hei Mono || Regular, Light || [[TrueType font|TTC]] || Hei(Sans) Style for Chinese|| {{GPL-lic}} ||{{N/A}}||{{small|Derived from the [[Droid (font)|Droid Sans]] font (merged with Droid Sans Fallback) and is readable in compact sizes.}}
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| '''WenQuanYi Zen Hei'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wenq.org/enindex.cgi?ZenHei%28en%29 |title=Wen Quan Yi – Open Source Chinese: ZenHei(en) |publisher=Wenq.org |access-date=2012-08-21 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| 42,285 || 43,643 || 0 ||{{N/A}}|| v0.9.45 sfnt rev 0.89994<br>2010-03-11 || wqy-zenhei.ttc<br>(16.0 MB) || WenQuanYi Zen Hei, WenQuanYi Zen Hei Mono and WenQuanYi Zen Hei Sharp || Medium, Regular || [[TrueType font|TTC]] || Hei(Sans) Style for Chinese || {{GPL-lic}} || Qianqian Fang and WenQuanYi Board of Trustees. || {{ref|WenQuanYiZenHei|⸹}} {{small|[http://wenq.org/enindex.cgi?ZenHei(en) More info].}}
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| '''[[XITS]]'''
| 3,290 || 3,292 || 1,016 ||{{small|0+: Hinting & Smoothed.}}|| v1.0.10<br>2011-04-25 ||<small>xits-regular.otf</small><br>(247 KB)|| XITS || Medium (Normal), Book, Regular || OTF || {{Any}} || [[SIL Open Font License|OFL]] || {{small|Khaled Hosny
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==Comparison of fonts==
{{Update section|date=February 2025|reason=Some Unicode blocks are missing. Some of these fonts have expanded since article was written.|inaccurate=yes}}
Number of characters included by the '''above version of fonts''', for different [[Unicode block]]s are listed below. ''Basic Latin (128: {{nowrap|0000–007F}})'' means that in the range called 'Basic Latin', there are 128 assigned codes, numbered 0 to [[hexadecimal|7F]]. The cells then show the number of those codes which are covered by each font. Unicode blocks listed are valid for [[Unicode 8.0|Unicode version 8.0]].
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