Help:Multilingual support
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Articles on the English Wikipedia may contain words or texts written in different languages and scripts. To be able to correctly view and edit these articles requires that you have the appropriate fonts installed and to have correctly configured your operating system and browser. This guide will help you to do so.
Overview
[edit]Unicode
[edit]Articles on Wikipedia are encoded using Unicode (specifically UTF-8)[a], an industry standard designed to allow text and symbols from all of the writing systems of the world to be consistently represented and manipulated by computers. Because UTF-8 is backward compatible with ASCII, and most modern browsers have at least basic Unicode support, most users will experience little difficulty reading and editing most of Wikipedia.
Font
[edit]Most computers with Microsoft Windows, Apple's macOS and many Linux variants will already have fonts with support for Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and the International Phonetic Alphabet installed. Many mobile devices, such as the iPhone and iPad also include such fonts. Several historic and accented characters (used in the transliteration of foreign scripts) may be missing, though.
Microsoft fonts
[edit]Font | Included with | Scripts | Description |
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Western, Japanese, Hangul, Johab, Big5, GB 2312, Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, Turkish, Baltic, Central European, Celtic, Cyrillic, Thai, Lao, Tibetan, Oriya, Bengali, Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Vietnamese | Supports a wide number of scripts, but is of a slightly lower quality than Arial because it lacks kerning and is not smoothed. Contains a minor bug that causes double-wide diacritics to be placed on the wrong characters. | |
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Western, Hebrew, Greek, Turkish, Baltic, Central European, Cyrillic | Has a much smaller character repertoire than that of Arial Unicode MS, but is more legible. | |
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Western, Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, Turkish, Baltic, Central European, Celtic, Cyrillic, Thai and Vietnamese | Has a much smaller character repertoire than that of Arial Unicode MS, but is more legible, especially (according to Meta) in terms of Arabic and Persian characters. | |
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Western, Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, Turkish, Celtic, Baltic, Central European, Cyrillic, Thai, Vietnamese | Has better support for historical and accented Latin characters. |
Other available Unicode fonts
[edit]Bolded fonts are recommended.
Font | Typeface | License | Format | Encoding |
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Aboriginal | Sans-serif, Serif | Freeware | OpenType | Unicode 5.2 |
Charis SIL | Serif | Open Source | OpenType, Graphite | Unicode 7.0 |
Code2002 Archived December 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine | Freeware (must not be altered) | TrueType | Unicode, plane 2 | |
Code2001 0.919 Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine | Freeware (must not be altered) | TrueType | Unicode, plane 1 | |
Code2000 1.171 Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine | Serif | Shareware (unrestricted) | TrueType | Unicode, plane 0 |
DejaVu | Sans-serif, Sans-mono, Serif | Open Source | OpenType | Unicode |
Doulos SIL | Serif | Open Source | OpenType, Graphite | Unicode 7.0 |
Everson Mono 3.2b4 | Sans-mono | Shareware | TrueType | Unicode |
Fonts for Ancient Scripts (Greek, Egyptian, cuneiform...) | Varying | No license, but may be used for any purpose | TrueType | Unicode |
Google Noto (Project to support all Unicode scripts) | Sans-serif, Serif | Open Source | OpenType | Unicode |
Hanazono (80,000+ Chinese characters supported) | Ming (comparable to serifed typefaces) | Freeware (unrestricted) | TrueType | Unicode |
Kurinto Font Folio (Project to support all human languages) | 21 typefaces with variants | Open Source (OFL) | TrueType | Unicode 12.1 |
TH-Times (in TH-Tshyn)[Simplified Chinese page] [English page] | Serif | Non-commercial | TrueType | Unicode 15.1 |
TITUS Cyberbit Basic | Serif | Non-commercial | TrueType, but requires Windows to install | Unicode 4.0 |
Quivira | Serif | Freeware | OpenType | Unicode 7.0 |
GNU Unifont | Mono | Freeware (GPL) | TrueType | Unicode 15.0 |
Browsers
[edit]- Internet Explorer
- supports Latin (however not all extended sets), Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic and Hebrew. Support for East Asian and some Indic scripts is available if support for this has been installed for Windows. As Internet Explorer will only use the default font for other scripts, those are usually not supported (unless the default font does).
- Firefox
- tries to render any character using all the fonts available on the system so multilingual support is generally good. The default rendering engine can support complex script rendering. Some Linux distributions ship with a Pango-based rendering engine which also does, although this may currently cause some display glitches with justified text.
- Opera
- tries to render any character using all the fonts available on the system so multilingual support is also good.[5] Opera uses the operating system to perform contextual glyph selection, ligature forming, character stacking, combining character support and other character shaping tasks.[6]
- Chrome
- does not directly support several languages of South and Southeast Asian countries, but otherwise renders some tofu signs, due to its problem of font fallback mechanism, you may need the Advanced Font Settings extension to optimize. Renders Devanagari (used for Hindi), Bengali, Sinhala, Gurmukhi, and Tibetan scripts in the examples below, but not some of languages of Southeast Asian countries.
Scripts
[edit]Adlam
[edit]Adlam is a right-to-left alphabetic script devised by the brothers Ibrahima and Abdoulaye Barry, in order to represent the Fula language (Fulani). It is supported by the following font:
- Ebrima (Microsoft Windows font, available in Update 1903 and later)
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Adlam (joined style), Noto Sans Adlam (unjoined style) (note that, as of 2023, Noto fonts do not render the diacritic ⟨𞥋⟩ correctly.)
- TH-Times (completely support up to Unicode15.1)
- Unifont Upper
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𞤀𞤣𞤤𞤢𞤥 |
Note: As of August 2018, this script is not being used on the Fula Wikipedia.
Aegean numerals
[edit]Aegean numerals were used by the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations. They are supported by the following fonts:
- Aegean
- Everson Mono
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Linear B, a font made by Google
- Symbola
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𐄢𐄡𐄗𐄌 |
Ahom
[edit]Ahom script is a script used to write the Ahom language. They are supported by the following fonts:
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Noto Serif Ahom, a font made by Google.
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𑜇𑜞 |
Ancient South Arabian
[edit]Ancient South Arabian script (Old South Arabian) was used to write the Minean, Sabaean, Qatabanian, Hadramite, and Himyaritic languages of Yemen from the 8th century BCE to the 6th century CE. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Everson Mono
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Old South Arabian
- Qataban
- Quivira
- Segoe UI Historic (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 10 and later)
- Unifont Upper
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𐩠𐩭𐩵𐩼𐩥 |
Armenian
[edit]The Armenian alphabet is only used to write the Armenian language. It is supported by the following fonts:
- DejaVu
- GNU FreeSerif
- Noto Sans Armenian, a font made by Google
- Noto Serif Armenian, the serif version of the font made by Google
- Segoe UI (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 7 and later, but only supports Armenian since Windows 8)
- Sylfaen (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 2000 and later)
- TH-Times (completely support up to Unicode15.1)
- Times LatArm
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Հայաստան |
Avestan
[edit]The Avestan alphabet is used to write the Avestan language. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Ahuramazda
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Avestan, a font made by Google
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𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬔𐬁 |
Balinese
[edit]The Balinese script is used to write the Balinese language. The script is encoded in block "Balinese", code points 1B00–1B7F (Unicode.org chart). It is supported by the following fonts:
- Aksara Bali (free OpenType font with keyboard driver)
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts) The default line height may need adjustment to avoid inter-line collisions between characters.
- Noto Sans Balinese, Noto Serif Balinese, a font made by Google
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Your browser/device | ᭚ᬲ᭄ᬯᬲ᭄ᬢᬶᬧ᭄ᬭᬧ᭄ᬢᬶᬭᬶᬂᬯᬶᬓᬶᬧᬾᬤᬶᬳᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ᭟ |
Transliteration | Swasti Prapti ring Wikipédia Basa Bali |
Bamum
[edit]Bamum is a series of scripts devised for the Bamum language by King Njoya of Cameroon between 1896 and 1918. It is supported by the following font:
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Bamum, a font made by Google
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ꚩꚫꛑꚩꚳ ꛆꚧꛂ |
Bassa Vah
[edit]Bassa Vah, also known as simply vah ('throwing a sign' in Bassa) is an alphabetic script for writing the Bassa language of Liberia that was invented by Thomas Flo Lewis. The fonts that support this script are listed below.
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𖫧 |
Batak
[edit]The Batak alphabet is used to write the Batak languages. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Batak Unicode
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Batak, a font made by Google
- Pangururan
- Prada (direct download link)
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ᯀᯂ᯲ᯘᯒ | aksara |
Note: As of August 2018, this script is not in wide use on the Toba Batak test wiki at the Wikimedia Incubator (apart from a few images on the Main Page).
Baybayin / Old Tagalog
[edit]Baybayin (also known as the Tagalog script in Unicode and sometimes mistakenly referred to as Alibata) is a Brahmic writing system used for several Philippine languages before and early into the Spanish conquest. It is related to other Brahmic scripts currently in use in the Philippines. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Tagalog, a font made by Google
- Paul Morrow's Baybayin Fonts. Offers the most extensive list of Baybayin fonts for Windows and Macintosh operating systems
- Quivira is a proportional serif font that produces very readable text. Supports several scripts, among them the Baybayin script
Bhaiksuki
[edit]The Bhaiksuki script was historically used to write Buddhist literature in Sanskrit. It is supported by the following font:
- Noto Sans Bhaiksuki, a font made by Google
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𑰥𑰹𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰲𑰎𑰱 |
Brahmi
[edit]The Brahmi script is one of the oldest writing systems used in Ancient India and present South and Central Asia from the 1st millennium BCE. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Brahmi, a font made by Google
- Segoe UI Historic (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 10 and later)
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𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀸𑀦𑀧𑀺𑀬𑁂𑀦 |
Note: The Brahmi script should not be confused with the family of Brahmic scripts.
Buhid
[edit]Buhid script is used to write the Buhid language. It is supported to varying extents by the following fonts:
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Buhid, a font made by Google
QuiviraNOT RECOMMENDED FOR BUHID: It contains basic Buhid letters but not the ligatures required to correctly render many Buhid syllablesCode2000NOT RECOMMENDED FOR BUHID: It contains basic Buhid letters but not the ligatures required to correctly render many Buhid syllables
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ᝃᝒᝎᝒᝐᝓᝈᝓᝆ | kilisunuta |
Burmese
[edit]The Burmese alphabet is used to write the Burmese language. The script is encoded in block "Myanmar", code points 1000-109F (Unicode.org chart). It is supported by the following fonts:
- Pyidaungsu
- Myanmar (also available from BBCs website)
- Myanmar Census
- Myanmar Text (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 8 and later)
- Noto Sans Myanmar, Noto Serif Myanmar
- Padauk (supports Graphite)
- WinUni Innwa
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ဃ + ြ → ဃြ |
Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
[edit]Canadian Aboriginal syllabics are an abugida used to write a number of First Nations languages in Canada, including Cree, Ojibwe, Naskapi, Inuktitut, Blackfoot, Sayisi, and Carrier. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Aboriginal Sans (See above)
- Code2000 (See above)
- Euphemia (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows Vista and later)
- Gadugi (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 10 Creators Update and later)
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Canadian Aboriginal, a font made by Google
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ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ |
Note: As of August 2018, this script is not being used on the Atikamekw Wikipedia, plus Ojibwe and Blackfoot test wikis at the Wikimedia Incubator.
Chakma
[edit]The Chakma script is used to write the Chakma language, and recently for the Pali language.
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𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦 𑄃𑄧𑄏𑄛𑄖𑄴 |
Cham
[edit]The Cham alphabet is used to write the Cham language. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Cham, a font made by Google
- Code2000 (See above)
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ꨇ |
Note: As of August 2018, this script is not being used on the Eastern Cham and Western Cham test wikis at the Wikimedia Incubator.
Caucasian Albanian
[edit]The Caucasian Albanian script was an alphabetic writing system used by the Caucasian Albanians, one of the ancient Northeast Caucasian peoples whose territory comprised parts of present-day Azerbaijan and Dagestan. The fonts that support this script are listed below.
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𐔰 |
Cherokee
[edit]The Cherokee syllabary, used to write the Cherokee language, is supported by the following fonts:
- Cherokee Digohweli, from LanguageGeek
- GNU FreeFont
- Gadugi (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 8 and later)
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Cherokee (direct download link), a font made by Google (Also supports lowercase)
- Plantagenet Cherokee (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows Vista and later)
Lowercase Cherokee letters were added to Unicode version 8.0 in June, 2015. Font support for lowercase Cherokee is not yet widespread. Those fonts that do support lowercase are:
- Gadugi (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 10 Creators Update and later)
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Cherokee (direct download link), a font made by Google
- Phoreus Cherokee
- Everson Mono (beta version)
Cherokee uppercase letters:
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ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ |
Cherokee lowercase letters:
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Ꮳꮃꭹ Ꭶꮼꮒꭿꮝꮧ |
Coptic
[edit]The Coptic alphabet is used to write the Coptic language, which was used in Egypt before Arabic. It is currently used solely as a liturgical language, and is supported by the following fonts:
- Alphabetum is a commercial Unicode font, but it is the only font that provides Bohairic Coptic letters rather than Sahidic
- Antinoou 1 (Evertype) and 2 (Copticchurch.net)
- GNU FreeSerif
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Coptic, a font made by Google
- Quivira: Provides full Unicode support for all Coptic letters
- Segoe UI Historic (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 10 and later)
- Segoe UI Symbol (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 7 and later)
- Sophia Nubian font by SIL International
- TH-Times (completely support up to Unicode15.1)
- Various Coptic fonts
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ⲙⲛⲧⲣⲙⲛⲕⲏⲙⲉ |
Cuneiform
[edit]The cuneiform script was primarily used to write Akkadian (including Assyrian and Babylonian) and Sumerian. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Noto Sans Cuneiform (Sumero-Akkadian)
- Santakku (cursive Old Babylonian)
- Ullikummi A (Anatolian: Hattic, Hittite, Luwian, Palaic)
- Assurbanipal (Neo-Assyrian, Urartian)
- Esagil (Neo-Babylonian)
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𒅎𒀝𒂵𒌈 |
Deseret
[edit]The Deseret alphabet is an alternative alphabet for writing the English language. It is supported by the following fonts:
- "Bee" Serif fonts
- "Bee" Sans Serif fonts
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Deseret, a font made by Google
- Segoe UI Symbol (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 7 and later)
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𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻 𐐈𐑊𐑁𐐰𐐺𐐯𐐻 |
Duployan Shorthand
[edit]The Duployan shorthand, or Duployan stenography (French: Sténographie Duployé), was created by Father Émile Duployé in 1860 for writing French. Historically, it was used for writing the Chinook Jargon language. The fonts that support this script are listed below.
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𛰚 |
East Asian
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Traditional Chinese | 人人生來自由, 在尊嚴和權利上一律平等。 他們有理性和良心, 請以手足關係的精神相對待。 | |
Simplified Chinese | 人人生来自由, 在尊严和权利上一律平等。 他们有理性和良心, 请以手足关系的精神相对待。 | |
Japanese | すべての人間は、生まれながらにして自由であり、 かつ、尊厳と権利と について平等である。 人間は、理性と良心とを授けられており、 互いに同胞の精神をもって行動しなければならない。 | |
Korean | 모든 인간은 태어날 때부터 자유로우며 그 존엄과 권리에 있어 동등하다. 인간은 천부적으로 이성과 양심을 부여받았으며 서로 형제애의 정신으로 행동하여야 한다. |
Several Wikipedias use these scripts, including Chinese, Classical Chinese, Cantonese (Yue), Gan, Japanese, and Korean. They are not used (widely) in the Min Nan, Zhuang, or Vietnamese Wikipedias, even though the scripts are sometimes used in those languages, as well.
Hentaigana
[edit]Hentaigana are obsolete or nonstandard hiragana used occasionally on signage in Japan. Hentaigana characters are supported by the following fonts:
- BabelStone Han
- Hanazono Mincho
- hentaigana-sans
- IPA MJ Mincho Font
- JIS Z 8903 Medium
- TH-Times (completely support up to Unicode15.1)
- Unicode Hentaigana Font
- WadaLabMaruGo2004Emoji and WadaLabChuMaruGo2004Emoji
- Sukima Gothic
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𛂛 |
Egyptian hieroglyphs
[edit]Egyptian hieroglyphs are supported by the following fonts:
- NewGardiner (direct download link) (Recommended for better on-screen legibility) (Archived from the original on 17 November 2018}
- Noto Sans Egyptian Hieroglyphs, a font made by Google
- Segoe UI Historic (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 10 and later)
Glyph stacking and formatting is accomplished via Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls, which were added to version 12 of the Unicode standard in March 2019. However the fonts above do not yet support this feature.
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𓇋𓏏𓈖𓇳𓅜𓐍𓈖 |
See also Help:WikiHiero syntax.
Elbasan
[edit]The Elbasan script is a mid 18th-century alphabetic script used for the Albanian language. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Elbasan, a font made by Google
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𐔀 |
Ethiopic
[edit]The Ethiopic syllabary is used in central east Africa for Amharic, Bilen, Tigre, Tigrinya, and other languages. It evolved from the script for classical Ge'ez, which is now strictly a liturgical language. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Abyssinica SIL
- Ethiopia Jiret
- Everson Mono
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Ethiopic, (multiple weights and widths) a font made by Google
- Noto Serif Ethiopic, (multiple weights and widths) a font made by Google
- Nyala (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows Vista and later)
- TITUS Cyberbit (direct download link)
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ኢትዮጵያ |
Note: As of August 2018, this script is not being used on the Oromo Wikipedia.
Gothic
[edit]The Gothic alphabet, which is used to write the Gothic language, is supported by the following fonts:
- Cardo
- MPH 2B Damase
- Junicode, a free font mostly for Medieval scripts.
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Gothic, a font made by Google
- Robert Pfeffer's fonts: Midjungards, Pfeffer Mediæval, Silubr, Skeirs, and Ulfilas
- Segoe UI Historic (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 10 and later)
- Segoe UI Symbol (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 7 and later)
See also:
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𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺 |
Grantha
[edit]The Grantha script, used in Tamil Nadu and Kerala to write Sanskrit, is supported by the following fonts:
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𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥 |
Gunjala Gondi
[edit]The Gunjala Gondi script is used to write the Gondi language.
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𑵶𑶍𑶕𑶀𑵵𑶊 𑵶𑶓𑶕𑶂𑶋 𑵵𑶋𑶅𑶋 |
Hanunó'o
[edit]Hanunó'o script is used to write the Hanunó'o language. It is supported to varying extents by the following fonts:
- GNU FreeFont
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Hanunoo, a font made by Google
QuiviraNOT RECOMMENDED FOR HANUNÓ'O: It contains basic Hanunó'o letters but not the ligatures required to correctly render many Hanunó'o syllables.
After downloading and installing one or more of the fonts above, reload this page as a check. For example, the GNU FreeSans font might not render the characters in the following table correctly on your device and browser, whilst the Noto Sans Hanunoo font might.
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ᜥᜥᜲᜥᜳ | nga ngi ngu |
Imperial Aramaic
[edit]The ancient Aramaic alphabet was adapted by Arameans from the Phoenician alphabet and became a distinct script by the 8th century BC. The supporting fonts are listed below.
- Noto Sans Imperial Aramaic
- Segoe UI Historic (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 10 and later)
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𐡀 |
Indic
[edit]The following table compares how a correctly enabled computer would render the following scripts with how your computer renders them:
Script | Correct rendering | Your browser/device | Help page |
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Bengali–Assamese | ক + ি → কি | Wikipedia:Bangla script display help | |
Devanāgarī | क + ि → कि | Template:Devfonthelp | |
Gujarati | ક + િ → કિ | ||
Gurmukhī | ਕ + ਿ → ਕਿ | ||
Kannada | ಕ + ಿ → ಕಿ | ||
Malayalam | ക + െ → കെ | ||
Odia | କ + େ → କେ | ||
Sinhala | ඵ + ේ → ඵේ | ||
Tibetan | ར + ྐ + ྱ → རྐྱ | ||
Tamil | க + ே → கே | ||
Telugu | య + ీ → యీ |
These scripts are used in a great many Wikipedias, including the ones for Assamese, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Central Tibetan, Dzongkha, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Goan Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Newar, Odia, Pali, Eastern Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sinhalese, Tamil, Telugu, and Tulu.
They are also used in the Wikimedia Incubator test wikis for Angika, Awadhi, Badaga, Bodo, Chhattisgarhi, Haryanvi, Kanikkaran, Kutchi, Rajasthani, Saurashtra, and Tamang.
Inscriptional Parthian
[edit]Inscriptional Parthian was used for writing the Parthian language. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Noto Sans Inscriptional Parthian, a font made by Google
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Segoe UI Historic (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 10 and later)
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𐭀𐭅𐭎 𐭔𐭅𐭂𐭅𐭍 𐭋𐭍 |
Javanese
[edit]The Javanese script is used to write the Javanese language. It is supported by Unicode 5.2 and above. The script is a so-called SIL Graphite-script, and is best supported by Firefox. As of recently however, it can be rendered by the OpenType and TrueType standards, provided the right font is used. The script is supported by the following fonts:
- Javanese Text (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 8.1 and later)
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts) The default line height may need adjustment to avoid inter-line collisions between characters.
- Noto Sans Javanese, a font made by Google
- Prada (direct download link)
- Tuladha Jejeg, a free SIL Graphite font
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Your browser/device | ꧋ꦱꦸꦒꦼꦁꦫꦮꦸꦃꦮꦺꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ꦲꦶꦁꦮꦶꦏꦶꦥꦺꦝꦶꦪꦃꦗꦮꦶ꧉ | |
Transliteration | Sugeng Rawuh Wènten ing Wikipédia Jawi |
Kaithi
[edit]Kaithi, also called "Kayathi" or "Kayasthi", is a historical script used widely in parts of North India. It is supported by the following font:
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Kaithi, a font made by Google
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𑂍𑂶𑂟𑂲 |
Kaktovik numerals
[edit]The Kaktovik numerals are a base-20 system of numerical digits created by Alaskan Iñupiat. They are supported by the following fonts:
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𝋄𝋈𝋌 |
Kawi
[edit]The Kawi script was used primarily in Java and across much of Maritime Southeast Asia between the 8th century and the 16th century.
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𑼒𑼮𑼶 |
Kharosthi
[edit]Kharosthi, also spelled Kharoshthi or Kharoṣṭhī, is an ancient script used in ancient Gandhara and ancient India. It is supported by the following fonts:
Noto Sans KharosthiNOT RECOMMENDED: Even though it's a font made by Google, it doesn't render many necessary conjunctions, but Segoe UI does. It also has misplaced vowel marks.- Segoe UI Historic (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 10 and later)
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𐨤𐨪𐨌𐨪𐨿𐨗𐨸𐨅𐨌𐨏 |
Khudabadi
[edit]Khudabadi, also spelled Khudawadi, or Sindhi, is a script used to write Sindhi Language. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Khudawadi, a font made by Google
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𑋝𑋡𑋟𑋟𑋐𑋢 | Sindhi |
Note: As of August 2018, this script is not being used on the Sindhi Wikipedia.
Klingon
[edit]The Klingon script is used to write the Klingon language, an artistic language of the Star Trek franchise. The script is not encoded in Unicode but a range of code points defined in the ConScript Unicode Registry (CSUR) is in common use. The following fonts support these CSUR code points:
- Code2000
- Constructium
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Unifont CSUR (A part of GNU Unifont, which only supports glyphs in CSUR)
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Lanna
[edit]The Tai Tham script, also known as the Lanna script, is used to write the Northern Thai language, the Pali language and others.
- Noto Sans Tai Tham, a font made by Google
- Payap Lanna, an SIL font named after Payap University in Chiang Mai
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ᨲ᩠ᩅᩫᨵᩢᨾ᩠ᨾ᩼ |
Lepcha
[edit]The Lepcha script is used to write Lepcha, a language spoken by 66,500 people in northern Nepal. The following fonts support the Unicode points for Lepcha:
- Róng Kít
- Noto Sans Lepcha
- Mingzat
- JG Lepcha
- several fonts of the full Kurinto Font Folio
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ᰛᰩᰵᰛᰧᰵᰶ |
Limbu
[edit]The Limbu alphabet, used to write the Limbu language, is supported by the following fonts:
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Limbu, a font made by Google
- Namdhinggo SIL
- Code2000
- MPH 2B Damase
- GNU Unifont
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ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ |
Linear A
[edit]The undeciphered Linear A script was used in ancient Greece. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Aegean
- Everson Mono
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Linear A, a font made by Google.
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𐘀 𐘏 𐘞 𐘮 𐘽 𐙌 |
Linear B
[edit]The Linear B script was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of the Greek language. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Everson Mono
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Linear B, a font made by Google
- Unifont Upper
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𐁂𐀐𐀷 |
Lisu (Fraser alphabet)
[edit]The Fraser alphabet is used only to write the Lisu language. It is supported by the following fonts:
- DejaVu
- Miao Unicode
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Lisu, a font made by Google
- Segoe UI (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 7 and later, but only supports Lisu since Windows 8)
- TH-Times (completely support up to Unicode15.1), the letters are designed as a serif style
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ꓛꓬꓹ ꓡꓯꓺ ꓡꓯꓺ |
Lontara
[edit]The Lontara script is used to write Buginese, Makassarese, and Mandar. The script is encoded in block "Buginese", code points 1A00–1A1F (Unicode.org chart). It is supported by the following fonts:
- Leelawadee UI, note that Leelawadee does not support the Lontara script, only the UI version does. Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 8 and later
- MPH 2B Damase (direct download link)
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Buginese, a font made by Google
- Saweri (This font is Truetype-only, and will not properly reorder the prepended vowel /e/ to the left without the help of a compliant text-layout engine)
- Prada (direct download link)
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ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ | Basa Ugi |
Makasar
[edit]The Makasar script, also known as Ukiri' Jangang-jangang (bird's script) or Old Makasar script, is a historical Indonesian writing system that was used in South Sulawesi to write the Makassarese language between the 17th and 19th centuries until it was supplanted by the Lontara Bugis script. It is supported by the following font:
Noto Serif Makasar, a font made by Google
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𑻪𑻢𑻪𑻢 | Jangang-jangang |
Mandaic
[edit]The Mandaic alphabet, used to write the Mandaic language and Neo-Mandaic, is supported by the following font:
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Mandaic, a font made by Google
- Mandaic Regular Font from the Mandaean Network
- TH-Times (completely support up to Unicode15.1)
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ࡀࡁࡀࡂࡀ |
Marchen
[edit]The Marchen script, is used to write the Zhang-Zhung language, is supported by the following font:
- BabelStone Marchen, a font made by Andrew West
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Marchen, a font made by Google
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𑲁𑲠𑱹𑲚 |
Masaram Gondi
[edit]Masaram Gondi is a Brahmi-based script devised by Munshi Mangal Singh Masaram in 1918.
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𑴤𑴫𑴦𑴱𑴤 𑴎𑴽𑵀𑴘𑴳 |
Meitei
[edit]The Meitei script, used to write the Meetei language, is supported by the following fonts:
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Meetei Mayek, a font made by Google
- Nirmala UI (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 10 and later)
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ꯃꯩꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ |
Modi
[edit]The Modi script, used to write the Marathi and Sanskrit languages, is supported by the following font:
- Noto Sans Modi, a font made by Google
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𑘀 |
Mongolian
[edit]
The Mongolian script is occasionally used to write the Mongolian language on the Internet, though Cyrillic is more common. It is also used to write the Manchu language and Xibe language. It is written from top to bottom in columns ordered from left to right. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Noto Sans Mongolian, a font made by Google.
- Code2000
- Oyun font series by Inner Mongolian University: Oyun Qagan Tig, Oyun Garqag Tig, Oyun Hawang Tig, Oyun Scnin Tig, Oyun Gar Biqimel Tig, Oyun Har_a Tig, and Oyun Gurban Ulus Tig
- Menksoft font series: Menk Qagan Tig, Menk Garqag Tig, Menk Har_a Tig, Menk Hawang Tig, and Menk Scnin Tig
- Mongolian Baiti (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 7 and later)
- Songti and Heiti (macOS fonts, only readable fonts when rendered horizontally)
- Mongol Usug
- Mongolian Universal White (free font)
- Mongolian White (free font)
- MongolianScript
- TH-Times (complete support up to Unicode15.1), also see 蒙古文字变形规则说明 (Simplified Chinese) for the technical details
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ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ᠌ |
Note: As of August 2018, this script is not being generally used on the Mongolian Wikipedia (which uses Cyrillic in general).
Nag Mundari
[edit]Mundari Bani, also known as Nag Mundari, is a writing system used for the Mundari language, a Munda language spoken in eastern India. It is supported by various typefaces from the following website:
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𞓧𞓟𞓨𞓜𞓕𞓣𞓚 |
Newa
[edit]The Pracalit script is a native Nepalese writing system.
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𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐔𑐮𑐶𑐟 𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑐮 |
New Tai Lue
[edit]New Tai Lue script, also known as Simplified Tai Lue, is used to write the Tai Lue language (Tai Lü). It is supported by the following fonts:
- Dai Banna SIL fonts
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Microsoft New Tai Lue
- Noto Sans New Tai Lue
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ᦟᦲᧅᦷᦎᦺᦑᦟᦹᧉ |
Nüshu
[edit]Nüshu is a syllabic script derived from Chinese characters that was used exclusively among women in Jiangyong County in Hunan province of southern China. It is supported by the following fonts:
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𛆁𛈬 |
Note: In this image, the Nüshu characters are written right-to-left.
Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong
[edit]Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong is an alphabet script devised for White Hmong and Green Hmong in the 1980s by Reverend Chervang Kong for use within his United Christians Liberty Evangelical Church. It is supported by the following fonts:
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𞄀𞄩𞄰𞄁𞄦𞄱𞄂𞄤𞄳𞄬𞄃𞄥𞄳 |
Ogham
[edit]The Ogham alphabet was used to write the Old Irish language from the 1st to 9th century AD. It is supported by the following fonts:
- BabelStone Ogham Fonts, a series of free fonts for Ogham made by Andrew West
- DejaVu
- Everson Mono
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Ogham, a font made by Google
- Segoe UI Historic (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 10 and later)
- Segoe UI Symbol (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 7 and later)
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᚛ᚓᚅᚐᚁᚐᚏᚏ᚜ |
Ol Chiki
[edit]The Ol Chiki script script was created in 1925 by Raghunath Murmu for the Santali language. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Code2000
- Nirmala UI (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 10 and later)
- OLCK UNI22nd Dec03 & OLCK UNI Raghunath Murmu
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Ol Chiki
- Sakal Bharati
- Guru Gomke font - Guru Gomke font download
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ᱚᱞ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ | Ol Chiki |
Old Hungarian (Hungarian Runes)
[edit]The Old Hungarian script is an historic script used to write the Hungarian language. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Alphabetum
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Old Hungarian
- OldHungarian
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𐲥𐲋𐲓𐲉𐲗-𐲘𐲀𐲎𐲀𐲢 𐲢𐲛𐲮𐲀𐲤 | SZÉKELY-MAGYAR ROVÁS |
Old Permic
[edit]The Old Permic script was used to write the medieval Komi language.
- Noto Sans Old Permic, a font made by Google
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𐍑 |
Old Persian cuneiform
[edit]The Old Persian cuneiform script was used to write the Old Persian language. The script is encoded in block "Old Persian", code points 103A0–103DF (Unicode.org chart). It is supported by the following fonts:
- Aegean (free font)
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Old Persian, a font made by Google
- Segoe UI Historic (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 10 and later)
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𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 | Kambujiya (Cambyses II) |
Osage
[edit]The Osage alphabet is used to write Osage, a Native American language spoken in Oklahoma. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Everson Mono (beta version)
- Gadugi (included in Windows 10)
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Osage
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𐓏𐒰.𐓓𐒰.𐓓𐒷 𐒻.𐒷 |
Pahawh Hmong
[edit]Pahawh Hmong alphabet is a semi-syllabary, invented in 1959 by Shong Lue Yang, to write the Hmong language (White Hmong and Green Hmong). The script is encoded in block "Pahawh Hmong", code points 16B00-16B8F. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Noto Sans Pahawh Hmong, a font made by Google
- Pahawh Unicode, Google Drive
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𖬌𖬣𖬵 𖬓𖬤 𖬇𖬰𖬧𖬵 𖬀𖬶 𖬖𖬲𖬝 𖬁𖬲𖬬 𖬒𖬰𖬮𖬵 𖬖𖬲𖬤𖬵 𖬇𖬰𖬮𖬰 𖬆𖬞. |
Phaistos Disc
[edit]The Phaistos disc is an artifact discovered on the island of Crete which contains as-yet undeciphered symbols. These symbols are supported by the following fonts:
- Aegean
- Everson Mono
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Symbols 2, a font made by Google
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𐇑𐇛𐇪𐇝𐇯𐇡𐇪 |
Psalter Pahlavi
[edit]Psalter Pahlavi was used for writing Middle Persian on paper. It is supported by the following font:
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Psalter Pahlavi, a font made by Google
- Segoe UI Historic (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 10 and later)
- TH-Times (completely support up to Unicode15.1)
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𐮁𐮃𐮉 𐮆𐮈 𐮌𐮐𐮈𐮈𐮋𐮈 𐮁𐮅𐮅𐮏𐮊𐮈 𐮁𐮅𐮄 𐮆𐮈 𐮌𐮈𐮐𐮈𐮃𐮏 𐮋𐮀𐮊𐮈𐮃𐮈 𐮆𐮈 𐮂𐮌𐮀𐮊𐮈 𐮆𐮈 𐮋𐮌 𐮉𐮌𐮈𐮐𐮈 𐮆𐮈 𐮇𐮊𐮈𐮃𐮈 𐮋𐮌𐮅 𐮎𐮅𐮌 𐮀𐮐𐮋𐮀𐮌𐮏 𐮊𐮀 𐮫 𐮀𐮎𐮅𐮈𐮃𐮂𐮊 𐮎𐮅𐮌 𐮅𐮊 𐮉𐮌𐮐𐮈𐮈 𐮆𐮈𐮋 𐮇𐮅 𐮀𐮋𐮅𐮉 |
Note: As of August 2018, this script is not being used on the Middle Persian test wiki at the Wikimedia Incubator.
Rohingya
[edit]The Rohingya alphabet, used to write the Rohingya language, is supported by the following fonts:
- Khazana Rohingya Fonts
- Noto Sans Hanifi Rohingya, a font made by Google
- TH-Times (complete support up to Unicode 15.1)
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𐴌𐴟𐴇𐴥𐴝𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝 |
Runes
[edit]Runes are supported by the following fonts:
- BabelStone Anglo-Saxon Runic fonts, a series of free font for Runes that are used in Frisian and Anglo-Saxon inscriptions from the 5th to 11th centuries, made by Andrew West.
- Junicode, a free font mostly for Medieval scripts
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Runic, a font made by Google
- Segoe UI Historic (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 10 and later)
- Segoe UI Symbol (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 7 and later)
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Elder Futhark (2nd to 8th centuries) | ᚠᚢᚦᚨᚱᚲ | |
Anglo-Saxon runes (5th to 11th centuries) | ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳ | |
Medieval runes (12th to 15th centuries) | ᚠᚢᚧᛆᚱᚴ |
Sharada
[edit]The Sharada script is a Brahmic script that is almost extinct. It is used (rarely) to write the Kashmiri language and Sanskrit. It's available in those fonts:
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Sharada
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𑆑𑆾𑆯𑆶𑆫 | Koshur |
Note: As of August 2018, this script is not being used on the Kashmiri or Sanskrit Wikipedia.
Shavian
[edit]The Shavian alphabet is an alternative phonemic alphabet for the English language. The following fonts support it:
- Inter Alia
- Noto Sans Shavian, a font made by Google
- Segoe UI Historic (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 10 and later)
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𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 𐑨𐑤𐑓𐑩𐑚𐑧𐑑 |
Siddham
[edit]Siddham script is a script used to write Sanskrit language. They are supported by the following fonts:
- ApSiddham
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Muktamsiddham
- Noto Sans Siddham
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𑖌𑖼𑖦𑖜𑖰𑖢𑖟𑖿𑖦𑖸𑖮𑗝𑖽 | Om Mani Padme Hum |
Sogdian
[edit]The Sogdian alphabet and the Old Sogdian alphabet were used to write the Sogdian language of Central Asia. The following fonts are available:
- Noto Sans Sogdian
- Noto Sans Old Sogdian
- TH-Times (completely support up to Unicode15.1)
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𐽓 |
Sora Sompeng
[edit]The Sora Sompeng alphabet is a Brahmic script. It is used to write the Sora language, a Munda language spoken by about 300,000 people. It is available in these fonts:
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Sora Sompeng, a font made by Google
- Nirmala UI (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 10 and later)
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𑃐 |
Sundanese
[edit]The Sundanese script is used to write the Sundanese language. The script is encoded in block "Sundanese", code points 1B80–1BBF (Unicode.org chart). It is supported by the following fonts:
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Sundanese, a font made by Google
- Prada (direct download link)
- Sundanese Unicode (direct download link) main download page (free font)
Sutton SignWriting
[edit]Sutton SignWriting is used to write any sign language. It is supported with the SignWriting 2010 Typeface which includes 2 TrueType fonts:
- SignWriting 2010 Fonts project on GitHub
- SignWriting 2010 TrueType Font and SignWriting 2010 Filling TrueType Font (direct downloads)
- Noto Sans SignWriting, made by Google
It is supported also in Google Noto font (not thoroughly tested).
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𝧪𝪞𝪨 𝠀𝪛𝪩 𝠀𝪛𝪡 𝧪𝪤 |
Sylheti Nagari
[edit]Sylheti Nagari (Silôṭi Nagri) is an endangered script used for writing Sylheti language, available with these fonts:
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Syloti Nagri, a font made by Google
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ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ | Silôṭi |
Syriac / Aramaic script
[edit]The Syriac and Aramaic scripts are used to write the Syriac and Aramaic languages. As with most Semitic scripts, these scripts flow from right to left, which can cause letters to appear in the wrong order on some left-to-right systems. The template {{lang}} can fix this issue.[citation needed]
Most operating systems provide support for Syriac scripts natively, but only the Maḏnḥāyā (ܡܕܢܚܝܐ) and ʾEsṭrangēlā (ܐܣܛܪܢܓܠܐ) varieties have correct rendering.[c] In order to render the Serṭā (ܣܪܛܐ) variety, additional fonts are needed. These scripts are supported by the following fonts:
Aramaic FontsNOT RECOMMENDED FOR SYRIAC: It uses code points from other languages and thus will cause other languages to render incorrectly- Estrangelo Edessa (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows XP and later)
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Meltho OpenType™ Syriac Fonts (free font)
- Noto Sans Syriac Eastern, Noto Sans Syriac Estrangela, and Noto Sans Syriac Western (direct download links). Noto fonts made by Google
- Segoe UI Historic (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 10 and later)
- TH-Times (completely support up to Unicode15.1), a font mixed all the three styles, and can change the style manually by setting the localization
Script | Correct rendering | Your browser/device |
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Maḏnḥāyā (Eastern) | ܒܪܹܝܼܫܝܼܬ݀ ܐܝܼܬ݂ܲܘܗ݇ܝ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܡܹܠܬܵ݀ܐ. | |
Serṭā (Western) | ܒ݁ܪܺܝܫܺܝܬܼ ܐܻܝܬܼܰܘܗ̱ܝ ܗ̱ܘܳܐ ܡܶܠܬܼܳܐ. | |
ʾEsṭrangēlā | ܒܪܝܫܝܬ ܐܝܬܗܘܝ ܗܘܐ ܡܠܬܐ. |
Tai Le
[edit]The Tai Le alphabet is used for the Tai Nuea language (Tai Nüa). It is supported by the following fonts:
- GNU FreeFont
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Microsoft Tai Le (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 7 and later)
- Noto Sans Tai Le (direct download link), (GitHub link), a font made by Google
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ᥖᥭᥰᥘᥫᥴ | Tai Le ([tai˦.lə˧˥]) |
Tai Viet
[edit]Tai Viet script is used for writing the Tai languages Tai Dam, Tai Dón, and Thai Song. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Noto Sans Tai Viet, (GitHub link), a font made by Google
- Tai Heritage Pro from SIL International
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ꪼꪕꪒꪾ |
Tangsa
[edit]The Tangsa alphabet is used to write the Tangsa language, spoken by the Tangsa people of Myanmar and north-eastern India.
- Noto Sans Tangsa, a font made by Google
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𖪢𖩼𖪭𖩽 |
Tangut
[edit]The Tangut script was used to write the Tangut language, a Tibeto-Burman language once spoken in the Western Xia, also known as the Tangut Empire. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Tangut Yinchuan
- 西夏文 font download
- Kurinto Font Folio (9 typefaces that have "Aux" variant fonts)
- Noto Serif Tangut, a font made by Google
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𗈁𗤻𗖰𗚩 |
Tifinagh script
[edit]The Tifinagh alphabet is used to write the Berber languages. IRCAM (Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe) has a software suite developed for Windows XP that contains a Tifinagh keyboard and a font available for download here. The script is supported by the following fonts:
- Afus Deg Wfus
- Code2000
- DejaVu
- Ebrima (Microsoft Windows font, available in Windows 7 and later)
- Fixedsys Excelsior (a stylized ornamental font, not recommended for running text)
- Hapax Berbère
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- MPH 2B Damase
- Noto Sans Tifinagh (direct download link), a font made by Google
- Tagmukay font by SIL International
- Tifinaghe-Ircam Unicode
Correct rendering | Your browser/device | Transliteration |
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ⵜⵉⴼⵉⵏⴰⵖ | tifinagh |
This script is used in several test wikis at the Wikimedia Incubator, including Central Atlas Tamazight, Tachelhit (Tasusiyt, Shilha), Riffian, and Shawiya.
Tirhuta script
[edit]The Tirhuta script is used for the Maithili and Sanskrit languages.
- Noto Sans Tirhuta, a font made by Google
Correct rendering | Your browser/device |
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𑒞𑒱𑒩𑒯𑒳𑒞𑒰 |
Toto script
[edit]The Toto script was invented by Dhaniram Toto in 2015 to write the Toto language. It is supported by the following font:
- Unifont Upper
- Noto Serif Toto, a font made by Google
Correct rendering | Your browser/device |
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𞊒𞊪𞊒𞊪 |
Wancho
[edit]The Wancho script is a writing system for the Wancho language.
- Noto Sans Wancho, a font made by Google
Correct rendering | Your browser/device |
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𞋒𞋀𞋉𞋃𞋕 |
Warang Citi
[edit]The Warang Citi script is a writing system for the Ho language.
- Noto Sans Warang Citi, a font made by Google
Correct rendering | Your browser/device |
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𑢹𑢷𑢡𑢼𑢪 𑢯𑢢𑢵𑢢 |
Yezidi script
[edit]Yezidi script was used for writing Kurdish, specifically the Kurmanji dialect (Northern Kurdish) for liturgical purposes in Iraq and Georgia. Currently, the script is supported by following fonts.
- Noto Serif Yezidi, a font made by Google
Correct rendering | Your browser/device |
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𐺊𐺀𐺕𐺣𐺣𐺢𐺀 𐺙𐺦𐺊𐺍𐺀 |
Yi Syllabary
[edit]Modern Yi script is a standardized syllabary derived from the classic script in 1974 by the local Chinese government. It is used to write various Yi languages. It is supported by the following fonts:
- Code2000
- Kurinto Font Folio (11 typefaces that have "Main" variant fonts)
- Microsoft Yi Baiti
- Noto Sans Yi (direct download link), a font made by Google
- Nuosu SIL from SIL International
Correct rendering | Your browser/device |
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ꆈꌠꁱꂷ |
Special cases
[edit]Romanian
[edit]The Romanian alphabet contains an S-comma (Ș ș) and T-comma (Ț ț). These characters were added to Unicode 3.0 (September 1999) at the request of the Romanian standardization institute. As font support for these characters has been poor in the past, many computer users use the similar characters S-cedilla (Ş ş) and T-cedilla (Ţ ţ) instead. However, on Wikipedia it is recommended to use the correct characters with comma below.
See also
[edit]- Help:Multilingual support (East Asian)
- Help:Multilingual support (Indic)
- Help:Multilingual support for Android
- Help:Special characters
- Wikipedia:Amharic
- Wikipedia:Bangla script display help
- Wikipedia:Gothic Keyboarding
- Wikipedia:Gothic Unicode Fonts
- Help:Sinhala Font Guide
- List of typefaces included with Microsoft Windows
- Universal Language Selector
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/font.aspx?FMID=1081
- ^ https://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/font.aspx?FMID=1263
- ^ https://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/font.aspx?FMID=1805
- ^ https://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/font.aspx?FMID=1599
- ^ http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/435/
- ^ http://www.opera.com/docs/specs/#text
Notes
[edit]- ^ Until June 2005, when MediaWiki 1.5 came into use on the Wikimedia projects, articles on the English Wikipedia were encoded using ISO/IEC 8859-1 (although the additional characters from the Windows-1252 character set were used in practice.) All characters from the ISO/IEC 10646 Universal Character Set could be accessed through numerical entities, as specified by the HTML 4.01 specification. Since then, nearly all pages have been converted to use Unicode directly. Old discussion on the topic can be read at Wikipedia talk:Unicode.
- ^ Not to be confused with MS Sans Serif
- ^ Microsoft Windows support the ʾEsṭrangēlā variety via Estrangelo Edessa and Segoe UI. Historically, some Linux distributions supported Maḏnḥāyā variety via FreeSans.