Unicode typefaces

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Unicode typefaces

Unicode typefaces (also known as UCS fonts and Unicode fonts) contains wide range of characters, letters, digits, glyphs, symbols, ideograms, logograms, etc, which are collectively mapped into Universal Character Set, also known as, UCS (which is an international standard ISO/IEC 10646), derived from many different languages, scripts from all around the world. Thus a single font is able to include a vast range of characters, from different languages.

Unicode (ISO 10646 UCS) standard does not encode the font (collections of graphical shapes called glyphs) itself, but rather instead, it defines the abstract characters in a specific (codepoint) place and also defines the required changes of shape depending on the context they're used in (by using Combining characters). It also defines precomposed versions of most letter/diacritic combinations in normal use, so that, the conversion to and from the legacy encodings (of locale languages) becomes simpler and allows applications to use Unicode as an internal text format without having to implement combining characters. Different encodings, with their different number of byte scheme, can refer to the same Unicode codepoint (glyph).

Many fonts have kerning pairs which implements better spacing in between the letters. Many scripts (languages) have special orthographic rules which require that certain combinations of letterforms (alternative symbols for the same letter) be combined into special ligature forms (mixed characters), these rules are vast and complex, and the correct rendering requires script-shaping technologies (also known as Rendering Technology or Smartfont Engine) to tell the Operating System and User Agent how to properly output different characters and character parts for ligature formation. These complex instructions are embedded inside fonts. The user's operating system uses rendering engine(s) to translate (Unicode) strings into graphics of displayable characters.

Computer fonts use various techniques to display characters or glyphs. A Bitmap font contains a grid of dots known as pixels forming an image of each glyph in each face and size. Outline fonts (also known as Vector fonts) use drawing instructions or mathematical formulæ to describe each glyph. Stroke fonts use a series of specified lines (for the glyph's border) and additional information to define the profile, or size and shape of the line in a specific face and size, which together describe the appearance of the glyph. For more information, please see Computer font.

Currently (July, 2006), no Unicode fonts include all the characters defined in the present revision of the ISO 10646 standard. Many are continually updated to incorporate characters which were previously omitted or which were added in a newer version of the standard. Additionally, fonts may be updated to correct errors in past versions.

The UCS 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 Mapping of Unicode characters article for more information on other planes (Plane 1: SMP, Plane 2: SIP, Plane 14: SSP, Plane 15 and 16: reserved for PUA) and therein included character blocks of scripts for different languages, dialects, etc.

The first Unicode font (with very large character set, and supporting many Unicode blocks) was Lucida Sans Unicode, it was developed by Charles Bigelow & Kris Holmes' in March, 1993 (Shipped with Windows NT 3.1). Second was Unihan font, developed by Ross Paterson in 1993. Third was Everson Mono Unicode font, released in 1995, developed by Michael Everson.

1 Issues
2 Application of Unicode typefaces
3 Utility software
4 List of Unicode fonts
5 Comparison of fonts
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Issues

There are typographical ambiguities in Unicode, so that some of the unified Chinese characters will be typographically different in different regions. For example, Unicode point U+9AA8 (骨) is typographically different between simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese. This has implications for the idea that a single typeface can satisfy the needs of all locales^[1].

[edit] Application of Unicode typefaces

Beside all the issues, Unicode is now the base character set for many new standards and protocols, and is built into the architecture of operating systems (Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, and many versions of Unix), programming languages (Perl, Python, Java, Common LISP, APL), and libraries (IBM International Components for Unicode (ICU) along with the Pango, Graphite, Scribe, Uniscribe, and ATSUI rendering engines), font formats (TrueType and OpenType) and so on. Many other standards are also getting upgraded to Unicode compliancy, day by day.

[edit] Utility software

Utility software such as the Character Map applet included with Windows 2000/XP, MainType (by HighLogic. Commercial, 40-day trial version is available), BabelMap (by Andrew West. Free, donation-ware.), Unicode Font Viewer (by Mike Lischke. Freeware), Quick Key (by Nathanael Jones. Opensource, free.), etc, can be used to see exactly which characters are included, inside a font file.

[edit] List of Unicode fonts

Out of many Unicode fonts, only few are listed below, which are mostly and commonly used by the (mainstream) majority of users around the world, in major platforms. Unicode font list with more fonts can be found in this (List of typefaces) article's "Unicode fonts" section. Free software Unicode typefaces gives more detail on free typefaces.

Unicode Fonts
Font	Char(s)	Glyphs	Kerning	Version	Font Family	Font style	Font type	Serif style	Other Info
Arial	1,419	1,674	909	3.00	Arial	Regular	OTF+TTO	Normal Sans	Comes with Microsoft Windows.
Arial Unicode MS	38,917	50,377	0	1.00	Arial Unicode MS	Regular	OTF+TTO	Normal Sans	Comes with Microsoft Office.
Bitstream Cyberbit	32,910	29,934	935	2.0 beta	Bitstream Cyberbit	Roman	TT	Cove	Freeware, for non-commercial use only.
Cardo	2,879	2,882	216	0.098 (2004)	Cardo	Regular	TT	Cove	Freeware, for non-commercial and non-profit uses only.
Caslon Roman	3,684	3,686	0	001.000 16-12-2001	Caslon	Roman	TT		BSD-like license.
Code2000	51,239	61,864	115	1.16	Code2000	Regular	TT	Any	Shareware. A reduced version, Code2001, is available as freeware.
Charis SIL	1,958	3,084	0	4.002	Charis SIL	Regular	TT	Any	OFL
Chryſanþi Unicode (Chrysanthi Unicode)	4,818	4,383	0	3.1	Chrysanthi Unicode	Regular	TT	Cove	Freeware.
ClearlyU	-	9,538	0	1.9	-	-	-	-	Freeware.
DejaVu fonts (DejaVu Sans)	3,525	3,611	2,558	2.8	DejaVu Sans	Book	TT	Normal Sans	Freeware.
Doulos SIL	1,958	3,083	0	4.014	Doulos SIL	Regular	TT	Any	OFL
Everson Mono (Everson Mono Unicode)	4,893	4,899	0	4.1.3^[2]	Everson Mono Unicode	Regular	TT	Any	Monospaced. Shareware.
FreeSerif	3,914	5,257	0	1.52	FreeSerif	Medium	TT	Cove	GPL. Sans serif (FreeSans) and monospaced (FreeMono) variants.
Gentium (Gentium Regular)	1,469	1,699	2,857	1.0.2 (2005)	Gentium	Regular	TT	Any	OFL
GNU Unifont	33,580	33,583	0	001.000	unifont	Medium	Bitmap	Any	GPL
Junicode	2,235	2,256	0	0.6.12	Junicode	Regular	TT	Any	GPL
Linux Libertine (Regular TT)	1,982	1,985	0	2.2.0	Linux Libertine	Regular	OTF+TT	Any	GPL, OFL
Lucida Grande	2,245	2,826	0	5.0d8e1 (Revesion 1.002)	Lucida Grande	Regular	-	Normal Sans	Comes with Mac OS X. Any proportion.
Lucida Sans Unicode	1,765	1,776	0	2.00	Lucida Sans Unicode	Regular	OTF+TTO	Normal Sans	Comes with Microsoft Windows.
Microsoft Sans Serif	2,301	2,257	0	1.41	Microsoft Sans Serif	Regular	OTF+TTO	Normal Sans	Comes with Microsoft Windows.
New Gulim	46,567	49,284	0	3.10	New Gulim	Regular	TT	Obtuse Cove	Came with MS Office 2000. Any Proportion.
Tahoma	1,912	2,034	674	3.14	Tahoma	Regular	OTF+TTO	Normal Sans	Comes with Microsoft Windows.
Times New Roman	1,419	1,674	867	3.00	Times New Roman	Regular	OTF+TTO	Cove	Comes with Microsoft Windows.
TITUS Cyberbit Basic	9,341	10,044	0	3.0 (2000) (Revision 4.00)	TITUS Cyberbit Basic	Regular	TT	Cove	Freeware.
Y.OzFontN	21,360	59,678	0	9.41	Y.OzFontN	Regular	TT	Any	Freeware. Sans-serif (for Japanese) and Monospace (for Latin).
Font	Char(s)	Glyphs	Kerning	Version	Font Family	Font style	Font type	Serif style	Other Info
Unicode Fonts

Note:

OTF+TTO

Font type: OpenType font with TrueType outlines.

Font type: TrueType font.

[edit] Comparison of fonts

Number of characters included by the above version of fonts, for different Unicode blocks (or, ranges), are listed below.

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N = Numerical digits. This number of characters are included in the font for that range.

= Most or some portion out of all characters in that range are present in the font.

X = No characters are included in the font for that range or Unicode block.

- = Data not available now.

Unicode Fonts
Font Range
Basic Latin (0000–007F)	95	95	128	95	96	95	95	95	95	96	95	95	95	95	128	97	96	98	95	95	128	95	95	95	95
Latin-1 Supplement (0080–00FF)	96	96	128	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	128	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96
Latin Extended-A (0100–017F)	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128
Latin Extended-B (0180–024F)	28	148	208	52	178	208	194	188	178	194	194	183	173	178	156	179	194	183	119	179	7	29	28	183	28
IPA Extensions (0250–02AF)	1	89	96	96	94	96	96	94	94	96	96	96	96	94	89	94	94	96	89	94	X	2	1	96	55
Spacing Modifier Letters (02B0–02FF)	9	57	80	80	63	80	80	63	62	63	80	80	29	56	57	63	48	80	57	9	10	9	9	80	16
Combining Diacritical Marks (0300–036F)	5	72	112	112	82	112	104	82	82	89	104	107	72	82	72	106	62	106	68	82	X	82	5	106	32
Greek and Coptic (0370–03FF)	73	105	144	124	110	127	14	76	110	124	14	118	95	82	105	80	106	106	91	112	73	73	73	128	76
Cyrillic (0400–04FF)	118	226	256	2	238	255	209	238	244	248	209	246	247	80	230	X	142	244	153	246	94	122	118	247	66
Cyrillic Supplement (0500–052F)	X	X	X	X	16	20	16	X	16	16	16	16	16	1	X	X	X	16	X	16	X	X	X	16	X
Armenian (0530–058F)	X	85	X	X	85	86	X	85	86	86	X	86	X	X	85	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	86	X
Hebrew (0590–05FF)	52	82	47	86	83	86	X	60	82	X	X	82	44	X	82	X	X	82	51	52	X	52	52	83	X
Arabic (0600–06FF)	208	194	65	10	X	185	X	69	201	110	X	3	63	X	62	X	X	X	X	208	X	206	208	185	X
Syriac (0700–074F)	X	X	X	X	X	50	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	76	X
Arabic Supplement (0750–077F)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Range Font Range

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Range Font Range
Thaana (0780–07BF)	X	X	X	X	X	50	X	X	49	X	X	X	49	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	50	X
Devanagari (0900–097F)	X	104	X	X	X	110	X	104	103	X	X	X	93	X	104	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	106	X
Bengali (0980–09FF)	X	89	X	X	X	91	X	89	X	X	X	X	91	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Gurmukhi (0A00–0A7F)	X	75	X	X	X	77	X	X	X	X	X	X	73	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Gujarati (0A80–0AFF)	X	78	X	X	X	83	X	78	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Oriya (0B00–0B7F)	X	79	X	X	X	81	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Tamil (0B80–0BFF)	X	61	X	X	X	71	X	X	X	X	X	X	49	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Telugu (0C00–0C7F)	X	80	X	X	X	80	X	X	X	X	X	X	42	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Kannada (0C80–0CFF)	X	80	X	X	X	86	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Malayalam (0D00–0D7F)	X	78	X	X	X	78	X	X	X	X	X	X	79	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Sinhala (0D80–0DFF)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Thai (0E00–0E7F)	X	87	91	X	86	87	X	X	87	X	X	X	87	X	87	X	X	87	X	87	X	87	X	87	X
Lao (0E80–0EFF)	X	65	X	X	X	65	X	X	65	X	X	X	X	X	65	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Tibetan (0F00–0FFF)	X	168	X	X	X	X	X	168	55	X	X	X	X	X	34	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Burmese (Mayanmar) (1000–109F)	X	X	X	X	X	78	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Georgian (10A0–10FF)	X	78	X	1	X	81	X	X	78	X	X	80	X	X	40	1	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	83	X
Hangul Jamo (1100–11FF)	X	240	X	X	X	240	X	X	240	X	X	X	X	X	67	X	X	X	X	X	250	X	X	X	X
Ethiopic (Ge'ez) (1200–137F)	X	X	X	X	X	356	X	X	345	X	X	X	346	X	348	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	364	X
Ethiopic Supplement (1380–139F)	X	X	X	X	X	26	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Range Font Range

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Range Font Range
Cherokee (13A0–13FF)	X	X	X	X	85	85	X	X	85	X	X	85	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics (1400–167F)	X	X	X	X	X	630	X	X	630	X	X	630	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ogham (1680–169F)	X	X	X	X	29	29	X	X	29	X	X	29	X	X	29	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	32	X
Runic (16A0–16FF)	X	X	X	81	81	81	X	83	81	X	X	81	X	X	81	81	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	81	X
Tagalog (Baybayin) (1700–171F)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Hanunoo (1720–173F)	X	X	X	X	X	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Buhid (1740–175F)	X	X	X	X	X	20	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Tagbanwa (1760–177F)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Khmer (1780–17FF)	X	X	X	X	X	114	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mongolian (1800–18AF)	X	X	X	X	X	155	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Limbu (1900–194F)	X	X	X	X	X	66	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Tai Le (1950–197F)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Tai Lue (1980–19DF)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Khmer Symbols (19E0–19FF)	X	X	X	X	X	32	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Buginese (1A00–1A1F)	X	X	X	X	X	30	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Phonetic Extensions (1D00–1D7F)	X	X	X	17	X	109	128	X	X	68	128	107	14	X	X	108	X	108	X	X	X	X	X	108	X
Phonetic Extensions Supplement (1D80–1DBF)	X	X	X	X	X	X	64	X	X	37	64	107	5	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Range Font Range

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Range Font Range
Combining Diacritical Marks Supplement (1DC0–1DFF)	X	X	X	2	X	13	1	X	X	X	1	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Latin Extended Additional (1E00–1EFF)	96	246	96	88	246	246	246	246	246	246	246	246	246	246	246	246	246	246	8	246	8	246	96	247	8
Greek Extended (1F00–1FFF)	X	233	X	233	233	233	X	233	233	233	X	233	233	233	233	232	232	233	X	233	X	233	X	236	4
General Punctuation (2000–206F)	38	63	112	65	69	105	73	56	77	87	73	97	50	39	77	72	56	87	67	27	25	27	38	68	91
Superscripts and Subscripts (2070–209F)	1	28	48	9	28	29	34	31	28	29	34	29	25	28	28	29	36	29	28	1	6	1	1	29	29
Currency Symbols (20A0–20CF)	6	13	48	6	16	22	22	15	16	19	22	18	13	14	14	1	3	18	12	16	5	16	6	12	18
Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols (20D0–20FF)	X	18	48	X	20	27	X	X	20	2	X	27	1	X	20	1	X	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	27
Letterlike Symbols (2100–214F)	6	57	80	13	59	78	2	59	59	29	2	74	46	1	57	3	35	32	57	6	10	6	6	13	75
Number Forms (2150–218F)	6	48	64	4	49	50	49	49	49	49	49	49	45	4	48	49	50	49	4	4	26	4	6	28	49
Arrows (2190–21FF)	7	91	112	14	100	112	19	92	100	112	19	112	73	X	91	X	32	20	91	X	13	X	7	21	112
Mathematical Operators (2200–22FF)	17	242	256	24	242	256	17	242	242	216	17	256	219	2	242	13	45	18	242	14	43	14	17	80	256
Miscellaneous Technical (2300–23FF)	4	123	256	36	57	228	2	4	154	19	2	207	20	X	123	2	1	14	10	X	5	X	4	8	209
Control Pictures (2400–243F)	X	37	64	X	39	39	X	X	39	2	X	39	1	X	37	X	X	1	37	X	X	X	X	X	4
Optical Character Recognition (2440–245F)	X	11	32	X	X	11	X	X	10	X	X	11	X	X	11	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Enclosed Alphanumerics (2460–24FF)	X	139	160	X	73	160	X	X	139	10	X	159	10	X	139	160	73	1	X	X	82	X	X	112	160
Box Drawing (2500–257F)	40	128	128	1	128	128	X	128	X	X	X	128	106	X	128	X	X	X	128	X	97	X	40	112	128
Range Font Range

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Range Font Range
Block Elements (2580–259F)	8	22	32	X	22	32	X	22	X	32	X	32	19	X	22	X	X	X	21	X	8	X	8	10	32
Geometric Shapes (25A0–25FF)	15	80	96	8	88	96	2	95	88	96	2	96	27	X	80	1	24	19	79	X	34	6	15	53	96
Miscellaneous Symbols (2600–26FF)	11	106	256	31	108	163	X	128	X	161	X	125	87	X	106	4	12	X	14	1	24	1	11	33	146
Dingbats (2700–27BF)	X	160	X	6	2	174	2	174	1	174	2	160	160	X	161	10	1	3	X	X	X	X	X	X	174
Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A (27C0–27EF)	X	X	X	9	X	35	2	X	X	5	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	28
Supplemental Arrows-A (27F0–27FF)	X	0	X	2	X	16	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
Braille Patterns (2800–28FF)	X	0	X	X	X	256	X	X	256	256	X	X	X	X	256	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	256
Supplemental Arrows-B (2900–297F)	X	0	X	6	X	128	X	X	X	X	X	111	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	128
Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B (2980–29FF)	X	0	X	2	X	128	X	X	X	9	X	62	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	128
Supplemental Mathematical Operators (2A00–2AFF)	X	0	X	X	X	256	X	X	X	54	X	21	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	256
Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows (2B00–2BFF)	X	0	X	X	X	31	X	X	X	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
Reserved	X	X	X	X	X	17	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Glagolitic (2C00–2C5F)	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	94	X
Reserved (2C60-?)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	17	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Coptic (2C80–2CFF)	X	0	X	X	X	114	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	114	X
Georgian Supplement (2D00–2D2F)	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	38	X
Tifinagh (2D30–2D7F)	X	0	X	X	X	55	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ethiopic Extended (2D80–2DDF)	X	0	X	X	X	79	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Range Font Range

[edit] 2E00-4DBF

Range Font Range
Supplemental Punctuation (2E00–2E7F)	X	0	X	24	X	26	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
CJK Radicals Supplement (2E80–2EFF)	X	0	X	X	X	115	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	128
Kangxi Radicals (2F00–2FDF)	X	0	X	X	X	214	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	214
Ideographic Description Characters (2FF0–2FFF)	X	0	X	X	X	12	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12
CJK Symbols and Punctuation (3000–303F)	X	57	64	12	9	64	X	40	X	X	X	X	18	X	39	X	X	X	X	X	17	X	X	31	45
Hiragana (3040–309F)	X	90	96	X	90	90	X	90	X	X	X	90	86	X	87	X	X	X	X	X	83	X	X	90	93
Katakana (30A0–30FF)	X	94	96	X	94	94	X	94	X	X	X	94	92	X	90	X	X	X	X	X	86	X	X	94	96
Bopomofo (3100–312F)	X	40	48	X	X	40	X	37	X	X	X	X	X	X	37	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	37	X
Hangul Compatibility Jamo (3130–318F)	X	94	96	X	X	94	X	X	94	X	X	X	X	X	93	X	X	X	X	X	94	X	X	X	1
Kanbun (3190–319F)	X	16	16	X	X	16	X	14	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
Bopomofo Extended (31A0–31BF)	X	0	32	X	X	24	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
CJK Strokes (31C0–31EF)	X	0	48	X	X	16	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Katakana Phonetic Extensions (31F0–31FF)	X	0	16	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
Enclosed CJK Letters and Months (3200–32FF)	X	202	256	X	X	233	X	X	58	X	X	X	X	X	69	X	X	X	X	X	58	X	X	X	174
CJK Compatibility (3300–33FF)	X	249	256	X	X	161	X	105	X	X	X	X	X	X	100	X	X	X	X	X	80	X	X	X	85
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A (3400–4DBF)	X	X	2,350	X	X	6,582	X	1	X	X	X	X	X	X	16,887	X	X	X	X	X	6,582	X	X	X	178
Range Font Range

[edit] 4DC0-FE2F

Range Font Range
Yijing Hexagram Symbols (4DC0–4DFF)	X	X	X	X	X	64	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
CJK Unified Ideographs (Han Unification) (4E00–9FFF)	X	20,902	20,902	X	X	20,924	X	80	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	20,902	X	X	X	9,829
Yi Syllables (A000–A48F)	X	0	X	X	X	1,165	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Yi Radicals (A490–A4CF)	X	0	X	X	X	55	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Modifier Tone Letters (A700–A71F)	X	0	X	X	X	X	23	X	X	X	23	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Reserved (A720-?)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Syloti Nagri (A800–A82F)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Hangul Syllables (AC00–D7AF)	X	11,172	4,399	X	X	11,172	X	X	2,350	X	X	X	X	X	11,172	X	X	X	X	X	11,172	X	X	X	X
High Surrogates (D800–DB7F)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
High Private Use Surrogates (DB80–DBFF)	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Low Surrogates (DC00–DFFF)	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Private Use Area (E000–F8FF)	55	43	20	566	148	1002	211	788	372	8	211	1	40	9	X	370	143	X	16	47	5,916	84	55	4,649	6,400
CJK Compatibility Ideographs (F900–FAFF)	X	302	302	X	X	429	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	270	X	X	X	X	X	302	X	X	1	103
Alphabetic Presentation Forms (FB00–FB4F)	39	57	36	53	42	58	5	52	58	12	5	58	38	5	57	7	7	32	3	39	2	36	39	57	2
Arabic Presentation Forms-A (FB50–FDFF)	131	593	83	X	X	155	X	22	128	70	X	X	20	X	12	X	X	X	X	131	X	131	131	205	25
Variation Selectors (FE00–FE0F)	X	0	16	X	X	16	16	X	X	X	16	1	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Vertical Forms (FE10–FE1F)	X	X	16	X	X	0	0	X	X	X	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Combining Half Marks (FE20–FE2F)	X	4	16	X	X	4	X	X	4	X	X	4	X	X	4	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Range Font Range

[edit] FE30-FFFF

Range Font Range
CJK Compatibility Forms (FE30–FE4F)	X	28	32	X	X	28	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	28	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	29	32
Small Form Variants (FE50–FE6F)	X	26	32	X	X	26	X	X	18	X	X	X	X	X	26	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	29	X
Arabic Presentation Forms-B (FE70–FEFF)	125	139	144	X	X	140	1	125	140	141	1	X	100	X	140	X	X	1	1	125	X	125	125	140	X
Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms (FF00–FFEF)	X	223	167	X	171	124	X	X	152	X	X	X	X	X	171	X	X	X	X	X	100	X	X	157	172
Specials (FFF0–FFFF)	1	2	X	1	1	3	5	X	1	1	5	5	1	X	2	X	1	1	X	1	1	1	1	X	X
BMP

[edit] 10000-1D7FF

Range Font Range
SMP
Linear B Syllabary (10000–1007F)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Linear B Ideograms (10080–100FF)	X	X	X	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Aegean Numbers (10100–1013F)	X	X	X	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ancient Greek Numbers (10140–1018F)	X	X	X	75	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Old Italic (10300–1032F)	X	X	X	35	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Gothic (10330–1034F)	X	X	X	27	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ugaritic (10380–1039F)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Old Persian (103A0–103DF)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Deseret (10400–1044F)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Shavian (10450–1047F)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Osmanya (10480–104AF)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Cypriot syllabary (10800–1083F)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Phoenician (10900-1091F)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Kharoshthi (10A00–10A5F)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform (12000-1236E and 12400-12473)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Byzantine Musical Symbols (1D000–1D0FF)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Musical Symbols (1D100–1D1FF)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Byzantine Musical Symbols (1D000–1D0FF)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ancient Greek Musical Notation (1D200–1D24F)	X	X	X	70	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Tai Xuan Jing Symbols (1D300–1D35F)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols (1D400–1D7FF) (994)	X	X	X	13	X	X	2	X	X	X	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Supplementary Private Use Area-A	X	X	X	462	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	339
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15
Range Font
Unicode Fonts

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ Ken Lunde, CJKV Information Processing, O'Reilly Inc, 1999. Page 128, "CJKV character form differences"
^ Version info of Everson Mono Unicode 3.2b4 font is "Macromedia Fontographer 4.1.3 2003-02-13".

[edit] External links

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2, the working group in charge of ISO 10646
Fonts and Keyboards at Unicode.org
Unicode Font Guide For Free/Libre Open Source Operating Systems - a huge index of high quality free fonts
Alan Wood's Unicode Resources

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