| Type | Type foundry |
|---|---|
| Founded | May 1990 |
| Headquarters | New Taipei City, Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Employees | 50 |
| Website | www.arphic.com.tw |
Arphic Technology Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 文鼎科技開發股份有限公司, aka.: Arphic Technology (文鼎科技)) is a type foundry based in Taiwan (Republic of China), founded in May 1990.[1]
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| Developer(s) | Arphic Technology |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2001 & 2010 |
| Type | Computer font |
| License | Arphic Public License |
Arphic Technology is the creator of the Arphic PL Fonts (文鼎自由字型), including AR PL KaitiM Big5 (文鼎 PL 中楷), AR PL Mingti2L Big5 (文鼎 PL 細上海宋), AR PL SungtiL GB (文鼎 PL 簡報宋) and AR PL KaitiM GB (文鼎 PL 簡中楷), which are used by some Linux distributions (incl. Ubuntu, Debian, etc.) as part of their default CJK fonts. The CJKUnifonts project was derived from these Arphic PL Fonts.
The above four fonts were released in 2001. In 2010, Arphic Technology released another two fonts, AR PL MingU20-L (文鼎 PL 明體) and AR PL BaoSong2GBK (文鼎 PL 報宋).[2]
All these fonts are licensed under Arphic Public License.
As a partner of C&G Inc., Arphic Technology was one of the designers of Kanjis in C&G's Meiryo (明瞭) font, intended for Japanese.
| Publisher | Arphic Technology |
|---|---|
| Free software | Yes |
| GPL compatible | No |
| Copyleft | Yes |
| Website | RAR package of the license |
Arphic Public License, published by Arphic Technology, was recognized by Free Software Foundation as a copyleft free software license and incompatible with the GNU General Public License. But as it is used for fonts in Linux distributions, the incompatibility does not cause a problem.[3]