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I wonder how many "unicode complete" fonts exist. It must be nearly impossible to meet the entire spec.
by twistedpair 13y ago
I wonder how many "unicode complete" fonts exist. It must be nearly impossible to meet the entire spec.
- dietrichepp 13y agoGNU Unifont covers the entire BMP. Every character in the BMP has an 8x16 or 16x16 bitmap in the font. A "unicode complete" font is more of a novelty than anything else. For real work, pick a collection of fonts that cover the space you need. Good Arabic or Chinese fonts are not going to be great Latin fonts. For that matter, good Chinese fonts are not good Japanese fonts, even if coverage is good enough. In fact, the order of precedence that these fonts have will depend on which language is the primary language. If you're typesetting Japanese with Latin characters, then you can just pick a nice Mincho font, but Mincho has unnatural spacing if your audience has native English readers. (So if you quote Japanese in an English text, pick a Latin font and use Mincho for the Japanese; but if you quote English in a Japanese text, you can use Mincho for everything.) It's hard enough just to find a good Latin font that also has a good set of mathematical symbols. "Computer Modern" of course, and "Times", but these sets are rare.
- evadne 13y agoAdobe InDesign and Illustrator support composite fonts. Designers can mix and match Latin and Japanese / CJK glyphs, tweak them individually, and use overrides for tricky code points. Web typography is a different beast because fonts can be bloat-y.
- Cyykratahk 13y agoSegoe UI Symbol has quite a few, not sure if it covers all of them though.