Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

<h3 class="heading-h6"><a name="THLToolboxhomegtFontsampRelatedIssuesgtDiacriticFontsgtUnicodeDiacriticFontsgtMacintoshDiacritic" class="anchorpoint"></a><a href="/tools/wiki/home.html">THL Toolbox</a> > <a href="/tools/wiki/Fonts%20%26%20Related%20Issues.html">Fonts & Related Issues</a> > <a href="/tools/wiki/Diacritic%20Fonts.html">Diacritic Fonts</a> > <a href="/tools/wiki/Unicode%20Diacritic%20Fonts.html">Unicode Diacritic Fonts</a> > Macintosh Diacritic </h3><p class="paragraph"> </p><h3 class="heading-h1"><a name="MacintoshUnicodeDiacriticFonts" class="anchorpoint"></a>Macintosh Unicode Diacritic Fonts</h3><p class="paragraph"><strong class="bold">Contributor(s)</strong>: Than Grove</p><p class="paragraph">Unicode is fully implemented only with Mac OS X. Previous operating systems on the Mac do not have the capability to provide the full range of diacritics used in Asian studies. The information provided here is a summary of information found at <span class="nobr"><img src="/" alt="external link: " title="external link"/><a href="http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/fonts_macosx.html" target="rwikiexternal">Alan Wood's Unicode fonts for Macintosh OS X</a></span> computers. The fonts listed have not been reviewed by the THL and therefore are not rated. </p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="AndikaSIL" class="anchorpoint"></a>Andika SIL</h3><ul class="star"><li><strong class="bold">Availability</strong>: Available from SIL under their OpenFont License.<ul class="star"><li><span class="nobr"><img src="/" alt="external link: " title="external link"/><a href="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=Andika_technical" target="rwikiexternal">Documentation</a></span></li> <li><span class="nobr"><img src="/" alt="external link: " title="external link"/><a href="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=Andika_download" target="rwikiexternal">Download</a></span></li></ul> </li> <li><strong class="bold">Quality of appearance</strong>: Good for both screen and printing.</li> <li><strong class="bold">Diacritic coverage</strong>: All — Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Latin Extended-A, Latin Extended-B, Latin Extended-C and Latin Extended Additional.</li> <li><strong class="bold">Rating</strong>: Not Yet Rated</li></ul><p class="paragraph"> </p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="CharisSIL" class="anchorpoint"></a>Charis SIL</h3><ul class="star"><li><strong class="bold">Availability</strong>: Available from SIL under their OpenFont License.<ul class="star"><li><span class="nobr"><img src="/" alt="external link: " title="external link"/><a href="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=CharisSIL_Technical" target="rwikiexternal">Documentation</a></span></li> <li><span class="nobr"><img src="/" alt="external link: " title="external link"/><a href="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=CharisSIL_download" target="rwikiexternal">Download</a></span></li></ul> </li> <li><strong class="bold">Quality of appearance</strong>: Good for both screen and printing.</li> <li><strong class="bold">Diacritic coverage</strong>: All — Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Latin Extended-A, Latin Extended-B, Latin Extended-C and Latin Extended Additional.</li> <li><strong class="bold">Rating</strong>: Not Yet Rated</li></ul><p class="paragraph"> </p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="DoulosSIL" class="anchorpoint"></a>Doulos SIL</h3><ul class="star"><li><strong class="bold">Availability</strong>: Available from SIL under their OpenFont License.<ul class="star"><li><span class="nobr"><img src="/" alt="external link: " title="external link"/><a href="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=DoulosSIL_Technical" target="rwikiexternal">Documentation</a></span></li> <li><span class="nobr"><img src="/" alt="external link: " title="external link"/><a href="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=DoulosSIL_download" target="rwikiexternal">Download</a></span></li></ul> </li> <li><strong class="bold">Quality of appearance</strong>: Good for both screen and printing.</li> <li><strong class="bold">Diacritic coverage</strong>: All — Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Latin Extended-A, Latin Extended-B, Latin Extended-C and Latin Extended Additional.</li> <li><strong class="bold">Rating</strong>: Not Yet Rated</li></ul><p class="paragraph"> </p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="Gentium" class="anchorpoint"></a>Gentium</h3><ul class="star"><li><strong class="bold">Availability</strong>: Available for free from <span class="nobr"><img src="/" alt="external link: " title="external link"/><a href="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Gentium" target="rwikiexternal">SIL</a></span>.</li> <li><strong class="bold">Quality of appearance</strong>: Excellent.</li> <li><strong class="bold">Diacritic coverage</strong>: All — Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Latin Extended-A, Latin Extended-B, and Latin Extended Additional.</li> <li><strong class="bold">Other script coverage</strong>: IPA Extensions, Combining Diacritical Marks, Greek, and Cyrillic.</li> <li><strong class="bold">Rating</strong>: Excellent.</li></ul><p class="paragraph"> </p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="GentiumPlusSIL" class="anchorpoint"></a>Gentium Plus SIL</h3><ul class="star"><li><strong class="bold">Availability</strong>: Available from SIL under their OpenFont License.<ul class="star"><li><span class="nobr"><img src="/" alt="external link: " title="external link"/><a href="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=Gentium_Technical" target="rwikiexternal">Documentation</a></span></li> <li><span class="nobr"><img src="/" alt="external link: " title="external link"/><a href="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=Gentium_download" target="rwikiexternal">Download</a></span></li></ul> </li> <li><strong class="bold">Quality of appearance</strong>: Good for both screen and printing.</li> <li><strong class="bold">Diacritic coverage</strong>: All — Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Latin Extended-A, Latin Extended-B, Latin Extended-C and Latin Extended Additional.</li> <li><strong class="bold">Rating</strong>: Not Yet Rated</li></ul><p class="paragraph"> </p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="LucidaGrande" class="anchorpoint"></a>Lucida Grande</h3><ul class="star"><li><strong class="bold">Availability</strong>: Included with Mac OS X 10.1</li> <li><strong class="bold">Quality of appearance</strong>: Not yet reviewed.</li> <li><strong class="bold">Diacritic coverage</strong>: Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Latin Extended-A, and Latin Extended Additional.</li> <li><strong class="bold">Other script coverage</strong>: Combining Diacritical Marks, Greek, and Cyrillic.</li> <li><strong class="bold">Rating</strong>: screen appearance and printed appearance good</li></ul><p class="paragraph"> </p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="MinionPro" class="anchorpoint"></a>Minion Pro</h3><p class="paragraph"> </p><ul class="star"><li><strong class="bold">Availability</strong>: Available from to buy from the <span class="nobr"><img src="/" alt="external link: " title="external link"/><a href="https://typekit.com/fonts/minion-pro" target="rwikiexternal">Adobe Typekit Site</a></span>.</li> <li><strong class="bold">Quality of appearance</strong>: Professional</li> <li><strong class="bold">Diacritic coverage</strong>: Contains most of the necessary diacritics for Indo-Tibetan studies.</li> <li><strong class="bold">Other script coverage</strong>: None.</li> <li><strong class="bold">Rating</strong>: Not yet rated.</li></ul><p class="paragraph"> </p><h3 class="heading-h6"><a name="ProvidedforunrestrictedusebythespanclassnobrimgsrcsakairwikitoolimagesicklearrowgifaltexternallinktitleexternallinkahrefhttpwwwthliborgtargetrwikiexternalTibetanandHimalayanLibraryaspan" class="anchorpoint"></a><em class="italic">Provided for unrestricted use by the <span class="nobr"><img src="/" alt="external link: " title="external link"/><a href="http://www.thlib.org" target="rwikiexternal">Tibetan and Himalayan Library</a></span></em></h3>