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* [[New Athena Unicode]] ([https://apagreekkeys.org/NAUdownload.html download]) offers a freely downloadable [https://apagreekkeys.org/fonts/NAU5_002woff.zip WOFF version] of their font that includes many important features for ancient languages (including Egyptian, Arabic and other transcriptions). (For example, the ''[[EpiDoc]] Guidelines'' has a copy of the New Athena Unicode WOFF at http://www.stoa.org/epidoc/gl/assets/newathu5.woff for display of certain poorly-supported characters.) | * [[New Athena Unicode]] ([https://apagreekkeys.org/NAUdownload.html download]) offers a freely downloadable [https://apagreekkeys.org/fonts/NAU5_002woff.zip WOFF version] of their font that includes many important features for ancient languages (including Egyptian, Arabic and other transcriptions). (For example, the ''[[EpiDoc]] Guidelines'' has a copy of the New Athena Unicode WOFF at http://www.stoa.org/epidoc/gl/assets/newathu5.woff for display of certain poorly-supported characters.) | ||
* [[Cardo]] ([http://scholarsfonts.net/cardofnt.html information]) is a large Unicode font specifically designed for the needs of classicists, Biblical scholars, medievalists, and linguists. It is licensed under the [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL_web Open Font License]. It is freely available for | * [[Cardo]] ([http://scholarsfonts.net/cardofnt.html information]) is a large Unicode font specifically designed for the needs of classicists, Biblical scholars, medievalists, and linguists. It is licensed under the [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL_web Open Font License]. It is freely available for embedding on web sites via multiple font hosting services (e.g. [https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cardo Google Fonts] and [https://typekit.com/fonts/cardo Adobe TypeKit]). | ||
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Revision as of 17:42, 18 August 2016
Question
Which fonts with good coverage of ancient languages are available as Web Fonts for embedding in web pages?
Beginnings of an answer
- New Athena Unicode (download) offers a freely downloadable WOFF version of their font that includes many important features for ancient languages (including Egyptian, Arabic and other transcriptions). (For example, the EpiDoc Guidelines has a copy of the New Athena Unicode WOFF at http://www.stoa.org/epidoc/gl/assets/newathu5.woff for display of certain poorly-supported characters.)
- Cardo (information) is a large Unicode font specifically designed for the needs of classicists, Biblical scholars, medievalists, and linguists. It is licensed under the Open Font License. It is freely available for embedding on web sites via multiple font hosting services (e.g. Google Fonts and Adobe TypeKit).
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