FAQ: Where Can I Find Greek, or other Non-Roman, Fonts on the Net?

Frequently Asked Questions

Where Can I Find Greek, or other Non-Roman, Fonts on the Net?

There are basically two kinds of fonts for non-Roman characters: fonts based on the Unicode character set for multilingual documents, and fonts based on older, language-specific character sets.

In general, newer online documents intended to be widely read, and preserved for a long time, will use Unicode, and can be read with Unicode fonts. Older online documents, or ones prepared with older software, may still use other character sets, and require specialized fonts to display properly.

Here are some resources on Unicode fonts:

Alan Wood's Unicode Fonts page (covering Windows, Mac, and Unix)
Wazu Japan Gallery of Unicode Fonts
Wikipedia article on Unicode typefaces

Here are some resources that may include information on fonts using older, language-specific character encodings, as well as Unicode-based fonts. (The sites themselves may not be currently maintained in all cases.)

Fonts in Cyberspace: http://www.sil.org/computing/fonts/
Fonts For Scholars, Academics, Students: http://www.historian.net/files.htm
GNU international fonts: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/intlfonts/
Typenow free font collection: http://www.typenow.net/

This FAQ answer is based in part on responses given by Hugh Ballantyne and other posters on the Book People mailing list.

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