Unicode typefaces

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Unicode typefaces

Unicode typefaces (also known as UCS fonts and Unicode fonts) are typefaces containing a wide range of characters, letters, digits, glyphs, symbols, ideograms, logograms, etc., which are collectively mapped into the standard Universal Character Set, derived from many different languages and scripts from around the world. Unlike most conventional computer fonts, which are specific to a particular language or legacy character set and contain only a small subset of the UCS characters, these fonts attempt to include many thousands of possible glyphs, so that they can be used as a single typeface across multi-lingual documents.

The Unicode standard does not specify the typeface (a collection of graphical shapes called glyphs) itself, but rather instead, it defines the abstract characters as a specific number (known as a codepoint) and also defines the required changes of shape depending on the context the glyph is used in (e.g., Combining characters, precomposed characters and letter-diacritic combinations). The choice of font, which governs how the abstract UCS characters are converted into a bitmap or vector output that can be viewed on a screen or printed, is left up to the user. If a font is chosen which does not contain a glyph for a codepoint used in the document, typically a question mark ("?"), a box, or some other Substitute character is displayed.

Currently (July, 2006), no single "Unicode font" includes all the characters defined in the present revision of the ISO 10646 (Unicode) standard. Many are continually updated to incorporate characters which were previously omitted or which were added in a newer version of the standard. Additionally, fonts may be updated to correct errors in past versions.

The UCS has over 1.1 million code points, but only the first 65,536 (the Plane 0: Basic Multilingual Plane, or BMP) had entered into common use before 2000. (See the Mapping of Unicode characters article for more information on other planes, including Plane 1: SMP, Plane 2: SIP, Plane 14: SSP, Plane 15 and 16: reserved for PUA.)

The first Unicode font (with very large character set, and supporting many Unicode blocks) was Lucida Sans Unicode, it was developed by Charles Bigelow & Kris Holmes' in March, 1993 (Shipped with Windows NT 3.1). Second was Unihan font, developed by Ross Paterson in 1993. Third was Everson Mono Unicode font, released in 1995, developed by Michael Everson.

Contents 1 Issues 2 Application of Unicode typefaces 3 Utility software 4 List of Unicode fonts 5 Comparison of fonts 5.1 0000-077F 5.2 0780-139F 5.3 13A0-1DBF 5.4 1DC0-257F 5.5 2580-2DDF 5.6 2E00-4DBF 5.7 4DC0-FE2F 5.8 FE30-FFFF 5.9 10000-1D7FF 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Issues

There are typographical ambiguities in Unicode, so that some of the unified Chinese characters will be typographically different in different regions. For example, Unicode point U+9AA8 (骨) is typographically different between simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese. This has implications for the idea that a single typeface can satisfy the needs of all locales.^[1]

[edit] Application of Unicode typefaces

Beside all the issues, Unicode is now the base character set for many new standards and protocols, and is built into the architecture of operating systems (Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, and many versions of Unix), programming languages (Perl, Python, Java, Common LISP, APL), and libraries (IBM International Components for Unicode (ICU) along with the Pango, Graphite, Scribe, Uniscribe, and ATSUI rendering engines), font formats (TrueType and OpenType) and so on. Many other standards are also getting upgraded to Unicode compliancy, day by day.

[edit] Utility software

Utility software can be used to see exactly which characters are included inside a font file:

• Character Map applet included with Windows 2000/XP
• gucharmap for GNOME
• kcharmap for KDE
• MainType (by HighLogic, commercial)
• BabelMap (by Andrew West, free, donation-ware)
• Unicode Font Viewer (by Mike Lischke, freeware)
• Quick Key (by Nathanael Jones, opensource, free)

[edit] List of Unicode fonts

Of the many Unicode fonts available, the few are listed below are the most commonly used by a majority of users around the world on mainstream computing platforms. More Unicode fonts can be found in the (List of typefaces) article's "Unicode fonts" section. For more information on free Unicode fonts, see Free software Unicode typefaces.

List of Unicode Fonts
Font	Char(s)	Glyphs	Kerning	Version	Font Family	Font style	Font type	Serif style	License	Notes
Arial	1,419	1,674	909	3.00	Arial	Regular	OTF+TTO†	Normal Sans	Proprietary	Included with Microsoft Windows.
Arial Unicode MS	38,917	50,377	0	1.00	Arial	Regular	OTF+TTO†	Normal Sans	Proprietary	Included with Microsoft Office.
Bitstream Cyberbit	32,910	29,934	935	2.0 beta	Bitstream Cyberbit	Roman	TTF	Cove	Freeware	For non-commercial use only.
Cardo	2,879	2,882	216	0.098 (2004)	Cardo	Regular	TTF	Cove	Freeware	For non-commercial and non-profit uses only.
Caslon Roman	3,684	3,686	0	001.000 16-12-2001	Caslon	Roman	TTF		BSD-like license
Code2000	51,239	61,864	115	1.16	Code2000	Regular	TTF	Any	Shareware	A reduced version, Code2001, is available as freeware.
Charis SIL	1,958	3,084	0	4.002	Charis SIL	Regular	TTF	Any	OFL
Chryſanþi Unicode (Chrysanthi Unicode)	4,818	4,383	0	3.1	Chrysanthi	Regular	TTF	Cove	Freeware
ClearlyU	-	9,538	0	1.9	-	-	-	-	Freeware
DejaVu Sans	3,525	3,611	2,558	2.8	DejaVu	Book	TTF	Normal Sans	Freeware
Doulos SIL	1,958	3,083	0	4.014	Doulos SIL	Regular	TTF	Any	OFL
Everson Mono Unicode	4,893	4,899	0	3.2b4	Everson Mono	Regular	TTF	Any	Shareware	Monospaced width.
FreeSerif	3,914	5,257	0	1.52	FreeSerif	Medium	TTF	Cove	GPL	Sans serif (FreeSans) and monospaced (FreeMono) variants.
Gentium Regular	1,469	1,699	2,857	1.0.2 (2005)	Gentium	Regular	TTF	Any	OFL
GNU Unifont	33,580	33,583	0	001.000	Unifont	Medium	Bitmap	Any	GPL
Junicode	2,235	2,256	0	0.6.12	Junicode	Regular	TTF	Any	GPL
Linux Libertine	1,982	1,985	0	2.2.0	Linux Libertine	Regular	OTF+TTO†	Any	GPL, OFL
Lucida Grande	2,245	2,826	0	5.0d8e1 (Revesion 1.002)	Lucida Grande	Regular	OTF	Normal Sans	Proprietary	Included with Mac OS X. Any proportion.
Lucida Sans Unicode	1,765	1,776	0	2.00	Lucida Sans	Regular	OTF+TTO†	Normal Sans	Proprietary	Included with Microsoft Windows.
Microsoft Sans Serif	2,301	2,257	0	1.41	Microsoft Sans Serif	Regular	OTF+TTO†	Normal Sans	Proprietary	Included with Microsoft Windows.
New Gulim	46,567	49,284	0	3.10	New Gulim	Regular	TTF	Obtuse Cove	Proprietary	Included with Microsoft Office 2000. Any Proportion.
Tahoma	1,912	2,034	674	3.14	Tahoma	Regular	OTF+TTO†	Normal Sans	Proprietary	Included with Microsoft Windows.
Times New Roman	1,419	1,674	867	3.00	Times New Roman	Regular	OTF+TTO†	Cove	Proprietary	Included with Microsoft Windows.
TITUS Cyberbit Basic	9,341	10,044	0	3.0 (2000) (Revision 4.00)	TITUS Cyberbit	Regular	TTF	Cove	Freeware
Y.OzFontN	21,360	59,678	0	9.41	Y.OzFontN	Regular	TTF	Any	Freeware	Sans-serif (for Japanese) and Monospace (for Latin).
Font	Char(s)	Glyphs	Kerning	Version	Font Family	Font style	Font type	Serif style	License	Notes

Note

^†  OTF+TTO: OpenType font with TrueType outlines.

[edit] Comparison of fonts

Number of characters included by the above version of fonts, for different Unicode blocks (or, ranges), are listed below.

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 N  = Numerical digits. This number of characters are included in the font for that range.

= Most or some portion out of all characters in that range are present in the font.

 X  = No characters are included in the font for that range or Unicode block.

  -  = Data not available now.

Unicode Fonts
Font  Range
Basic Latin (0000–007F)	95	95	128	95	96	95	95	95	95	96	95	95	95	95	128	97	96	98	95	95	128	95	95	95	95
Latin-1 Supplement (0080–00FF)	96	96	128	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	128	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96
Latin Extended-A (0100–017F)	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	128
Latin Extended-B (0180–024F)	28	148	208	52	178	208	194	188	178	194	194	183	173	178	156	179	194	183	119	179	7	29	28	183	28
IPA Extensions (0250–02AF)	1	89	96	96	94	96	96	94	94	96	96	96	96	94	89	94	94	96	89	94	X	2	1	96	55
Spacing Modifier Letters (02B0–02FF)	9	57	80	80	63	80	80	63	62	63	80	80	29	56	57	63	48	80	57	9	10	9	9	80	16
Combining Diacritical Marks (0300–036F)	5	72	112	112	82	112	104	82	82	89	104	107	72	82	72	106	62	106	68	82	X	82	5	106	32
Greek and Coptic (0370–03FF)	73	105	144	124	110	127	14	76	110	124	14	118	95	82	105	80	106	106	91	112	73	73	73	128	76
Cyrillic (0400–04FF)	118	226	256	2	238	255	209	238	244	248	209	246	247	80	230	X	142	244	153	246	94	122	118	247	66
Cyrillic Supplement (0500–052F)	X	X	X	X	16	20	16	X	16	16	16	16	16	1	X	X	X	16	X	16	X	X	X	16	X
Armenian (0530–058F)	X	85	X	X	85	86	X	85	86	86	X	86	X	X	85	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	86	X
Hebrew (0590–05FF)	52	82	47	86	83	86	X	60	82	X	X	82	44	X	82	X	X	82	51	52	X	52	52	83	X
Arabic (0600–06FF)	208	194	65	10	X	185	X	69	201	110	X	3	63	X	62	X	X	X	X	208	X	206	208	185	X
Syriac (0700–074F)	X	X	X	X	X	50	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	76	X
Arabic Supplement (0750–077F)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Range Font   Range

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Range Font   Range
Thaana (0780–07BF)	X	X	X	X	X	50	X	X	49	X	X	X	49	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	50	X
Devanagari (0900–097F)	X	104	X	X	X	110	X	104	103	X	X	X	93	X	104	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	106	X
Bengali (0980–09FF)	X	89	X	X	X	91	X	89	X	X	X	X	91	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Gurmukhi (0A00–0A7F)	X	75	X	X	X	77	X	X	X	X	X	X	73	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Gujarati (0A80–0AFF)	X	78	X	X	X	83	X	78	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Oriya (0B00–0B7F)	X	79	X	X	X	81	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Tamil (0B80–0BFF)	X	61	X	X	X	71	X	X	X	X	X	X	49	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Telugu (0C00–0C7F)	X	80	X	X	X	80	X	X	X	X	X	X	42	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Kannada (0C80–0CFF)	X	80	X	X	X	86	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Malayalam (0D00–0D7F)	X	78	X	X	X	78	X	X	X	X	X	X	79	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Sinhala (0D80–0DFF)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Thai (0E00–0E7F)	X	87	91	X	86	87	X	X	87	X	X	X	87	X	87	X	X	87	X	87	X	87	X	87	X
Lao (0E80–0EFF)	X	65	X	X	X	65	X	X	65	X	X	X	X	X	65	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Tibetan (0F00–0FFF)	X	168	X	X	X	X	X	168	55	X	X	X	X	X	34	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Burmese (Mayanmar) (1000–109F)	X	X	X	X	X	78	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Georgian (10A0–10FF)	X	78	X	1	X	81	X	X	78	X	X	80	X	X	40	1	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	83	X
Hangul Jamo (1100–11FF)	X	240	X	X	X	240	X	X	240	X	X	X	X	X	67	X	X	X	X	X	250	X	X	X	X
Ethiopic (Ge'ez) (1200–137F)	X	X	X	X	X	356	X	X	345	X	X	X	346	X	348	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	364	X
Ethiopic Supplement (1380–139F)	X	X	X	X	X	26	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Range Font   Range

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Range Font   Range
Cherokee (13A0–13FF)	X	X	X	X	85	85	X	X	85	X	X	85	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics (1400–167F)	X	X	X	X	X	630	X	X	630	X	X	630	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ogham (1680–169F)	X	X	X	X	29	29	X	X	29	X	X	29	X	X	29	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	32	X
Runic (16A0–16FF)	X	X	X	81	81	81	X	83	81	X	X	81	X	X	81	81	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	81	X
Tagalog (Baybayin) (1700–171F)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Hanunoo (1720–173F)	X	X	X	X	X	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Buhid (1740–175F)	X	X	X	X	X	20	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Tagbanwa (1760–177F)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Khmer (1780–17FF)	X	X	X	X	X	114	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mongolian (1800–18AF)	X	X	X	X	X	155	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Limbu (1900–194F)	X	X	X	X	X	66	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Tai Le (1950–197F)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Tai Lue (1980–19DF)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Khmer Symbols (19E0–19FF)	X	X	X	X	X	32	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Buginese (1A00–1A1F)	X	X	X	X	X	30	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Phonetic Extensions (1D00–1D7F)	X	X	X	17	X	109	128	X	X	68	128	107	14	X	X	108	X	108	X	X	X	X	X	108	X
Phonetic Extensions Supplement (1D80–1DBF)	X	X	X	X	X	X	64	X	X	37	64	107	5	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Range Font   Range

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Range Font   Range
Combining Diacritical Marks Supplement (1DC0–1DFF)	X	X	X	2	X	13	1	X	X	X	1	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Latin Extended Additional (1E00–1EFF)	96	246	96	88	246	246	246	246	246	246	246	246	246	246	246	246	246	246	8	246	8	246	96	247	8
Greek Extended (1F00–1FFF)	X	233	X	233	233	233	X	233	233	233	X	233	233	233	233	232	232	233	X	233	X	233	X	236	4
General Punctuation (2000–206F)	38	63	112	65	69	105	73	56	77	87	73	97	50	39	77	72	56	87	67	27	25	27	38	68	91
Superscripts and Subscripts (2070–209F)	1	28	48	9	28	29	34	31	28	29	34	29	25	28	28	29	36	29	28	1	6	1	1	29	29
Currency Symbols (20A0–20CF)	6	13	48	6	16	22	22	15	16	19	22	18	13	14	14	1	3	18	12	16	5	16	6	12	18
Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols (20D0–20FF)	X	18	48	X	20	27	X	X	20	2	X	27	1	X	20	1	X	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	27
Letterlike Symbols (2100–214F)	6	57	80	13	59	78	2	59	59	29	2	74	46	1	57	3	35	32	57	6	10	6	6	13	75
Number Forms (2150–218F)	6	48	64	4	49	50	49	49	49	49	49	49	45	4	48	49	50	49	4	4	26	4	6	28	49
Arrows (2190–21FF)	7	91	112	14	100	112	19	92	100	112	19	112	73	X	91	X	32	20	91	X	13	X	7	21	112
Mathematical Operators (2200–22FF)	17	242	256	24	242	256	17	242	242	216	17	256	219	2	242	13	45	18	242	14	43	14	17	80	256
Miscellaneous Technical (2300–23FF)	4	123	256	36	57	228	2	4	154	19	2	207	20	X	123	2	1	14	10	X	5	X	4	8	209
Control Pictures (2400–243F)	X	37	64	X	39	39	X	X	39	2	X	39	1	X	37	X	X	1	37	X	X	X	X	X	4
Optical Character Recognition (2440–245F)	X	11	32	X	X	11	X	X	10	X	X	11	X	X	11	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Enclosed Alphanumerics (2460–24FF)	X	139	160	X	73	160	X	X	139	10	X	159	10	X	139	160	73	1	X	X	82	X	X	112	160
Box Drawing (2500–257F)	40	128	128	1	128	128	X	128	X	X	X	128	106	X	128	X	X	X	128	X	97	X	40	112	128
Range Font   Range

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Range Font   Range
Block Elements (2580–259F)	8	22	32	X	22	32	X	22	X	32	X	32	19	X	22	X	X	X	21	X	8	X	8	10	32
Geometric Shapes (25A0–25FF)	15	80	96	8	88	96	2	95	88	96	2	96	27	X	80	1	24	19	79	X	34	6	15	53	96
Miscellaneous Symbols (2600–26FF)	11	106	256	31	108	163	X	128	X	161	X	125	87	X	106	4	12	X	14	1	24	1	11	33	146
Dingbats (2700–27BF)	X	160	X	6	2	174	2	174	1	174	2	160	160	X	161	10	1	3	X	X	X	X	X	X	174
Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A (27C0–27EF)	X	X	X	9	X	35	2	X	X	5	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	28
Supplemental Arrows-A (27F0–27FF)	X	0	X	2	X	16	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
Braille Patterns (2800–28FF)	X	0	X	X	X	256	X	X	256	256	X	X	X	X	256	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	256
Supplemental Arrows-B (2900–297F)	X	0	X	6	X	128	X	X	X	X	X	111	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	128
Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B (2980–29FF)	X	0	X	2	X	128	X	X	X	9	X	62	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	128
Supplemental Mathematical Operators (2A00–2AFF)	X	0	X	X	X	256	X	X	X	54	X	21	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	256
Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows (2B00–2BFF)	X	0	X	X	X	31	X	X	X	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
Reserved	X	X	X	X	X	17	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Glagolitic (2C00–2C5F)	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	94	X
Latin Extended-C (2C60-2C7F)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	17	X	X	X	X	X	X	17	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Coptic (2C80–2CFF)	X	0	X	X	X	114	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	114	X
Georgian Supplement (2D00–2D2F)	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	38	X
Tifinagh (2D30–2D7F)	X	0	X	X	X	55	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ethiopic Extended (2D80–2DDF)	X	0	X	X	X	79	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Range Font   Range

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Range Font   Range
Supplemental Punctuation (2E00–2E7F)	X	0	X	24	X	26	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
CJK Radicals Supplement (2E80–2EFF)	X	0	X	X	X	115	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	128
Kangxi Radicals (2F00–2FDF)	X	0	X	X	X	214	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	214
Ideographic Description Characters (2FF0–2FFF)	X	0	X	X	X	12	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12
CJK Symbols and Punctuation (3000–303F)	X	57	64	12	9	64	X	40	X	X	X	X	18	X	39	X	X	X	X	X	17	X	X	31	45
Hiragana (3040–309F)	X	90	96	X	90	90	X	90	X	X	X	90	86	X	87	X	X	X	X	X	83	X	X	90	93
Katakana (30A0–30FF)	X	94	96	X	94	94	X	94	X	X	X	94	92	X	90	X	X	X	X	X	86	X	X	94	96
Bopomofo (3100–312F)	X	40	48	X	X	40	X	37	X	X	X	X	X	X	37	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	37	X
Hangul Compatibility Jamo (3130–318F)	X	94	96	X	X	94	X	X	94	X	X	X	X	X	93	X	X	X	X	X	94	X	X	X	1
Kanbun (3190–319F)	X	16	16	X	X	16	X	14	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
Bopomofo Extended (31A0–31BF)	X	0	32	X	X	24	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
CJK Strokes (31C0–31EF)	X	0	48	X	X	16	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Katakana Phonetic Extensions (31F0–31FF)	X	0	16	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
Enclosed CJK Letters and Months (3200–32FF)	X	202	256	X	X	233	X	X	58	X	X	X	X	X	69	X	X	X	X	X	58	X	X	X	174
CJK Compatibility (3300–33FF)	X	249	256	X	X	161	X	105	X	X	X	X	X	X	100	X	X	X	X	X	80	X	X	X	85
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A (3400–4DBF)	X	X	2,350	X	X	6,582	X	1	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	6,582	X	X	X	178
Range Font   Range

[edit] 4DC0-FE2F

Range Font   Range
Yijing Hexagram Symbols (4DC0–4DFF)	X	X	X	X	X	64	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
CJK Unified Ideographs (Han Unification) (4E00–9FFF)	X	20,902	20,902	X	X	20,924	X	80	X	X	X	X	X	X	16,887	X	X	X	X	X	20,902	X	X	X	9,829
Yi Syllables (A000–A48F)	X	0	X	X	X	1,165	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Yi Radicals (A490–A4CF)	X	0	X	X	X	55	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Modifier Tone Letters (A700–A71F)	X	0	X	X	X	X	23	X	X	X	23	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Latin Extended D (A720-A721)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Syloti Nagri (A800–A82F)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Hangul Syllables (AC00–D7AF)	X	11,172	2,350	X	X	11,172	X	X	2,350	X	X	X	X	X	11,172	X	X	X	X	X	11,172	X	X	X	X
High Surrogates (D800–DB7F)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
High Private Use Surrogates (DB80–DBFF)	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Low Surrogates (DC00–DFFF)	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Private Use Area (E000–F8FF)	55	43	20	566	148	1002	211	788	372	8	211	1	40	9	X	370	143	X	16	47	5,916	84	55	4,649	6,400
CJK Compatibility Ideographs (F900–FAFF)	X	302	302	X	X	429	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	270	X	X	X	X	X	302	X	X	1	103
Alphabetic Presentation Forms (FB00–FB4F)	39	57	36	53	42	58	5	52	58	12	5	58	38	5	57	7	7	32	3	39	2	36	39	57	2
Arabic Presentation Forms-A (FB50–FDFF)	131	593	83	X	X	155	X	22	128	70	X	X	20	X	12	X	X	X	X	131	X	131	131	205	25
Variation Selectors (FE00–FE0F)	X	0	16	X	X	16	16	X	X	X	16	1	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Vertical Forms (FE10–FE1F)	X	X	16	X	X	0	0	X	X	X	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Combining Half Marks (FE20–FE2F)	X	4	16	X	X	4	X	X	4	X	X	4	X	X	4	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Range Font   Range

[edit] FE30-FFFF

Range Font   Range
CJK Compatibility Forms (FE30–FE4F)	X	28	32	X	X	28	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	28	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	29	32
Small Form Variants (FE50–FE6F)	X	26	32	X	X	26	X	X	18	X	X	X	X	X	26	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	29	X
Arabic Presentation Forms-B (FE70–FEFF)	125	139	144	X	X	140	1	125	140	141	1	X	100	X	140	X	X	1	1	125	X	125	125	140	X
Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms (FF00–FFEF)	X	223	167	X	171	124	X	X	152	X	X	X	X	X	171	X	X	X	X	X	100	X	X	157	172
Specials (FFF0–FFFF)	1	2	X	1	1	3	5	X	1	1	5	5	1	X	2	X	1	1	X	1	1	1	1	X	X
BMP

[edit] 10000-1D7FF

SMP
Range Font   Range
Linear B Syllabary (10000–1007F)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Linear B Ideograms (10080–100FF)	X	X	X	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Aegean Numbers (10100–1013F)	X	X	X	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ancient Greek Numbers (10140–1018F)	X	X	X	75	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Old Italic (10300–1032F)	X	X	X	35	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Gothic (10330–1034F)	X	X	X	27	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ugaritic (10380–1039F)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Old Persian (103A0–103DF)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Deseret (10400–1044F)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Shavian (10450–1047F)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Osmanya (10480–104AF)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Cypriot syllabary (10800–1083F)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Phoenician (10900-1091F)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Kharoshthi (10A00–10A5F)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform (12000-1236E and 12400-12473)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Byzantine Musical Symbols (1D000–1D0FF)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Musical Symbols (1D100–1D1FF)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Byzantine Musical Symbols (1D000–1D0FF)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ancient Greek Musical Notation (1D200–1D24F)	X	X	X	70	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Tai Xuan Jing Symbols (1D300–1D35F)	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols (1D400–1D7FF) (994)	X	X	X	13	X	X	2	X	X	X	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Supplementary Private Use Area-A	X	X	X	462	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	339
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15
Range Font
Unicode Fonts

[edit] See also

Free software Unicode typefaces Unicode fallback font Comparison of Unicode encodings List of typefaces Typographic unit Foundries HTML Calligraphy Font-management program

Unicode Consortium Alt codes Input method editor (IME) Chinese input methods for computers Korean language and computers Japanese input methods List of input methods for UNIX platforms Keyboard layout Code page

[edit] References

1. ^ Ken Lunde, CJKV Information Processing, O'Reilly Inc, 1999. Page 128, "CJKV character form differences"

[edit] External links

• ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2, the working group in charge of ISO 10646
• Fonts and Keyboards at Unicode.org
• Unicode Font Guide For Free/Libre Open Source Operating Systems - a huge index of high quality free fonts
• Alan Wood's Unicode Resources
• Character sets - Ken Fowles, Microsoft, 1997. - Enable Unicode for applications.