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Introduction

'Phags-pa script was created in the 1260s as a unifying script for all of the languages within Kublai Khan's Mongolian Empire, including Mongolian, Chinese, Tibetan and Uighur. It fell out of use at the end of the Mongolian Yuan dynasty in 1368 but is still occasionally used in Tibet for decorative seals and inscriptions.

It was based on Tibetan script but is written in vertical columns from left to right. Unlike other Brahmi-derived scripts, 'Phags-pa uses normal spacing letters for vowels instead of diacritics.

Correctly rendering the 'Phags-pa script on Windows is a complex task and requires a font with OpenType tables. Not all editors and browsers support 'Phags-pa. See Andrew West's fonts page for more information.

Font Samples

font sample * font information
Sample of BabelStone Phags-pa Book at 20pt BabelStone Phags-pa Book    [ show all samples ]  (BabelStone Phags-pa Book 1_01.ttf)
Source: Free download from BabelStone
Stats: Version 1.01 has 929 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Uses Unicode Private Use Area codepoints
OpenType Layout Tables: Latin
Sample of BabelStone Phags-pa Seal at 20pt BabelStone Phags-pa Seal    [ show all samples ]  (BabelStone Phags-pa Seal.ttf)
Source: Free download from BabelStone
Stats: Version 1.00 has 393 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Uses Unicode Private Use Area codepoints
OpenType Layout Tables: Latin
Sample of BabelStone Phags-pa Tibetan A at 20pt BabelStone Phags-pa Tibetan A    [ show all samples ]  (BabelStone Phags-pa Tibetan A.ttf)
Source: Free download from BabelStone
Stats: Version 1.00 has 277 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Uses Unicode Private Use Area codepoints
OpenType Layout Tables: Latin
Sample of BabelStone Phags-pa Tibetan B at 20pt BabelStone Phags-pa Tibetan B    [ show all samples ]  (BabelStone Phags-pa Tibetan B.ttf)
Source: Free download from BabelStone
Stats: Version 1.00 has 277 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Uses Unicode Private Use Area codepoints
OpenType Layout Tables: Latin
 

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This page was last updated on 2007-01-28