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Tibetan script is used to write Tibetan and Dzongkha (the official language of Bhutan). The script is syllabic with consonant clusters written using groups of characters, some of which stack horizontally into conjunct characters. Vowels (other than a short "a") are indicated using diacritics. Syllables are separated with dots.
Correctly rendering Tibetan on Windows is a complex task and requires a font with OpenType tables as well as a current version of the Uniscribe engine (usp10.dll). See "Instructions for using OpenType Fonts for Tibetan in the MS Windows Operating System" and SIL's "Replacing your Uniscribe dll" page" for more information.
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Jomolhari
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(Jomolhari-alpha000.002a.ttf) Note: Also implements "Part A" of the official Chinese standard for Tibetan, which assigns precomposed Tibetan stacks to Private Use Area characters U+F300 through U+F8FF. Source: Free local download of the test/alpha version of this font. Stats: Version alpha 0.002a 2006 has 3,086 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Tibetan, Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Tibetan |
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Tibetan Machine Uni
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(TibetanMachineUniAlpha.ttf from tmuniTTF.zip) Note: Comprehensive coverage of Latin character ranges. Note: Tibetan Machine Uni requires version 1.453.3665.0 or later of the Uniscribe engine (usp10.dll) for proper display of Tibetan. Source: Free download from the Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library project. Stats: Version 001.000 has 4,324 glyphs and 703 kerning pairs Support: Tibetan, Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Tibetan (default, Latin) |
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Tibetan Unicode
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(utibetan.ttf) Warning: Incomplete font - needs OpenType tables for full support of Tibetan. Source: Free download from Yudit. Stats: Version 1.0 alpha has 299 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Tibetan, Latin |
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Uchen_05
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(UChen.ttf from zip file within dzongkhafonts.zip) Source: Free download from the Bhutanese Department of Information Technology. Stats: Version 1.0 2002 preliminary has 4,913 glyphs and 11 kerning pairs Support: Tibetan OpenType Layout Tables: Tibetan (default, zz01) |
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Wangdi29
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(Joyig.ttf from zip file within dzongkhafonts.zip) Style: Handwriting Warning: Uses Tibetan digits instead of 0-9. Source: Free download from the Bhutanese Department of Information Technology. Stats: Version 001.003 has 2,112 glyphs and 7 kerning pairs Support: Tibetan, Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Tibetan (default, zz01) |
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XenoType Tibetan New
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(XenoType Tibetan New.ttf) Source: Part of XenoType's modestly priced Tibetan Language Kit for Windows XP and Mac OS X. Stats: Version 2.000 has 1,244 glyphs and no kerning pairs Support: Tibetan OpenType Layout Tables: Tibetan |
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XTashi
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(Tashi.ttf from zip file within dzongkhafonts.zip) Source: Free download from the Bhutanese Department of Information Technology. Stats: Version 1.0 2003 initial release has 4,410 glyphs and 310 kerning pairs Support: Tibetan, Latin OpenType Layout Tables: Tibetan (default, zz01) |
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This page was last updated on 2006-05-09