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=== THDL Free Tibetan Fonts ===
 
=== THDL Free Tibetan Fonts ===
See [http://www.thdl.org/xml/show.php?xml=/tools/tibfonts.xml their main web site] for how to download various free fonts provided by THDL and Trace Foundation.  
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See: [http://www.thdl.org/xml/show.php?xml=/tools/tibfonts.xml their main web site] for how to download various free fonts provided by THDL and Trace Foundation.  
The Tibetan Machine Uni supports the Tibetan Unicode standard.
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* The [http://mayor.lib.virginia.edu/tibet/tools/tm.html Tibetan Machine] font is an original font by Tony Duff, licenced and placed in to the public domain by the Trace Foundation.<br>
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* The [http://www.thdl.org/tools/tmw.html Tibetan Machine Web] font is a version of the same font re-encoded to support display of Tibetan text on legacy browsers.
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* The [http://www.thdl.org/xml/show.php?xml=/tools/tibfonts.xml&l=uva10928423419921 Tibetan Machine Uni] font is a much extended version supporting the Tibetan Unicode standard ''(see above)''.

Revision as of 09:21, 5 November 2006

See also Tibetan Unicode

This is an overview of the currently available Tibetan computer fonts

Fonts compatible with the ISO 10646 / Unicode Standard for encoding Tibetan characters[edit]

TCRC unicode Free Tibetan Font[edit]

  • download. Instructions on how to download and install the tibetan Unicode fonts to access the library's database in tibetan are found on [1].

Fonts using legacy encodings[edit]

Nithartha-Sambhota[edit]

See their main web site for more information how to purchase this font set. Just now this font set does not support the Tibetan Unicode standard.

Tibetan Computer Company (TCC)[edit]

See their main web site for more information how to purchase this font set. Just now this font set does not support the Tibetan Unicode standard.

THDL Free Tibetan Fonts[edit]

See: their main web site for how to download various free fonts provided by THDL and Trace Foundation.

  • The Tibetan Machine font is an original font by Tony Duff, licenced and placed in to the public domain by the Trace Foundation.
  • The Tibetan Machine Web font is a version of the same font re-encoded to support display of Tibetan text on legacy browsers.
  • The Tibetan Machine Uni font is a much extended version supporting the Tibetan Unicode standard (see above).