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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.  
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.
* 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>
* 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.
* 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 08:21, 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

TCRC unicode Free Tibetan Font

  • 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

Nithartha-Sambhota

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)

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

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).