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==Introduction==
==Introduction==
The following list should provide an overview of free and non-free fonts known to behave well on screen and/or in print.  Anyone is invited to add his favourite fonts and comment on his experience with them. If you don't feel like playing with the table entries, just hit the '''Discussion''' tab and describe your fonts in plain text, and other users will insert an table row for you, then.
The following list should provide an overview of free and non-free fonts known to behave well on screen and/or in print.  Anyone is invited to add his favourite fonts and comment on his experience with them. If you don't feel like playing with the table entries, just hit the '''Discussion''' tab and describe your fonts in plain text, and other users will insert an table row for you, then.


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*'''Fonts''' -- List of included font families and/or faces
*'''Fonts''' -- List of included font families and/or faces


*'''Quality/Suitability''' -- What quality level the fonts are at and what they are well suited for, eg pro printing, home printing. Generally 'pro' - ie professional printing on RIPs - can be assumed to include less demanding uses too.
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*'''Known issues?''' -- Any problems that may occur. Most fonts with any known problems should simply be avoided, but sometimes there are valid reasons to use them anyway - so long as you know there may be consequences.
*'''Known issues?''' -- Any problems that may occur. Most fonts with any known problems should simply be avoided, but sometimes there are valid reasons to use them anyway - so long as you know there may be consequences.
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*'''Comments''' -- Any additional information you consider important
*'''Comments''' -- Any additional information you consider important
 
==Fonts For Printing==
==Font list==
===Text Fonts===


{| border=&quot;1&quot; cellpadding=&quot;5&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;
{| border=&quot;1&quot; cellpadding=&quot;5&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;
|+'''Font table'''
|+'''Font table'''
|-
|-
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Font Repository / Font Family /Link
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Font Repository/Family/Link
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Fonts
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Fonts/Faces
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Type
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Quality/Suitability
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Known issues?
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Known issues?
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Encoding & Coverage
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Encoding & Coverage
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| Font Repository / Font Family /Link
| Font Repository / Font Family /Link
| Fonts
| Fonts
| Type
| Quality/Suitability
| Known issues?
| Known issues?
| Encoding & Coverage
| Encoding & Coverage
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|-
|-
| [http://www.stormtype.com/free-fonts.html Storm Type Foundry]
| [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=Andika_download Andika SIL]
| Regular
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| OFL
| &nbsp;
 
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|-
| Antykwa Półtawskiego [ftp://ftp.gust.org.pl/pub/GUST/contrib/fonts/replicas/antp-ttf.zip TTF] [ftp://ftp.gust.org.pl/pub/GUST/contrib/fonts/replicas/antp.zip Type1]
| Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic
| ?
| [http://www.tug.org/tex-archive/fonts/psfonts/polish/antp/README.ENG QX]
| Free
| Polish traditional font, [http://www.tug.org/tex-archive/fonts/psfonts/polish/antp/README.ENG English description],[http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grafika:Antykwa_poltawskiego_regular.png font preview]. For more well designed Polish free fonts refer to this Polish TeX User Group [http://www.gust.org.pl/fonty/ font website].
 
|-
| [http://www.open.font.pl Antykwa Toruńska] fonts
| ?
| ?
| ?
| OTF or TTF
| Unicode, QX, cp1250, StandardEncoding, Cyrillic, Greek
| Pro quality
| Free
| Mainly used for typesetting of small prints.
 
|-
| Arimo
| Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| Latin-1 / ISO-8859-1?
| No cost for non-commercial use
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;


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|-
|-
| [ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/ghost/AFPL/GhostPCL/urwfonts_t1-1.40.tar.bz2 Artifex Ghostscript TTF]
| [ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/ghost/AFPL/GhostPCL/urwfonts_t1-1.40.tar.bz2 Artifex Ghostscript TTF]
| A028, A030, Antique Olive, Century Schoolbook, URW Clarendon, Coronet, Dingbats, Garamond, Letter Gothic, Mauritius, Nimbus, U001, U001 Condensed, URW Bookman, URW Chancery, URW Classico, URW Gothic, URW Palladio
| A028, A030, Antique Olive, Century Schoolbook, URW Clarendon, Coronet, Dingbats, Garamond, Letter Gothic, Mauritius, Nimbus, U001, U001 Condensed, URW Bookman, URW Chancery, URW Classico, URW Gothic, URW Palladio
| TTF
| Pro quality
| ?
| ?
| Latin-1 / ISO-8859-1?
| Latin-1 / ISO-8859-1?
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| Includes URW fonts shipped with most Linux distros, but also some additional font families, like URW Classico and a Garamond. Donated by URW.
| Includes URW fonts shipped with most Linux distros, but also some additional font families, like URW Classico and a Garamond. Donated by URW.


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|-
|-
| CorelDraw fonts 
| Bergamo Std.
| ? (lots)
| Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic
| TTF, PS
| &nbsp;
| Mixed. The bitstream fonts are pro quality.
| &nbsp;
| Some inferior quality fonts included, be careful.
| &nbsp;
| Unknown
| &nbsp;
| Commercial
 
| Includes some high quality Bitstream fonts. Copies of Corel Draw can often be picked up cheap, but these fonts are in no way free.
|-
| Cantarell
| Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
 
|-
| Carto Gothic Std.
| Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
 
|-
| Charis SIL
| Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| OFL
| &nbsp;
 
|-
| Cousine
| Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
 
|-
| Crimson Text
| Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic, SemiBold, Semibold-Italic
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
 
|-
| Droid
| Droid Sans, Droid Serif
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
 
|-
| Gandhi
| Gandhi Sans, Gandhi Serif
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
 
|-
| [http://garamond.org/ Garamond No.8]
| Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| [http://www.artifex.com/downloads/doc/Public.htm AFPL]
| &nbsp;


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| [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Gentium Gentium] fonts
| [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Gentium Gentium] fonts
| Gentium
| Gentium
| ?
| Pro
| ?
| ?
| Unicode3, see  [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Gentium_glyphs here] for more details
| Unicode3, see  [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Gentium_glyphs here] for more details
| Free
| OFL
| See the [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Gentium_samples samples]
| See the [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Gentium_samples samples]
|-
| Heuristica
| Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
| Lekton
| Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
| Liberation
| Liberation Sans/Serif/Monospaced
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
| [http://linuxlibertine.sourceforge.net/ Linux Libertine]
| Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic, Underlined, Bold Underlined
| [http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=4422 Bug 4422]
| western latin, greek, cyrillic, IPA, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_typeface comparisson at wikipedia]
| GPL and OFL
|
|-
| OpenSans
| Light, Light-Italic, CondensedLight, CondensedLight-Italic, Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic, CondensedBold, Semibold, Semibold-Italic, ExtraBold, ExtraBold-Italic
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;


|-
|-
| [http://www.sil.org/computing/catalog/show_software_catalog.asp?by=cat&name=Font Other SIL] fonts
| [http://www.sil.org/computing/catalog/show_software_catalog.asp?by=cat&name=Font Other SIL] fonts
| Doulos, Nastaliq, Apparatus, Dai Banna, Encore, Sophia, Manuscript, Galatia, Ezra SIL, Tai Dam, Vai, Xishuangbanna, Yi,  
| Doulos, Nastaliq, Apparatus, Dai Banna, Encore, Sophia, Manuscript, Galatia, Ezra SIL, Tai Dam, Vai, Xishuangbanna, Yi,  
| Mixed
| ?
| ?
| ?
| Mixed
| Mixed
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| A fairly varied collection with lots of scripts covered.
| A fairly varied collection with lots of scripts covered.


|-
| PT
| PT Sans, PT Sans Narrow, PT Sans Caption, PT Serif, PT Serif Caption, PT Mono
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
| Roboto
| Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
| TexGyre Adventor
| Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| [http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/index_html#GFL GFL]
| &nbsp;
|-
| TexGyre Bonum
| Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| [http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/index_html#GFL GFL]
| &nbsp;
|-
| TexGyre Cursor
| Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| [http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/index_html#GFL GFL]
| &nbsp;
|-
| TexGyre Heros
| Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic, Condensed, CondensedItalic, CondensedBold, CondensedBold-Italic
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| [http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/index_html#GFL GFL]
| &nbsp;
|-
| TexGyre Pagella
| Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| [http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/index_html#GFL GFL]
| &nbsp;
|-
| TexGyre Schola
| Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| [http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/index_html#GFL GFL]
| &nbsp;


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|-
|-
| [http://www.open.font.pl Antykwa Toruńska] fonts
| TexGyre Termes
| ?
| Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic
| Type1, TTF, OTF
| &nbsp;
| ?
| &nbsp;
| ?
| [http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/index_html#GFL GFL]
| Unicode, QX, cp1250, StandardEncoding, Cyrillic, Greek
| &nbsp;
| Free
 
| Mainly used for typesetting of small prints.


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| [http://kldp.net/projects/unfonts/ UnFonts]
| [http://kldp.net/projects/unfonts/ UnFonts]
| UnBatang, UnBom, UnDotum, UnGraphic, UnGungseo, UnJamoBatang, UnJamoDotum, UnJamoNovel, UnJamoSora, UnPen, UnPenheulim, UnPilgi, UnShinmun, UnTaza, UnYetgul
| UnBatang, UnBom, UnDotum, UnGraphic, UnGungseo, UnJamoBatang, UnJamoDotum, UnJamoNovel, UnJamoSora, UnPen, UnPenheulim, UnPilgi, UnShinmun, UnTaza, UnYetgul
| TTF
| ?
| ?
| ?
| Korean?
| Korean?
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|}
 
===Display Fonts===
 
===Script/Handwriting/Calligraphic Fonts===
 
{| border=&quot;1&quot; cellpadding=&quot;5&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;
|+'''Font table'''
|-
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Font Repository/Family/Link
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Fonts/Faces
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Known issues?
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Encoding & Coverage
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Licensing
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Comments


|-
|-
| [http://corefonts.sf.net/ MS Core TrueType fonts]
| TexGyre Chorus
| Andale, Arial, MS Comic Sans, Courier, Georgia, Impact, Times, Trebuchet, Verdana, Webdings
| Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic
| TrueType
| Pro
| Webdings can cause issues, but should be handled OK by Scribus.
| Largely latin-1
| Free download. [http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/eula.htm details].
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| [http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/index_html#GFL GFL]
| &nbsp;
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|}


===Monospaced Fonts===
{| border=&quot;1&quot; cellpadding=&quot;5&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;
|+'''Font table'''
|-
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Font Repository/Family/Link
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Fonts/Faces
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Known issues?
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Encoding & Coverage
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Licensing
! style=&quot;background:#efefef;&quot; | Comments


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|-
|-
| Antykwa Półtawskiego [ftp://ftp.gust.org.pl/pub/GUST/contrib/fonts/replicas/antp-ttf.zip TTF] [ftp://ftp.gust.org.pl/pub/GUST/contrib/fonts/replicas/antp.zip Type1]
| [http://www.ms-studio.com/FontSales/anonymouspro.html AnonymousPro]
| Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic
| Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic
| TrueType, Type 1
| &nbsp;
| Pro quality
| &nbsp;
| ?
| OFL
| [http://www.tug.org/tex-archive/fonts/psfonts/polish/antp/README.ENG QX]
| &nbsp;
| Free
| Polish traditional font, [http://www.tug.org/tex-archive/fonts/psfonts/polish/antp/README.ENG English description],[http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grafika:Antykwa_poltawskiego_regular.png font preview]. For more well designed Polish free fonts refer to this Polish TeX User Group [http://www.gust.org.pl/fonty/ font website].


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|-
|-
| [http://linuxlibertine.sourceforge.net/ Linux Libertine]
| PT Mono
| Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic, Underlined, Bold Underlined
| Regular, Bold
| TrueType, OpenType
| &nbsp;
| ?
| &nbsp;
| [http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=4422 Bug 4422]
| OFL
| western latin, greek, cyrillic, IPA, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_typeface comparisson at wikipedia]
| &nbsp;
| GPL and OFL
|  


|-
| TexGyre Cursor
| Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| OFL
| &nbsp;


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==Fonts for On-Screen Use==


== Other Sources ==
== Other Sources ==

Revision as of 22:56, 14 June 2012


Introduction

The following list should provide an overview of free and non-free fonts known to behave well on screen and/or in print. Anyone is invited to add his favourite fonts and comment on his experience with them. If you don't feel like playing with the table entries, just hit the Discussion tab and describe your fonts in plain text, and other users will insert an table row for you, then.

The table columns and their meaning:

  • Font Repository -- Source of fonts and link if applicable
  • Fonts -- List of included font families and/or faces


  • Known issues? -- Any problems that may occur. Most fonts with any known problems should simply be avoided, but sometimes there are valid reasons to use them anyway - so long as you know there may be consequences.
  • Coverage -- Notes about the fonts' glyph coverage and, if known, encoding.
  • Licensing -- Extremely brief licensing/availability/conditions and licensing link where possible. E.g. "free," "free for non-commercial use," "commercial"
  • Comments -- Any additional information you consider important

Fonts For Printing

Text Fonts

Font table
Font Repository/Family/Link Fonts/Faces Known issues? Encoding & Coverage Licensing Comments


Andika SIL Regular     OFL  


Antykwa Półtawskiego TTF Type1 Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic ? QX Free Polish traditional font, English description,font preview. For more well designed Polish free fonts refer to this Polish TeX User Group font website.
Antykwa Toruńska fonts ? ? Unicode, QX, cp1250, StandardEncoding, Cyrillic, Greek Free Mainly used for typesetting of small prints.
Arimo Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic        
Artifex Ghostscript TTF A028, A030, Antique Olive, Century Schoolbook, URW Clarendon, Coronet, Dingbats, Garamond, Letter Gothic, Mauritius, Nimbus, U001, U001 Condensed, URW Bookman, URW Chancery, URW Classico, URW Gothic, URW Palladio ? Latin-1 / ISO-8859-1? Free Includes URW fonts shipped with most Linux distros, but also some additional font families, like URW Classico and a Garamond. Donated by URW.
Bergamo Std. Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic        
Cantarell Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic        
Carto Gothic Std. Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic        
Charis SIL Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic     OFL  
Cousine Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic        
Crimson Text Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic, SemiBold, Semibold-Italic        
Droid Droid Sans, Droid Serif        
Gandhi Gandhi Sans, Gandhi Serif        
Garamond No.8 Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic     AFPL  
Gentium fonts Gentium ? Unicode3, see here for more details OFL See the samples


Heuristica Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic        
Lekton Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic        
Liberation Liberation Sans/Serif/Monospaced        
Linux Libertine Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic, Underlined, Bold Underlined Bug 4422 western latin, greek, cyrillic, IPA, see comparisson at wikipedia GPL and OFL
OpenSans Light, Light-Italic, CondensedLight, CondensedLight-Italic, Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic, CondensedBold, Semibold, Semibold-Italic, ExtraBold, ExtraBold-Italic        
Other SIL fonts Doulos, Nastaliq, Apparatus, Dai Banna, Encore, Sophia, Manuscript, Galatia, Ezra SIL, Tai Dam, Vai, Xishuangbanna, Yi, ? Mixed Mixed A fairly varied collection with lots of scripts covered.
PT PT Sans, PT Sans Narrow, PT Sans Caption, PT Serif, PT Serif Caption, PT Mono        
Roboto Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic        
TexGyre Adventor Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic     GFL  
TexGyre Bonum Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic     GFL  
TexGyre Cursor Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic     GFL  
TexGyre Heros Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic, Condensed, CondensedItalic, CondensedBold, CondensedBold-Italic     GFL  
TexGyre Pagella Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic     GFL  
TexGyre Schola Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic     GFL  
TexGyre Termes Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic     GFL  


UnFonts UnBatang, UnBom, UnDotum, UnGraphic, UnGungseo, UnJamoBatang, UnJamoDotum, UnJamoNovel, UnJamoSora, UnPen, UnPenheulim, UnPilgi, UnShinmun, UnTaza, UnYetgul ? Korean? Free - GPL. IMPORTANT: See FSF on the GPL and fonts. Caution is advised when using these in documents you don't want to license under the GPL. While the project page is listed as pre-alpha, the fonts are >= 1.0 and seem solid.


Display Fonts

Script/Handwriting/Calligraphic Fonts

Font table
Font Repository/Family/Link Fonts/Faces Known issues? Encoding & Coverage Licensing Comments
TexGyre Chorus Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic     GFL  


Monospaced Fonts

Font table
Font Repository/Family/Link Fonts/Faces Known issues? Encoding & Coverage Licensing Comments
AnonymousPro Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic     OFL  
PT Mono Regular, Bold     OFL  
TexGyre Cursor Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold-Italic     OFL  


Fonts for On-Screen Use

Other Sources

Here you can find information about other possible sources of fonts and links to information about fonts.

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