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Abkhaz, Amharic, Ancient, Arabic, Aramaic, Armenian, Avestan, Balinese, Bassa, Batak, Bengali, Bisaya, Brahmi, Braille, Bugis, Burmese/Myanmar, Cambodian, Cherokee, Chinese, Coptic, Cree, Cyrillic, Dehong Dai (Tai Nua), Deseret, Devanagari, Djembe, Divehi, Epi-Olmec, Ethiopic, Etruscan, Farsi, Fraktur, Ge’ez, Georgian, Glagolitic, Gothic, Greek, Gurjarati, Gurmukhi, Hebrew, Hieroglyphs, Hmong, Inuktitut, Irish Uncial, IPA, Japanese, Kannada, Khmer, Klingon, Korean, Lanna, Lao, Latin, Lontara/Makasar, Malayalam, Manchu, Mayan, Mongolian, Newari/Ranjana, N’Ko, Ogham, Old Church Slavonic, Osmanya/Somali, Oriya, Pahlavi, Persian, ‘Phags-pa, Punjabi, Romulan, Runes, Russian, Sabaean, Santali, Saurashtra, Sharda, Shavian, Sinhala, Sütterlin, Syriac, Tagalog, Tagbanwa, Tai Dam, Tai Lue, Tamil, Telugu, Tengwar, Thai, Thaana, Tibetan, Tifinagh, Tolkienian, Unicode, Unifon, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yi
Making your own fonts | Other sources of fonts
Foreign imitation fonts
http://www.1001fonts.com
http://www.2-free.net/foreign-imitation-fonts/
http://www.ezeefonts.com/en/fonts/foreign/
Apple font tools: http://developer.apple.com/fonts/
Font creation programs
http://users.breathe.com/l-emmett/
http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/
http://www.fontlab.com
Ancient fonts
Fonts for ancient and constructed languages
- Bugis, Goidelic, Gothic, Chaldean, Saracen, Phags-pa, Ndjuká, Meroitic and various conlangs: http://www.valdyas.org/conlang.html
Jack’s Scribal and Epigraphic fonts
- a collection of ancient fonts including: Aramaic, Greek, Hebrew, Samaritan, Sanskrit and many others: http://www.historian.net/files.htm
Biblical fonts
- collections of biblical and other ancient fonts including: Akkadian, Coptic, Etruscan, Greek, Hebrew, Linear B, Nabatean and Syriac: http://journalofbiblicalstudies.org/Links/fonts.htm
http://www.sbl-site.org/Resources/Resources_BiblicalFonts.aspx
Star Wars and other sci-fi fonts
http://www.echostation.com/features/aurebesh.htm
Abkhaz fonts
http://www.abkhazeti.ru/arc/abkhazuri1.zip
Arabic fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Arabic.html
http://www.isc.com.au/WebFonts/
http://freearabicfonts.com/
Arabic Genie – a quick and easy way to learn the Arabic alphabet
http://www.arabicgenie.com
Information about Arabic | Arabic phrases | More Arabic links | Arabic learning materials
Aramaic fonts
http://www.historian.net/files.htm
http://www.aramaicpeshitta.com/fonts.htm
Armenian fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Armenian.html
http://www.cilicia.com/armo8.html
http://www.armsite.com/software/
http://www.hayfonts.com
http://www.editum.com.ar/mashtots/html/download_fonts.html
Information about Armenian | Armenian phrases
Avestan fonts
http://www.iranianlanguages.com/dctr.htm
http://cnes.cla.umn.edu/resources/IranianPages/avesta_fonts.htm
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Balinese fonts
http://www.babadbali.com/aksarabali/balisimbar.htm
Bassa (Vah) fonts
http://www.ie-inc.com/vkarmo/bfont.htm
Batak fonts
http://www.hawaii.edu/indolang/surat
Bengali fonts
http://www.ekushey.org/index.php/page/otf_bangla_fonts
http://scriptsource.org/scr/Beng
http://www.omicronlab.com/bangla-fonts.html
http://www.nongnu.org/freebangfont/
http://banglafont.com
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Bengali.html
Information about Bengali | Bengali phrases | Bengali learning materials
Bisaya fonts
http://alibataatpandesal.com/outbox.html
Brahmi fonts
http://www.jwajalapa.com/lipi/download.php
Braille fonts
http://www.certifiedchinesetranslation.com/openaccess/Braille-ASL-fonts.html
Burmese/Myanmar fonts
http://www.faxtoon.com/docs/bur_font/bur_font.htm
http://www.nandawon.demon.co.uk/burmese-fonts
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/seasite.htm
Information about Burmese | Burmese learning materials
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Cherokee fonts
http://www.cherokee.org/Culture/CherokeeFont/Downloads.aspx http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Cherokee.html
http://joyce.eng.yale.edu/~joant/Cherokee.html
Chinese fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_ChineseTraditional.html
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_ChineseSimplified.html
http://www.certifiedchinesetranslation.com/fonts/Chinese.html
http://www.clearchinese.com/resources/fonts.htm
http://www.indeed.com.tw/download.html
http://www.yale.edu/chinesemac/pages/fonts.html
http://www.ibiblio.org/chinesehistory/contents/08fea/c02.html
Information about Mandarin | Mandarin phrases | More Mandarin links | Mandarin learning materials
Coptic fonts
http://www.copticchurch.net/coptic_fonts/
http://www.stshenouda.com/coptsoft.htm
http://heh.pl/&pk
Cree fonts
http://www.creeculture.ca/e/language/fonts_kbds.html
Cyrillic (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, etc) fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_CyrS.html
http://www.typenow.net/language.htm
http://www.fingertipsoft.com/ref/cyrillic/fontlist.html
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Dehong Dai (Tai Nua) fonts
http://www.fixedsys.org/
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/tai/TaiDehong
Deseret fonts
http://home.earthlink.net/~sbartok1632/projects/fonts.htm
http://copper.chem.ucla.edu/~jericks/Deseret_Alphabet_Fonts.html
Devanagari (Hindi, Nepai, Marathi, etc) fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Devanagari.html
http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/devafonts.htm
Djembe fonts
http://www.djembe.net/fontinst.shtml
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Epi-Olmec fonts
http://obelix.ee.duth.gr/~apostolo/Epi-Olmec/
Ethiopic/Amharic/Ge’ez fonts
http://www.ethiozena.net/info/faq.html
http://www.geezsoft.com/home/
http://www.punchdown.org/rvb/email/UniGeez.html
Etruscan fonts
http://users.tpg.com.au/etr/etrusk/alph/etrFont.html
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Georgian fonts
http://www.fonts.ge
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Georgian.html
Information about Georgian | Georgian phrases | Georgian learning materials
German (Fraktur/Sütterlin) fonts
http://www.gfonts.com/gesetz/
http://www.morscher.com/3r/fonts/fraktur.htm
http://moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/steffmann/
Information about German | German phrases | More German links | German learning materials
Glagolitic fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Glagolitic.html
http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/gl-font.html
Gothic fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Gothic.html http://robert-pfeffer.spacequadrat.de/schriftarten/
http://simplythebest.net/fonts/fonts/gothic_1.html
Greek fonts
http://www.phantis.com/customer.service/greek.fonts.html
http://www.ntgateway.com/greek/fonts.htm
http://www.hellenic.net/fonts
http://www.biblicalgreek.org/links/fonts.html
http://www.greekfontsociety.gr/pages/en_typefaces20th.html
Information about Greek | Greek phrases | More Greek links | Greek learning materials | Books about the Greek alphabet
Gujarati fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Gujarati.html
http://www.fototext.com/download.htm
Gurmukhi/Punjabi fonts
http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/download.html
http://members.aol.com/hspannu/punjabi.html
http://www.chardikalaa.com/dlGur.htm
http://www.epatra.com/help_dfont.html
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Hebrew fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Hebrew.html
http://oketz.com/fonts/
Information about Hebrew | Hebrew phrases | More Hebrew links | Hebrew learning materials
Hieroglyphs fonts
http://www.yare.org/egypt/glyphbasic%20fonts.htm
http://www.neferchichi.com/fonts.html
Information about Ancient Egyptian | More Ancient Egyptian links | Books about Ancient Egyptian
Hmong fonts
Pahawh Hmong
http://hmongscript.cwjmemhmong.info/download.html
http://www.pahauhhmong.org/downloadfont.html
http://www.hmongnet.org/hmongfonts/
Information about Hmong | Hmong learning materials
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Inuktitut fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Inuktitut.html
http://www.nunavut.com
http://www.gov.nu.ca/english/font/
http://www.nunatsiaq.com/download.html
http://www.evertype.com/software/apple/
Information about Inuktitut | Inuktitut phrases
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) fonts
http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=FontDownloadsIPA
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/fonts.htm
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_IPA.html
Irish uncial fonts
http://www.fainne.org/gaelchlo/
http://www.gis.net/~dansmith/fonts/celtic/
http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/rune/399/fonts.html
Information about Irish | Irish phrases | More Irish links | Irish learning materials
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Japanese fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Japanese.html
http://mikachan.sourceforge.jp (handwriting)
Information about Japanese | Japanese phrases | More Japanese links | Japanese learning materials
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Kannada fonts
http://www.prajavani.net/fonts/download.htm
http://www.kannadaprabha.com/fonts/help.asp
Khmer fonts
http://www.cambodia.org/fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Khmer.html
http://www.magma.ca/~sary/fonts.htm
http://scripts.sil.org/Mondulkiri
http://selapa.net/khmerfonts/
Information about Khmer | Khmer learning materials
Klingon fonts
http://star-trek-fonts.fanspace.com/
Korean fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Korean.html
http://ssessesse.x-y.net/acsesarymenu/font/hanfont1.htm
Information about Korean | Korean phrases | Korean learning materials
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Lanna fonts
http://www.pinpia.com/indexeng.htm
Lao fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Lao.html
http://www.laoscript.net/downloads/
http://www.global.lao.net/lswin
http://scriptsource.org/scr/Laoo
Information about Lao | Lao phrases | Lao learning materials
Latin fonts
http://moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/steffmann/
Information about Latin | Latin phrases | Latin learning materials
Lontara/Makasar fonts
http://alibataatpandesal.com/outbox.html
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Malayalam fonts
http://www.keralax.com/font/font.htm
http://varamozhi.sourceforge.net
http://www.clickeralam.org/product.html
Manchu fonts
http://sourceforge.net/projects/manchufont/
Mayan fonts
http://www.dafont.com/font.php?file=mayan
http://www.masterstech-home.com/
Mongolian fonts
Traditional Mongolian fonts
http://www.mongoluls.net/font.shtml
Information about Mongolian | Mongolian phrases | Mongolian learning materials
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Newari/Ranjana fonts
http://www.nepalnews.com.np/kantipur_font.htm
http://www.jwajalapa.com/download.html
N’Ko fonts
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Ogham fonts
http://www.evertype.com/celtscript/ogfont.html
http://www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark/ogham
Old Church Slavonic fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_CyrOCS.html
http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~aatseel/fonts/wincyrillic.html
http://www.davidzbiral.webzdarma.cz/cyrillicof.htm
Information about Old Church Slavonic | Old Church Slavonic learning materials
Osmanya/Somali fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Osmanya.html
Oriya fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Oriya.html
http://www.eodissa.com
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Pahlavi fonts
http://www.iranchamber.com/scripts/pahlavi_script.php
Persian (Farsi) fonts
http://iranianlanguages.com
http://www.isc.com.au/WebFonts/
Information about Persian | Persian phrases | Persian learning materials
‘Phags-pa fonts
http://www.valdyas.org/conlang.html
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Romulan fonts
http://star-trek-fonts.fanspace.com/
Runes fonts
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Sabaean fonts
http://www.ethiosys.com/typography/sabaean.html
http://www.chemie.uni-bremen.de/leibfritz/fonts/
Santali / Ol Cemet’ / Ol Chiki fonts
http://ncmurmu.tripod.com/ncmurmu/id40.html
Saurashtra fonts
Sharda fonts
Free Sharda font
http://koshur.org/contents.html
Shavian fonts
http://www.demeyere.com/Shavian/info.html
http://www.30below.com/~ethanl/fonts.html
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Shavian.html
Sinhala fonts
Syriac fonts
http://www.bethmardutho.org/meltho/
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Tagalog (Baybayin) fonts
http://www.mts.net/~pmorrow/fonts.htm
Information about Tagalog | Tagalog phrases | Tagalog learning materials
Tagbanwa fonts
http://youpibouh.thefreecat.org/download/tagbanwa.htm
Tai Dam fonts
http://scripts.sil.org/TaiHeritage
Tai Lue fonts
http://scripts.sil.org/DaiBannaSIL
Tamil fonts
http://www.sooriyan.com/font/
http://www.info.lk/slword/news.htm
http://www.tamil.net/people/kiru/download.htm
http://www.azhagi.com/freefonts.html
Information about Tamil | Tamil phrases | Tamil learning materials
Telugu fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Telugu.html
http://scriptsource.org/scr/Telu
Information about Telugu | Telugu phrases
Tengwar fonts
http://hem.passagen.se/mansb/at
http://www.gis.net/~dansmith/fonts
Thai fonts
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/seasite.htm
ThaiPod101.com – Learn Thai with Free Podcasts
Information about Thai | Thai phrases | Thai learning materials
Thaana/Dhivehi (Maldivian) fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Thaana.html
http://www.haveeru.com.mv/downloads/fonts.zip
http://www.mitf.net/index.php/projects/thaana/font-unicode.html
http://all1.thefreebizhost.com/Fonts.htm
Tibetan fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Tibetan.html
http://tsampa.org/tibetan/software/
http://www.nitartha.org/downloads.html
http://www.otani.ac.jp/cri/twrp/TLK/
Information about Tibetan | Tibetan learning materials
Tifinagh fonts
http://www.chez.com/imazighen/assckltfngh.html
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Tifinagh.html
Tolkienian fonts
Tengwar fonts
http://www.acondia.com/fonts/
http://at.mansbjorkman.net/downloads.htm
http://home.student.uu.se/j/jowi4905/fonts/annatar.html
http://www.sci.fi/%7Ealboin/tengwar.htm
http://tengwarformal.limes.com.pl
http://simplythebest.net/fonts/fonts/tengwar_cursive.html
http://www.dafont.com/tengwar-gandalf.font
http://home.student.uu.se/j/jowi4905/fonts/tengtelc/index.php?subj=down
Information about Tengwar | More links for Tolkien’s alphabets and languages
Sarati fonts
http://at.mansbjorkman.net/sarati.htm
Cirth fonts
http://www.acondia.com/fonts/index.html
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Unicode – multilingual fonts
http://www.wazu.jp
http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/fonts.html
http://www.slovo.info/unifonts.htm
http://greekfonts.teilar.gr
ALPHABETUM – a Unicode font specifically designed for ancient languages by Juan-José Marcos,
Professor of Classics, Plasencia, Spain.
Includes: Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, Umbrian, Picene, Messapic) Classical & Medieval Latin, Medieval Nordic (Old Norse and Old Icelandic), Old & Middle English, Ancient Greek, Coptic, Old Church Slavonic, Glagolitic, Gothic, Runic, Ogham, Iberic, Celtiberic, Cypriot, Phoenician, Linear B, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Brahmi, Kharosthi, Avestan and Cuneiform Scripts (Ugaritic and Old Persian). Also Includes Characters For Latin-Based European Languages, Cyrillic-Based Languages, Devanagari, Bengali, Hiragana, Katakana and Bopomofo)
http://guindo.pntic.mec.es/~jmag0042/alphabet.html
Unifon fonts
http://www.unifon.org/htm/unifon characters.htm
Urdu fonts
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/mlk/470/download.htm
http://palestine-info-urdu.com/urdu/urdu.font.shtml
Information about Urdu | Urdu phrases | Urdu learning materials
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Vietnamese fonts
http://fontchu.com
http://www.vps.org
http://sourceforge.net/projects/vietunicode/
Information about Vietnamese | Vietnamese phrases | Vietnamese learning materials
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Yi fonts
http://scripts.sil.org/SILYi_home
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Making your own fonts
Tutorial on creating fonts
http://www.chank.com/howto/
Software for creating/editing fonts
http://users.breathe.com/l-emmett/
http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/
http://www.fontlab.com
Fontstruct – free, easy to use, online font creation tool
http://fontstruct.fontshop.com
Font Image Generator – turn your handwriting in a font
http://www.cheapfontgenerator.com
Software for generating keyboard layouts
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/msklc.mspx
http://www.tavultesoft.com/keyman/
http://solair.eunet.yu/~janko/engdload.htm
