Fonts and Font Links

The list below includes some of the fonts offered for various languages. The list is far from comprehensive, nor does it cover all possible languages, but it can serve as a good starting point if you're searching for a font in your language and do not know where to begin. Note that there are no references to font or font sites offering support only for Roman or Latin languages. We figured that you will not need us to get those.

This page was last updated October 29, 2009.

Fonts hosted on our site

XW Zar fonts is a collection of Opentype Arabic fonts covering Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Dari, Pashto, Uzbek, Kurdish, old (Ottoman) and new Turkish (Roman) languages with 'Open Type' and 'Apple Advanced Typography' technology support. (Courtesy of Behnam, Updated October 29, 2009)

A useful PDF detailing Masterfont's Hebrew fonts supporting OpenType (and thus pointing marks and trope marks).

CTAN.org fonts, many more and a third part of fonts converted to Mac format, courtesy of Robert F. Scheyder. Look up the license here. A great collection of OpenType fonts and others (updated August 31, 2007)

Persian Fonts for Mellel (sit, 3MB). (Includes installation instructions and a PDF sample, courtesy of Ahmad Moshref of Sweden)

More Persian Fonts for Mellel and Panther (sit, 11.1MB). (see details and installation instructions, courtesy of Behnam)

Font Links

Free fonts

There are many free fonts floating aroung, and most of the fonts listed below are also free. Here mentioned are some sites with good free fonts collections. Some of them are OpenType fonts, with which Mellel excels.

• DA fonts: Beautiful free fonts, many of which are OpenType fonts.
• DYNC: Lots of 'fancy' Roman fonts.
• Barcodes INC: several links fo free fonts.

Multilingual Fonts

There are several very large fonts available over the internet, each supporting numerous languages. The following list names most of them (please write to us if we've missed one).

• Alphabetum: An excellent font with extensive support for ancient languages, including some fairly rare ones.
• Cardo: A font supporting most latin characters and also offers Hebrew and Greek.
• Caslon: An extensive font covering Latin, Mach, Hebrew, Greek, and more.
• Code 2000: A very extensive font that covers almost the entire Unicdoe range.
• Code 2001: A free font covering the entire Plane 1 of Unicode.
• Everson Mono: A nice Courier-like font with extensive Latin support.
• Free Mono and Free serif: Fonts supporting many scripts, including Hebrew, Thaana, Cyrillic, Greek (also Polytonic), IPA, Latin, Runic, and more.
• Lucida Grande: The default font in Mac OS X, supporting latin, Hebrew, Greek, Cyrillic and more.
• Gentium: A well designed font with extensive support for Latin scripts and Greek.
• Microsoft fonts: Several fonts with varying degrees of support for many scripts.
• Titus Cyberbit Basic: An excellent font supporting numberous languages, now in a version supporting Unicode 4.0.
• Typoteque: Multilingual OpenType fonts by Peter Bilak.
  
  

Font Resources by language

African languages

• Linguist software: Buy.
  

Akkadian

• See: Ancient languages.
  
  

Albanian

• FontWorld: Buy.
  

American Indian

• Linguist Software: Buy.
  

American Sign Language

• ASL: Free.
  

Amharic

• Linguist software: Buy.
  

Ancient languages

• OmniGlot: Free.
• Alphabetum: Buy.
• Jack's Scribal and Epigraphic Fonts: Free.
• Linguist software: Buy.
• RK Ancient Fonts: Free.
  

Arabic

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• FontWorld: Buy.
• Linguist software: Buy.
• Microsoft core fonts: Free.
• More Persian fonts: Free.
• Persian fonts: Free.
• Sakkal fonts: Buy.
• See also Persian, Kurdish.
• X fonts: Free.
  

Aramaic

• See Ancient languages.
  

Armenian

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
  

Assamese

• Indian Fonts (Vijay K. Patel): Buy.
• Modular Infotech: Free.
  

Azeri

• FontWorld: Buy.
  

Bantu languages

• See: African languages
  
  

Basa (Kwa)

• See: African languages
  
  

Basque

• Linguist software: Buy.
  

Belarussian

• See: Cyrillic.
  

Bengali

• Alphabetum: Buy.
• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• Indian Fonts (Vijay K. Patel): Buy.
• Modular Infotech: Free.
• Sun Microsystems: Free (complicated download).
• Yudit: Free.
  

Braille

• Yudit: Free.
  

Burmese

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
  

Cambodian

• See Khmer.
  

Celtic

• See Gaelic
  

Chadic languages

• See: African languages
  

Chinese

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• DynaLab: Buy.
  

CE (Central European)

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• FontWorld: Buy.
• Linguist Software: Buy.
• Microsoft core fonts: Free.
  

Cherokee

• See American Indian.
  

Cheyenne

• See American Indian.
  

Chippewa

• See American Indian.
  

Coptic

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• Alphabetum: Buy.
• Jack's Scribal and Epigraphic Fonts: Free.
  

Cree

• See American Indian.
  

Croatian

• See CE (Central European), Cyrillic
  

Cuneiform

• See Ancient languages.
  

Cyrillic

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• FontWorld: Buy.
• Linguist software: Buy. (including all Cyrillic variants)
• Microsoft core fonts: Free.
  

Czech

• See CE (Central European).
  

Deseret

• OmniGlot: Free.
  

Devanagari (also see Hindi)

• Alphabetum: Buy.
• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• Modular Infotech: Free.
  

English (Old, Middle)

• See Latin (Medieval, Classic)
  

Esperanto

• Alphabetum: Buy.
  

Estonian

• See CE (Central European).
  

Ethiopic (and Gèez, Amharic)

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• SIL.org AbyssinicaSIL: Free
  

Etruscan

• OmniGlot: Free.
• Alphabetum: Buy.
• Jack's Scribal and Epigraphic Fonts: Free.
• Linguist Software: Buy.
  

Gaelic (Ogham, Irish)

• Alphabetum: Buy.
• Linguist Software: Buy.
  

Glagolitic

• Alphabetum: Buy.
• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• Dyliana: Free.
  

Georgian

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
  

Gothic

• Alphabetum: Buy.
• Jack's Scribal and Epigraphic Fonts: Free.
  

Greek

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• Algriechische Zeichensätze: Free.
• Alphabetum: Buy.
• Cannibal fonts: Buy (recommended).
• Classical Greek Fonts: Free.
• FontWorld: Buy.
• Jack's Scribal and Epigraphic Fonts: Free.
• Microsoft core fonts: Free.
• Parachute fonts: Buy (under construction).
  

Greek (Ancient, Classical, Polytonic)

• Altgriechische Zeichensätze: Free.
• Alphabetum: Buy.
• Caslon: Free.
• Chrysanthi: Free.
• CL Fonts: Free.
• Darren Rigby (Hindsight): Free.
• Free Mono: Free.
• SIL Galatia: Free.
• Gentium: Free.
• Georgia Greek: Free.
• Greek Keys: Free.
• GR Uncial: Buy.
• Jack's Scribal and Epigraphic Fonts: Free.
• Legendum (Rogier van Dalen): Free.
• Linguist Software: Buy.
• Mathew Robinson: Free.
• Mediolanum: Buy.
• Monospace (George Williams): Free.
• New Athena Unicode: Free.
• Porson: Free.
• Rodney J Decker: Free.
• Russell Cottrell: Free.
• Stoa: Free.
• Thryiomanes: Free.
• Vussilus: Free.
  

Gujarati

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• Indian Fonts (Vijay K. Patel): Buy.
• Modular Infotech: Free.
• Sun Microsystems: Free (complicated download).
  

Gurmukhi

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• Indian Fonts (Vijay K. Patel): Buy.
• Sun Microsystems: Free (complicated download).
  

Hebrew

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• Alphabetum: Buy.
• Avantype: Buy.
• Barak Kind: Free.
• Daniel Levi: Free.
• FontBit: Buy.
• FontWorld: Buy.
• Free Mono: Free.
• Hagilda: Buy.
• Hatayas: Buy (and Free).
• Itay Sadovski: Free.
• Jack's Scribal and Epigraphic Fonts: Free.
• Kabsoft: Buy.
• Linguist Software: Buy.
• Masterfont: Buy. and a PDF.
• Michal Sahar: Buy.
• Microsoft core fonts: Free.
• Nave Segev: Free.
• Oded Ezer: Buy.
• Oketz fonts: Free.
• Omer Agiv: Free.
• Ot sela: Buy
• SIL Ezra font: Free.
• Society of Biblical Literature (SBL): Free.
• Yaakov Mendelson: Free.
• Web Junkie: Font Index: Free.
  

Hindi

• Indian Fonts (Vijay K. Patel): Buy.
• Sun Microsystems: Free (complicated download).
  

Hungarian

• See CE (Central European).
  

Hyerogliphic

• See Ancient languages.
  

IP (International Phonetics, IPA)

• Alphabetum: Buy.
• IPA in Unicode: Free.
• SIL: Free.
  

Irish

• See Gaelic
  

Japanese

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• DynaLab: Buy.
  

Javanese

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
  

Kaganga

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
  

Kannada

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• Indian Fonts (Vijay K. Patel): Buy.
• Modular Infotech: Free.
• Sun Microsystems: Free (complicated download).
  

Kharosthi

• Alphabetum: Buy.
  

Khmer

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
  

Korean

• DynaLab: Buy.
  

Kurdish

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• Microsoft core fonts: Free.
  

Latin (Medieval, Classic)

• Alphabetum: Buy.
• CL Fonts: Free.
• Edlund: Free.
• Jack's Scribal and Epigraphic Fonts: Free.
• Junicode: Free.
• Linguist Software: Buy.
• MUFI: Free.
• Old English at Virginia: Free.
• Skaldic Poetry: Free.
• Thryiomanes: Free.
  

Latvian

• See CE (Central European).
  

Linear B

• See Ancient languages.
  

Lithuanian

• See CE (Central European).
  

Malayalam

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• IDC Malayalam: Buy.
• Jacob's Malayalam fonts: Free.
• Keralax: Free.
• Linux Malayalam: Free.
• Mathrubhumi: Free.
• Modular Infotech: Free.
• MPB Fonts: Free.
• Sun Microsystems: Free (complicated download).
• Syro-Malankara: Free.
• Varmozhi: Free.
• Yudit: Free
  

Marathi

• Indian Fonts (Vijay K. Patel): Buy.
  

Mesa Analog

• OmniGlot: Free.
  

Moabite, Mesha

• See Ancient languages.
  

Mongolian

• OmniGlot: Free.
  

Navajo

• See American Indian.
  

Nepali

• Indian Fonts (Vijay K. Patel): Buy.
  

Nordic (Ancient)

• Alphabetum: Buy.
  

Ogham

• See Gaelic.
  

Ojibway

• See American Indian.
  

Old Church Slavonic

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
  

Oriya

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• Indian Fonts (Vijay K. Patel): Buy.
• Modular Infotech: Free.
  

Persian

• Ali Samadi: Free.
• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• FontWorld: Buy.
• Microsoft core fonts: Free.
• More Persian fonts: Free.
• Persian fonts: Free.
• X fonts: Free.
  

Phoenician

• See Ancient languages.
  

Phonetic alphabet

• See: IP (International Phonetics, IPA)
  

Polish

• See CE (Central European).
  

Punjabi

• Indian Fonts (Vijay K. Patel): Buy.
• Modular Infotech: Free.
  

Rade

• See: Vietnamese
  

Raghindi

• Yudit: Free.
  

Romanian

• See CE (Central European).
  

Runic

• Alphabetum: Buy.
• Gullskoen 1, 2: Free.
• Linguist Software: Buy.
  

Russian

• See: Cyrillic
  

Sabean

• Linguist software: Buy.
  

Sami

• Linguist software: Buy.
  

Sanskrit

• Alphabetum: Buy.
• Jack's Scribal and Epigraphic Fonts: Free.
• Indian Fonts (Vijay K. Patel): Buy.
• Linguist software: Buy.
• RK Ancient Fonts: Free.
• Sanskrit 99: Free.
  

Saxon

• See Latin (Medieval, Classic)
  

Serbian

• See: Cyrillic.
  

Shavian

• OmniGlot: Free.
  

Sindhi

• See: Arabic.

Sinhalese

• Linguist software: Buy.
  

Slovak

• See CE (Central European).
  

Slovene

• See CE (Central European).
  

Synhalese

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
  

Syriac

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• Linguist software: Buy.
• Meltho Fonts: Free.
  

Tamil

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• Indian Fonts (Vijay K. Patel): Buy.
• Kathalnet Tamil fonts: Free (large selection).
• Linguist software: Buy.
• Modular Infotech: Free.
• Sun Microsystems: Free (complicated download).
  

Tanana

• Linguist software: Buy.
  

Telugo

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• Indian Fonts (Vijay K. Patel): Buy.
• Linguist software: Buy.
• Modular Infotech: Free.
• Sun Microsystems: Free (complicated download).
  

Thai

• Agfa Monotype: Buy.
• Linguist software: Buy.
• OmniGlot: Free.
  

Tibetan

• Linguist software: Buy.
• Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library: Free
• Yudit: Free.
  

Tsalagi

• See American Indian.
  

Turkish, Torkoman

• FontWorld: Buy.
• Linguist software: Buy.
  

Ugaritic

• See Ancient languages.
  

Ukrainian

• See: Cyrillic.
  

Uigur

• Linguist software: Buy.
• Ukij Tuz: Free.
  

Urdu

• Linguist software: Buy.
• Yudit: Free.
  

Vietnamese

For instructions on how to start writing in Vietnamese, see here.

• FontWorld: Buy.
• Linguist software: Buy.
  

Vinca

• OmniGlot: Free.
  

Yiddish

• See: Hebrew.

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