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== Description == | == Description == | ||
Aegean covers the following scripts and symbols supported by The Unicode | |||
Standard 5.2: Basic Latin, Greek and Coptic, Greek Extended, some Punctuation | |||
and other Symbols, Linear B Syllabary, Linear B Ideograms, Aegean Numbers, | |||
Ancient Greek Numbers, Ancient Symbols, Phaistos Disc, Lycian, Carian, Old | |||
Italic, Ugaritic, Old Persian, Cypriot Syllabary, Phoenician, Lydian, and | |||
Archaic Greek Musical Notation. | |||
Aegean covers the following scripts and symbols supported by | Aegean also covers the following scripts and symbols not yet supported by | ||
Unicode: Cretan Hieroglyphs, Cypro-Minoan, Linear A, the Arkalochori Axe, | |||
Ancient Greek and Old Italic variant alphabets. These are allocated in the | |||
Supplementary Private Use Plane 15. | |||
It was created by George Douros. | |||
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== Caveats == | == Caveats == | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:23, 31 October 2009
A font for ancient scripts in the greater Aegean vicinity
Description
Aegean covers the following scripts and symbols supported by The Unicode Standard 5.2: Basic Latin, Greek and Coptic, Greek Extended, some Punctuation and other Symbols, Linear B Syllabary, Linear B Ideograms, Aegean Numbers, Ancient Greek Numbers, Ancient Symbols, Phaistos Disc, Lycian, Carian, Old Italic, Ugaritic, Old Persian, Cypriot Syllabary, Phoenician, Lydian, and Archaic Greek Musical Notation.
Aegean also covers the following scripts and symbols not yet supported by Unicode: Cretan Hieroglyphs, Cypro-Minoan, Linear A, the Arkalochori Axe, Ancient Greek and Old Italic variant alphabets. These are allocated in the Supplementary Private Use Plane 15.
It was created by George Douros.
Characteristics
| Homepage | Format & features | License | Review reference | Koji page | pkgdb page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode Fonts for Ancient Scripts | OFL | Free to use, modify and distribute | 529323 | gdouros-aegean-fonts | gdouros-aegean-fonts |
Caveats
- It'd be mighty nice to convince the author to add his licensing info in the zip (as a detached txt file)
Additional information
Needed to complete our Unicode coverage. Plus, the fonts are very nice.
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The Fonts SIG takes loving care of Fedora fonts. Please join this special interest group if you are interested in creating, improving, packaging, or just suggesting a font. Any help will be appreciated.