Noto fonts
Classification | Sans-serif (humanist); serif (transitional); non-Latin |
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Commissioned by | |
Date created | 2012–2014 |
Date released | 2013 |
License | SIL Open Font License |
Website |
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Noto is a font family comprising over a hundred individual fonts, which are together designed to cover all the scripts encoded in the Unicode standard. As of October 2016 Noto fonts cover all 93 scripts defined in Unicode version 6.0 (released 2010), although less than 30,000 of the nearly 75,000 CJK unified ideographs in version 6.0 are covered. In total Noto fonts cover nearly 64,000 characters, which is a little under half of the 128,237 characters defined in Unicode 9.0.
The Noto family is designed with the goal of achieving visual harmony (e.g., compatible heights and stroke thicknesses) across multiple languages/scripts. Commissioned by Google, the font is licensed under the SIL Open Font License.[1] Until September 2015, the fonts were under the Apache License 2.0.[2]
Etymology
When text is rendered by a computer, sometimes there will be characters in the text that can not be displayed, because no font that supports them is available to the computer. When this occurs, small boxes are shown to represent the characters. In slang those small boxes have sometimes been called "tofu". Noto as in no tofu, aims to remove tofu from the Web.[3]
Characteristics
- Noto Sans and Noto Serif, which contain Latin, Greek and Cyrillic glyphs, are derived from Droid fonts.[4]
- Noto Sans CJK is a rebadged version of Source Han Sans, a typeface developed by Adobe and Google which contains Chinese characters, Hangul and Kana;[5] Latin-script letters and numerals are taken from the Source Sans Pro font.[6]
- Noto Emoji Project provides color and black-and-white emoji fonts. The color version is used by Google's Gmail web interface, Google Hangouts and Chrome OS.
List of Noto fonts
As of 8 October 2016 there are 114 Noto fonts, of which 95 are sans-serif style, 13 are serif style, and six fonts are not classified as serif or sans-serif. The Noto Color Emoji font only works under Android and Linux, and cannot be installed under macOS or Microsoft Windows.[7]
These fonts cover 93 out of the 135 scripts defined in Unicode version 9.0 (released in June 2016), as well as various syllables and emoji which do not belong to a specific script. All scripts encoded up to Unicode version 6.0 (released October 2010) are covered by Noto fonts, although not all characters defined in Unicode version 6.0 are covered. In particular, only about 30,000 of the 74,616 CJK unified ideographs defined in Unicode version 6.0 are covered by Noto fonts. None of the 42 scripts encoded between Unicode version 6.1 and 9.0 are covered by Noto fonts, although some symbols, emoji, and characters added to existing scripts after version 6.0 are covered. It is a design goal for 'Phase 3' to cover all characters in Unicode version 9.0 except for CJK unified ideographs outside the Basic Multilingual Plane.[8]
The Noto Symbols font includes a large variety of symbols, including alchemical signs, dingbats, numbers and letters enclosed in circles for lists, playing cards, domino and Mahjong tiles, chess piece icons, Greek, Byzantine and regular musical symbols and arrow symbols. Among mathematical symbols, it includes blackboard bold glyphs, mathematical sans-serif font modelled on Helvetica, Fraktur and script fonts, hexagram and Aegean numerals.
Font face | Version | Styles | Characters | Glyphs | Unicode scripts |
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Noto Color Emoji | Regular | Emoji | |||
Noto Emoji | 1.05 uh | Regular | 887 | 888 | Emoji |
Noto Kufi Arabic | 1.04 | Regular Bold |
473 | 762 (regular) 763 (bold) |
Arabic (Kufic style) |
Noto Mono | 1.00 | Regular | 875 | 897 | Latin, Greek, Cyrillic |
Noto Naskh Arabic | 1.06 | Regular Bold |
1122 | 1533 (regular) 1540 (bold) |
Arabic (Naskh style) |
Noto Nastaliq Urdu | 1.02 uh | Regular | 267 | 1133 | Arabic (Nastaʿlīq style) |
Noto Sans | 1.06 | Regular Italic Bold Bold Italic |
2188 | 2416 | Latin, Greek, Cyrillic |
Noto Sans Armenian | 2.03 | Regular Bold |
97 | 98 | Armenian |
Noto Sans Avestan | 1.04 uh | Regular | 70 | 73 | Avestan |
Noto Sans Balinese | 1.03 uh | Regular | 130 | 182 | Balinese |
Noto Sans Bamum | 1.03 uh | Regular | 662 | 661 | Bamum |
Noto Sans Batak | 1.05 uh | Regular | 61 | 61 | Batak |
Noto Sans Bengali | 1.03 | Regular Bold |
153 | 577 | Bengali |
Noto Sans Brahmi | 1.03 uh | Regular | 113 | 182 | Brahmi |
Noto Sans Buginese | 1.05 uh | Regular | 40 | 63 | Buginese |
Noto Sans Buhid | 1.03 uh | Regular | 27 | 39 | Buhid |
Noto Sans Canadian Aboriginal | 1.03 uh | Regular | 722 | 744 | Canadian Aboriginal syllabics |
Noto Sans Carian | 1.05 uh | Regular | 54 | 53 | Carian |
Noto Sans Cham | 1.02 | Regular Bold |
119 | 127 | Cham |
Noto Sans Cherokee | 1.03 uh | Regular | 90 | 89 | Cherokee |
Noto Sans CJK JP | 1.004 | Thin Light DemiLight Regular Medium Bold Black |
44683 | 65535 | CJK (Japanese style) Hangul Hiragana Katakana Bopomofo |
Noto Sans CJK KR | 1.004 | Thin Light DemiLight Regular Medium Bold Black |
44683 | 65535 | CJK (Korean style) Hangul Hiragana Katakana Bopomofo |
Noto Sans CJK SC | 1.004 | Thin Light DemiLight Regular Medium Bold Black |
44683 | 65535 | CJK (Simplified Chinese style) Hangul Hiragana Katakana Bopomofo |
Noto Sans CJK TC | 1.004 | Thin Light DemiLight Regular Medium Bold Black |
44683 | 65535 | CJK (Traditional Chinese style) Hangul Hiragana Katakana Bopomofo |
Noto Sans Coptic | 1.03 uh | Regular | 159 | 192 | Coptic |
Noto Sans Cuneiform | 1.05 uh | Regular | 987 | 986 | Cuneiform |
Noto Sans Cypriot | 1.03 uh | Regular | 60 | 59 | Cypriot |
Noto Sans Deseret | 1.02 uh | Regular | 85 | 84 | Deseret |
Noto Sans Devanagari | 1.06 | Regular Bold |
265 | 901 (regular) 906 (bold) |
Devanagari |
Noto Sans Egyptian Hieroglyphs | 1.04 uh | Regular | 1076 | 1075 | Egyptian hieroglyphs |
Noto Sans Ethiopic | 1.08 | Regular Bold |
500 | 559 | Ethiopic |
Noto Sans Georgian | 1.06 | Regular Bold |
127 | 127 | Georgian |
Noto Sans Glagolitic | 1.04 uh | Regular | 99 | 98 | Glagolitic |
Noto Sans Gothic | 1.03 uh | Regular | 38 | 43 | Gothic |
Noto Sans Gujarati | 1.03 | Regular Bold |
155 | 741 (regular) 740 (bold) |
Gujarati |
Noto Sans Gurmukhi | 1.03 | Regular Bold |
151 | 301 | Gurmukhi |
Noto Sans Hanunoo | 1.04 uh | Regular | 28 | 43 | Hanunoo |
Noto Sans Hebrew | 1.04 | Regular Bold |
144 | 155 | Hebrew |
Noto Sans Imperial Aramaic | 1.03 uh | Regular | 36 | 35 | Imperial Aramaic |
Noto Sans Inscriptional Pahlavi | 1.02 uh | Regular | 32 | 34 | Inscriptional Pahlavi |
Noto Sans Inscriptional Parthian | 1.03 uh | Regular | 35 | 45 | Inscriptional Parthian |
Noto Sans Javanese | 1.06 uh | Regular | 100 | 186 | Javanese |
Noto Sans Kaithi | 1.05 uh | Regular | 101 | 314 | Kaithi |
Noto Sans Kannada | 1.04 | Regular Bold |
147 | 451 | Kannada |
Noto Sans Kayah Li | 1.02 uh | Regular | 53 | 54 | Kayah Li |
Noto Sans Kharoshthi | 1.03 uh | Regular | 70 | 133 | Kharoshthi |
Noto Sans Khmer | 1.03 | Regular Bold |
192 | 265 | Khmer |
Noto Sans Lao | 1.03 | Regular Bold |
120 | 166 | Lao |
Noto Sans Lepcha | 1.03 uh | Regular | 80 | 1471 | Lepcha |
Noto Sans Limbu | 1.05 uh | Regular | 73 | 73 | Limbu |
Noto Sans Linear B | 1.04 uh | Regular | 273 | 272 | Linear B |
Noto Sans Lisu | 1.03 uh | Regular | 55 | 54 | Lisu |
Noto Sans Lycian | 1.04 uh | Regular | 34 | 33 | Lycian |
Noto Sans Lydian | 1.03 uh | Regular | 32 | 31 | Lydian |
Noto Sans Malayalam | 1.04 | Regular Bold |
161 | 318 | Malayalam |
Noto Sans Mandaic | 1.02 uh | Regular | 35 | 128 | Mandaic |
Noto Sans Meetei Mayek | 1.04 uh | Regular | 84 | 91 | Meetei Mayek |
Noto Sans Mongolian | 1.04 uh | Regular | 200 | 1511 | Mongolian |
Noto Sans Mono CJK JP | 1.004 | Regular Bold |
44683 | 65535 | CJK (Japanese style) Hangul Hiragana Katakana Bopomofo |
Noto Sans Mono CJK KR | 1.004 | Regular Bold |
44683 | 65535 | CJK (Korean style) Hangul Hiragana Katakana Bopomofo |
Noto Sans Mono CJK SC | 1.004 | Regular Bold |
44683 | 65535 | CJK (Simplified Chinese style) Hangul Hiragana Katakana Bopomofo |
Noto Sans Mono CJK TC | 1.004 | Regular Bold |
44683 | 65535 | CJK (Traditional Chinese style) Hangul Hiragana Katakana Bopomofo |
Noto Sans Myanmar | 1.10 | Regular Bold |
198 | 540 (regular) 541 (bold) |
Myanmar |
Noto Sans New Tai Lue | 1.05 uh | Regular | 88 | 91 | New Tai Lue |
Noto Sans NKo | 1.02 uh | Regular | 76 | 174 | NKo |
Noto Sans Ogham | 1.04 uh | Regular | 34 | 33 | Ogham |
Noto Sans Ol Chiki | 1.03 uh | Regular | 53 | 52 | Ol Chiki |
Noto Sans Old Italic | 1.02 uh | Regular | 40 | 39 | Old Italic |
Noto Sans Old Persian | 1.04 uh | Regular | 55 | 54 | Old Persian |
Noto Sans Old South Arabian | 1.03 uh | Regular | 37 | 36 | Old South Arabian |
Noto Sans Old Turkic | 1.02 uh | Regular | 78 | 77 | Old Turkic |
Noto Sans Oriya | 1.01 | Regular Bold |
151 | 671 | Oriya |
Noto Sans Osmanya | 1.03 uh | Regular | 45 | 44 | Osmanya |
Noto Sans Phags Pa | 1.03 uh | Regular | 97 | 382 | Phags-pa |
Noto Sans Phoenician | 1.04 uh | Regular | 34 | 33 | Phoenician |
Noto Sans Rejang | 1.05 uh | Regular | 42 | 41 | Rejang |
Noto Sans Runic | 1.02 uh | Regular | 86 | 85 | Runic |
Noto Sans Samaritan | 1.03 uh | Regular | 67 | 67 | Samaritan |
Noto Sans Saurashtra | 1.04 uh | Regular | 89 | 93 | Saurashtra |
Noto Sans Shavian | 1.03 uh | Regular | 53 | 52 | Shavian |
Noto Sans Sinhala | 1.03 | Regular Bold |
140 | 614 | Sinhala |
Noto Sans Sundanese | 1.05 uh | Regular | 77 | 79 | Sundanese |
Noto Sans Syloti Nagri | 1.04 uh | Regular | 68 | 85 | Syloti Nagri |
Noto Sans Symbols | 1.09 uh | Regular | 5151 | 5356 | Symbols, including Braille |
Noto Sans Syriac Eastern | 1.04 uh | Regular | 151 | 319 | Syriac (Eastern style) |
Noto Sans Syriac Estrangela | 1.04 uh | Regular | 151 | 306 | Syriac (Estrangela style) |
Noto Sans Syriac Western | 1.04 uh | Regular | 151 | 313 | Syriac (Western style) |
Noto Sans Tagalog | 1.03 uh | Regular | 27 | 26 | Tagalog |
Noto Sans Tagbanwa | 1.04 uh | Regular | 25 | 24 | Tagbanwa |
Noto Sans Tai Le | 1.04 uh | Regular | 61 | 66 | Tai Le |
Noto Sans Tai Tham | 1.04 uh | Regular | 137 | 232 | Tai Tham |
Noto Sans Tai Viet | 1.03 uh | Regular | 82 | 81 | Tai Viet |
Noto Sans Tamil | 1.07 | Regular Bold |
139 | 215 (regular) 216 (bold) |
Tamil |
Noto Sans Telugu | 1.05 | Regular Bold |
154 | 762 | Telugu |
Noto Sans Thaana | 1.02 | Regular Bold |
91 | 95 | Thaana |
Noto Sans Thai | 1.04 | Regular Bold |
100 | 108 | Thai |
Noto Sans Tibetan | 1.01 | Regular Bold |
221 | 1296 | Tibetan |
Noto Sans Tifinagh | 1.05 uh | Regular | 72 | 101 | Tifinagh |
Noto Sans Ugaritic | 1.02 uh | Regular | 36 | 35 | Ugaritic |
Noto Sans Vai | 1.02 uh | Regular | 305 | 304 | Vai |
Noto Sans Yi | 1.02 uh | Regular | 1251 | 1251 | Yi |
Noto Serif | 1.06 1.07 (italic) |
Regular Italic Bold Bold Italic |
2188 | 2414 | Latin, Greek, Cyrillic |
Noto Serif Armenian | 2.03 | Regular Bold |
97 | 98 | Armenian |
Noto Serif Bengali | 1.01 | Regular Bold |
154 | 591 | Bengali |
Noto Serif Devanagari | 1.01 | Regular Bold |
265 | 716 (regular) 715 (bold) |
Devanagari |
Noto Serif Georgian | 1.06 | Regular Bold |
127 | 127 | Georgian |
Noto Serif Gujarati | 1.01 | Regular Bold |
155 | 476 | Gujarati |
Noto Serif Kannada | 1.01 | Regular Bold |
148 | 439 | Kannada |
Noto Serif Khmer | 1.03 | Regular Bold |
186 | 378 | Khmer |
Noto Serif Lao | 1.03 | Regular Bold |
120 | 166 | Lao |
Noto Serif Malayalam | 1.01 | Regular Bold |
163 | 240 | Malayalam |
Noto Serif Tamil | 1.01 | Regular Bold |
139 | 194 | Tamil |
Noto Serif Telugu | 1.01 | Regular Bold |
154 | 672 | Telugu |
Noto Serif Thai | 1.04 | Regular Bold |
100 | 108 | Thai |
The following 42 Unicode scripts (all defined in Unicode version 6.1 through 9.0) are currently not supported by any Noto font:
- Adlam
- Ahom
- Anatolian Hieroglyphs
- Bassa Vah
- Bhaiksuki
- Caucasian Albanian
- Chakma
- Duployan
- Elbasan
- Grantha
- Hatran
- Khojki
- Khudawadi
- Linear A
- Mahajani
- Manichaean
- Marchen
- Mende Kikakui
- Meroitic Cursive
- Meroitic Hieroglyphs
- Miao
- Modi
- Mro
- Multani
- Nabataean
- Newa
- Old Hungarian
- Old North Arabian
- Old Permic
- Osage
- Pahawh Hmong
- Palmyrene
- Pau Cin Hau
- Psalter Pahlavi
- Sharada
- Siddham
- SignWriting
- Sora Sompeng
- Takri
- Tangut
- Tirhuta
- Warang Citi
References
- ↑ "Noto Font". Retrieved November 24, 2015.
- ↑ "Add NEWS for license change - googlei18n/noto-fonts". Retrieved 2016-04-03.
- ↑ Mizra, Tanvi. "Can Google Build A Typeface To Support Every Written Language?". NPR. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Noto+Sans
- ↑ https://lwn.net/Articles/613284/
- ↑ "Guidelines for Using Noto". Google Noto Fonts. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
Currently, the Latin characters in the CJK fonts are from Adobe’s Source Sans Pro
- ↑ "Noto Color Emoji". Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions: What are Google's plans for Noto (so called "Phase 3")?". Retrieved 8 October 2010.