Skip to content

Commit

Permalink
Update status of Chorasmian and Toto in README
Browse files Browse the repository at this point in the history 
Other minor updates in README too.
  • Loading branch information
Satish B committed Dec 28, 2021
1 parent c537637 commit a590b9e
Showing 1 changed file with 46 additions and 40 deletions.
86 changes: 46 additions & 40 deletions README.md
View file
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
# Go Noto Universal

Noto fonts go universal! Did you ever want "one font for all languages"? Download merged [Noto
Fonts](https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-fonts) according to region-based or time-based
combination.
Noto Fonts go universal! Did you ever want "one font for all languages"? Download pan-Unicode, [Noto
Fonts](https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-fonts) merged according to the time of usage (current,
ancient) or geographical region (Africa-MiddleEast, Europe-Americas, South Asia, SE Asia).

We offer two types of pan-Unicode converged fonts:
We offer two types of combined fonts:

1. Time-based:
- **GoNotoCurrent.ttf** covers pretty much all the scripts in current, widespread use all over the
Expand All @@ -27,9 +27,14 @@ Actions](https://github.com/satbyy/go-noto-universal/actions) page. Click on any
checkmark ✅ (pipeline passed) and under "Artifacts", download "GoNotoTemporalFonts.zip" and
"GoNotoRegionalFonts.zip" (login required).

> **_NOTE:_** Even if there are no regular commits to this repo, the CI pipeline builds new Go Noto
> fonts everyday, pulling the latest Noto Fonts from upstream (using a scheduled cron). So, download
> the "Artifacts" from the "Actions" page to get the best features and bug fixes from Noto Fonts.
## Build

If you want to _build_ the fonts yourself, create a virtual environment (venv) and call `./run.sh`.
If you want to _build_ the fonts yourself, create a virtual environment (venv) and run the script
you want:

```
python3 -m venv venv_fonty
Expand All @@ -50,9 +55,11 @@ Latest CI status:

[![Temporal fonts](https://github.com/satbyy/go-noto-universal/actions/workflows/temporal_fonts.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/satbyy/go-noto-universal/actions/workflows/temporal_fonts.yml)


## Dependencies

[`fonttools`](https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/) is automatically fetched and used.
[`fonttools`](https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/) is automatically fetched and used. The main
programs we use are `pyftmerge`, `pyftsubset` and `ttx`.


## Coverage
Expand All @@ -61,11 +68,11 @@ Latest CI status:

Temporal, i.e., time-based fonts are:

- **Go Noto Current** -- combines 80+ Noto fonts of scripts which are in current, daily usage. It is
- **Go Noto Current** -- combines 80+ Noto Fonts of scripts which are in current, daily usage. It is
a superset of all the "[Regional Fonts](#regional-fonts)" (see below) excluding historical or
specialty fonts. It includes support for Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK) too, using the [Unihan
IICore][1] subset.
- **Go Noto Ancient** -- combines 70+ Noto fonts of ancient, historical or liturgical scripts which
- **Go Noto Ancient** -- combines 70+ Noto Fonts of ancient, historical or liturgical scripts which
are not used widely today. This font is probably useful for research or scholarly purposes or
language enthusiasts. This font does not support any CJK.

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -96,48 +103,47 @@ Regular`. Each one also includes Noto Sans Math, Noto Music, Noto Sans Symbols a

### Go Noto South Asia

Following are included: Devanagari (Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, etc), Bengali, Punjabi (Gurmukhi),
Gujarati, Oriya, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Thaana, Sinhala, Newa, Tibetan, Limbu, Meetei
Mayek, Mro, Warang Citi, Ol Chiki, Chakma, Lepcha, Saurashtra, Masaram Gondi, Gunjala Gondi, Wancho.
Following are included: Bengali, Chakma, Devanagari (Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, etc), Gujarati, Gunjala
Gondi, Kannada, Lepcha, Limbu, Malayalam, Masaram Gondi, Meetei Mayek, Mro, Newa, Ol Chiki, Oriya,
Punjabi (Gurmukhi), Saurashtra, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, Thaana, Tibetan, Toto, Wancho, Warang Citi.

Urdu (NotoNastaliq), though not written in an Indic script and not part of "South Asia" chapters in
the Unicode spec, is included for practical reasons. Mongolian is currently not included because of
issue with vmtx (vertical metrics). Noto fonts do not exist for Toto and Tangsa.
the Unicode spec, is included for practical reasons.

Noto Fonts do not exist for Tangsa.

### Go Noto Asia Historical

Following are included: Brahmi, Kharoshthi, Bhaiksuki, Phags-Pa, Marchen, Zanabazar Square, Soyombo,
Old Turkic, Old Sogdian, Sogdian, Old Uyghur, Indic Siyaq Numbers, Syloti Nagri, Kaithi, Sharada,
Takri, Siddham, Mahajani, Khojki, Khudawadi, Multani, Tirhuta, Modi, Grantha, Ahom, Sora Sompeng,
Dogra.
Following are included: Ahom, Bhaiksuki, Brahmi, Dogra, Grantha, Indic Siyaq Numbers, Kaithi,
Kharoshthi, Khojki, Khudawadi, Mahajani, Marchen, Modi, Multani, Old Sogdian, Old Turkic, Old
Uyghur, Phags-Pa, Sharada, Siddham, Sogdian, Sora Sompeng, Soyombo, Syloti Nagri, Takri, Tirhuta,
Zanabazar Square.

Noto fonts do not exist for Dives Akuru and Ottoman Siyaq Numbers.
Noto Fonts do not exist for Dives Akuru and Ottoman Siyaq Numbers.

### Go Noto South East Asia

Following are included: Thai, Lao, Myanmar, Khmer, Tai Le, New Tai Lue, Tai Tham, Tai Viet, Kayah
Li, Cham, Pahawh Hmong, Nyiakeng Puache Hmong, Pau Cin Hau, Hanifi Rohingya, Tagalog, Hanunoo,
Buhid, Tagbanwa, Buginese, Balinese, Javanese, Sundanese, Rejang, Batak.
Following are included: Balinese, Batak, Buginese, Buhid, Cham, Hanifi Rohingya, Hanunoo, Javanese,
Kayah Li, Khmer, Lao, Myanmar, New Tai Lue, Nyiakeng Puache Hmong, Pahawh Hmong, Pau Cin Hau,
Rejang, Sundanese, Tagalog, Tagbanwa, Tai Le, Tai Tham, Tai Viet, Thai.

Noto fonts do not exist for Makasar.
Noto Fonts do not exist for Makasar.

### Go Noto Europe Americas

Everything covered by NotoSans (Latin-Greek-Cyrillic etc.) plus Armenian, Coptic, Cypriot, Georgian,
Deseret, Glagolitic, Osage, Old Italic, Runic, Duployan, Anatolian Hieroglyphics, Carian, Canadian
Aboriginal, Cherokee, Lycian, Lydian, Mayan Numerals, Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong, Old Hungarian, Gothic,
Elbasan, Caucasian Albanian, Vithkuqi, Ogham, Old Permic, Shavian, Sutton Sign Writing, Linear A and
Linear B.
Everything covered by NotoSans (Latin-Greek-Cyrillic etc.) plus Anatolian Hieroglyphics, Armenian,
Canadian Aboriginal, Carian, Caucasian Albanian, Cherokee, Coptic, Cypriot, Deseret, Duployan,
Elbasan, Georgian, Glagolitic, Gothic, Linear A, Linear B, Lycian, Lydian, Mayan Numerals, Nyiakeng
Puachue Hmong, Ogham, Old Hungarian, Old Italic, Old Permic, Osage, Runic, Shavian, Sutton Sign
Writing, Vithkuqi.

### Go Noto Africa Middle East

The following are included: Arabic (Naskh-style), Adlam, Avestan, Bamum, Bassa Vah, Cuneiform,
Hebrew, Syriac, Samaritan, Mandaic, Yezidi, Old North Arabian, Old South Arabian, Phoenician,
Imperial Aramaic, Manichaean, Inscriptional Parthian, Inscriptional Pahlavi, Psalter Pahlavi,
Elymaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene, Hatran, Ugaritic, Old Persian, Egyptian, Meroitic, Anatolian
Hieroglyphics.

Noto fonts do not exist for Chorasmian.
The following are included: Adlam, Anatolian Hieroglyphics, Arabic (Naskh-style), Avestan, Bamum,
Bassa Vah, Chorasmian, Cuneiform, Egyptian, Elymaic, Hatran, Hebrew, Imperial Aramaic, Inscriptional
Pahlavi, Inscriptional Parthian, Mandaic, Manichaean, Meroitic, Nabataean, Old North Arabian, Old
Persian, Old South Arabian, Palmyrene, Phoenician, Psalter Pahlavi, Samaritan, Syriac, Ugaritic,
Yezidi.

### Go Noto East Asia

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -200,13 +206,13 @@ Note that each of the above (except CJKCore2005) include statistics of:
2. Tibetan has limited glyphs, otherwise GSUB table gets "overflow"ed. Only the most frequently
occuring "subjoined consonants" are included. Those characters are displayed ok, but just that
the glyphs appear to be "pushed up" compared to their neighbours.
3. Vertical text layout is not supported for Dogra, Mongolian, Nandinagari, Nüshu and Tangut, even
though the upstream Noto fonts has the support because fonttools does not support merging with
`vmtx`/`vhea`.
3. Vertical text layout is not supported for CJK, Dogra, Mongolian, Nandinagari, Nüshu and Tangut,
even though the upstream Noto Fonts has the support because fonttools does not support merging
with `vmtx`/`vhea`.
4. GoNotoCJKCore2005 does not contain Noto Sans Math and Noto Sans Symbols because fonttools does
not support merging CFF with others.
5. Go Noto Current has limited support for CJK -- it offers the full Unihan IICore subset plus a few
more glyphs, so it should work ok-ish for daily use but there can be missing glyphs. As before,
5. Go Noto Current has limited support for CJK -- it offers the full Unihan IICore subset plus more
glyphs, so it should work ok-ish for daily use but there can be missing glyphs. As before,
vertical text writing is not supported with this font.

## License
Expand All @@ -220,7 +226,7 @@ Version 1.1, as required by the upstream Noto Fonts Project.
### Others

FontTools package comes with nice utilities `ttx` (ttf to xml and back), `pyftsubset` (create font
with subset of given font) and `pyftmerge` (merging fonts, basically same as this repo).
with subset of given font) and `pyftmerge` (merging fonts, the workhorse of this repo).

`libharfbuzz-bin` offers CLI utilities `hb-view` and `hb-shape` which are useful for visualising
rendered characters.
Expand Down

0 comments on commit a590b9e

Please sign in to comment.