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GNU Unifont

GNU Unifont is a free Unicode bitmap font created by Roman Czyborra. The main Unifont covers all of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP). The "upper" companion covers significant parts of the Supplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP). The "Unifont JP" companion contains Japanese kanji present in the JIS X 0213 character set.

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Category
Unicode, Bitmap, Sans-serif
Classification
Duospace
Date created
1998
Designers
Roman Czyborra, Paul Hardy
Glyphs
2,096,578
Latest release date
13 March 2026

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.hex format

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GNU Unifont

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples39
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
Components1

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GNU Unifont

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related to Status · 15
GNU Unifont → As, Basic Multilingual Plane, ConScript Unicode Registry, Its, May, Of, Plane, Some, Supplementary Multilingual Plane, The Unicode Basic Multilingual, This, Unicode, Unifont CSUR, Unifont Upper, UTF-16
related to .hex format · 9
GNU Unifont → Chinese, CJK, Each, Japanese, Korean, Most Western, The, The GNU Unifont, Unicode
Category · 1
GNU Unifont → Unicode, Bitmap, Sans-serif
Classification · 1
GNU Unifont → Duospace
Date created · 1
GNU Unifont → 1998
Designers · 1
GNU Unifont → Roman Czyborra, Paul Hardy
Glyphs · 1
GNU Unifont → 2,096,578
Latest release date · 1
GNU Unifont → 13 March 2026
Latest release version · 1
GNU Unifont → 17.0.04
License · 1
GNU Unifont → Source code: GPL-2.0-or-later Font: GPL-2.0-or-later with Font-exception-2.0, SIL OFL 1.1 (since 13.0.04) Manual: GFDL-1.3-or-later

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unifont font unicode code glyphs gnu plane string bitmap hex format paul hardy license glyph hexadecimal multilingual released version truetype

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
GNU UnifontCategoryUnicode, Bitmap, Sans-serif1.00infobox
GNU UnifontClassificationDuospace1.00infobox
GNU UnifontDate created19981.00infobox
GNU UnifontDesignersRoman Czyborra, Paul Hardy1.00infobox
GNU UnifontGlyphs2,096,5781.00infobox
GNU UnifontLatest release date13 March 20261.00infobox
GNU UnifontLatest release version17.0.041.00infobox
GNU UnifontLicenseSource code: GPL-2.0-or-later Font: GPL-2.0-or-later with Font-exception-2.0, SIL OFL 1.1 (since 13.0.04) Manual: GFDL-1.3-or-later1.00infobox
GNU UnifontShown here13.0.061.00infobox
GNU UnifontWebsiteunifoundry.com/unifont/ savannah.gnu.org/projects/unifont/1.00infobox
Linuxinstance ofcompanion contains Japanese kanji present in the JIS X 0213 character set.It is present in most free operating systems and windowing systems0.80text
XFree86 or the X.Org Serverinstance ofcompanion contains Japanese kanji present in the JIS X 0213 character set.It is present in most free operating systems and windowing systems0.80text

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