{"id":5423,"date":"2011-12-21T12:24:34","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T04:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/?p=5423"},"modified":"2012-01-22T17:31:51","modified_gmt":"2012-01-22T09:31:51","slug":"pinyin-fonts-at-the-open-font-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2011\/pinyin-fonts-at-the-open-font-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinyin fonts at the Open Font Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A search for Pinyin fonts at the <a href=\"http:\/\/openfontlibrary.org\/\">Open Font Library<\/a> currently yields 15 font families. <\/p>\n<p>Not all of those, however, really do support Hanyu Pinyin with tone marks. Here are the ones that work, though not always without problems: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openfontlibrary.org\/font\/consolamono\">Consola Mono<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openfontlibrary.org\/font\/crimson\">Crimson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openfontlibrary.org\/font\/designosaur\">Designosaur<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openfontlibrary.org\/font\/gentium\">Gentium<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openfontlibrary.org\/font\/judson\">Judson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openfontlibrary.org\/font\/libertinage\">Libertinage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openfontlibrary.org\/font\/news-cycle\">News Cycle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openfontlibrary.org\/font\/pecita\">Pecita<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openfontlibrary.org\/font\/pfennig\">Pfennig<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openfontlibrary.org\/font\/wirewyrm\">Wirewyrm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a <a href='https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/pinyin_fonts_at_open_font_library.pdf'>PDF of all of those Unicode Pinyin font families in action<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve previously mentioned more than one of these: <a href=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2011\/script-font-for-pinyin\/\">Pecita<\/a> and the various Gentium faces. I&#8217;ll write more about the latter in another post on the work coming out of SIL. <\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 3em; font-family: serif; margin-top: 2.5em;\"><strong>Serif<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/crimson.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/crimson_font.gif\" alt=\"screenshot of the serif font 'crimson' in action on a sample Pinyin text\" title=\"crimson_font\" width=\"505\" height=\"130\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/crimson_font.gif 505w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/crimson_font-300x77.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/gentium_book.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/gentium_book_font.gif\" alt=\"screenshot of the serif fonts 'Gentium' and 'Gentium Book' in action on a sample Pinyin text\" title=\"gentium_book_font\" width=\"505\" height=\"341\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/gentium_book_font.gif 505w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/gentium_book_font-300x202.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/judson.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/judson_font.gif\" alt=\"screenshot of the serif font 'Judson' in action on a sample Pinyin text\" title=\"judson_font\" width=\"505\" height=\"119\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/judson_font.gif 505w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/judson_font-300x70.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/libertinage.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/libertinage_font.gif\" alt=\"screenshot of the serif font 'Libertinage' in action on a sample Pinyin text\" title=\"libertinage_font\" width=\"505\" height=\"69\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/libertinage_font.gif 505w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/libertinage_font-300x40.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/wirewyrm.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/wirewyrm_font.gif\" alt=\"screenshot of the serif font 'Wirewyrm' in action on a sample Pinyin text\" title=\"wirewyrm_font\" width=\"505\" height=\"65\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/wirewyrm_font.gif 505w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/wirewyrm_font-300x38.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 3em; font-family: sans-serif; margin-top: 2.5em;\"><strong>Sans Serif<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/designosaur.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/designosaur_font.gif\" alt=\"screenshot of the sans-serif font 'Designosaur' in action on a sample Pinyin text\" title=\"designosaur_font\" width=\"505\" height=\"104\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/designosaur_font.gif 505w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/designosaur_font-300x61.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/news_cycle.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/news_cycle_font.gif\" alt=\"screenshot of the sans-serif font 'News Cycle' in action on a sample Pinyin text\" title=\"news_cycle_font\" width=\"505\" height=\"73\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/news_cycle_font.gif 505w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/news_cycle_font-300x43.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/pfennig.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/pfennig_font.gif\" alt=\"screenshot of the sans-serif  font 'Pfennig' in action on a sample Pinyin text\" title=\"pfennig_font\" width=\"505\" height=\"155\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/pfennig_font.gif 505w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/pfennig_font-300x92.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 3em; font-family: monospace; margin-top: 2.5em;\"><strong>Monospace<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/consola_mono.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/consola_mono_font.gif\" alt=\"screenshot of the monospace sans-serif font 'Consola Mono' in action on a sample Pinyin text\" title=\"consola_mono_font\" width=\"505\" height=\"75\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/consola_mono_font.gif 505w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/consola_mono_font-300x44.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 3em; margin-top: 2.5em; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva', 'Apple Chancery', Chancery, cursive;\"><strong>Script<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/pecita.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/pecita_font.gif\" alt=\"screenshot of the script font 'Pecita' in action on a sample Pinyin text\" title=\"pecita_font\" width=\"505\" height=\"68\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/pecita_font.gif 505w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2011\/12\/pecita_font-300x40.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Full list (including fails), for future reference: <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Anahi\/Abbey<\/li>\n<li>Consola Mono<\/li>\n<li>Crimson<\/li>\n<li>Designosaur<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Douar Outline<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Futhark Adapted<\/li>\n<li>Gentium<\/li>\n<li>Judson<\/li>\n<li>Libertinage<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Logisoso<\/li>\n<li>News Cycle<\/li>\n<li>Pecita<\/li>\n<li>Pfennig<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Vegesignes<\/li>\n<li>WireWyrm<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A search for Pinyin fonts at the Open Font Library currently yields 15 font families. Not all of those, however, really do support Hanyu Pinyin with tone marks. Here are the ones that work, though not always without problems: Consola &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2011\/pinyin-fonts-at-the-open-font-library\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,106,32,20,807,19,105],"tags":[794,762,871],"class_list":["post-5423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese","category-hanyu","category-mandarin","category-pinyin","category-pinyin-font-misc","category-romanization","category-tone-marks","tag-open-font-library","tag-pinyin-font","tag-typography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5423"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5782,"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5423\/revisions\/5782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}