Alan Wood’s Unicode Resources

African Unicode fonts for Windows computers


The following lists of African Unicode fonts are probably not comprehensive, they are just the ones that I have acquired with various operating systems and applications, or found while learning about Unicode from the Web. Not all of the characters in a given range will always be present in a font; you can use a utility such as Babel Map to see exactly which characters are included.


Bamum fonts

  • There are no Unicode fonts designed specifically for Bamum.

  • Bamum test page
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Coptic fonts

  • Sophia Nubian – 297 characters (335 glyphs) in version 1.000
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (95); Latin-1 Supplement (96); Latin Extended-A (9); Latin Extended-B (2); IPA Extensions (12); Spacing Modifier Letters (9); Combining Diacritical Marks (3); Greek and Coptic (7); General Punctuation (16); Currency Symbols (1); Letterlike Symbols (2); Mathematical Operators (12); Geometric Shapes (1); Coptic (30); Alphabetic Presentation Forms (2)
    OpenType layout tables:   Coptic, Greek, Latin
    Family:   Sans-serif
    Styles:   Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic
    Availability:   Free download from Sophia Nubian Font

  • ALPHABETUM Unicode, Analecta, Code2000, Free Serif, MPH 2B Damase, New Athena Unicode and TITUS Cyberbit Basic can also display Coptic

  • Coptic test page
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Egyptian Hieroglyphs fonts

  • Aegyptus – 7388 glyphs in version 2.52
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (96); Latin-1 Supplement (11); Latin Extended-A (12); Latin Extended-B (2); Spacing Modifier Letters (4); Latin Extended Additional (17); General Punctuation (32); Currency Symbols (1); Mathematical Operators (2); Miscellaneous Technical (2); Geometric Shapes (1); Miscellaneous Symbols (1); Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A (4); Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows (1); Supplemental Punctuation (9); Latin Extended-D (4); Private Use Area (24); Specials (2); Egyptian Hieroglyphs (1,071); Supplementary Private Use Area-A (7,168)
    OpenType layout tables:   Latin
    Family:   Serif
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Free download from Unicode Fonts for Ancient Scripts or from my Downloads page

  • Egyptian Hieroglyphs test page
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Ethiopic fonts

  • Abyssinica SIL – 944 characters (987 glyphs) in version 1.200
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (95); Latin-1 Supplement (96); Latin Extended-A (8); Latin Extended-B (1); Spacing Modifier Letters (8); Combining Diacritical Marks (10); Greek and Coptic (1); Ethiopic (358); Ethiopic Supplement (26); General Punctuation (47); Superscripts and Subscripts (7); Currency Symbols (1); Letterlike Symbols (2); Mathematical Operators (13); Geometric Shapes (1); Dingbats (1); Ethiopic Extended (79); Ethiopic Extended-A (32); Alphabetic Presentation Forms (2); Variation Selectors (16); Arabic Presentation Forms-B (1); Specials (2)
    OpenType layout tables:   Ethiopic, Latin
    Family:   Serif
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Free download from Abyssinica SIL Font Home

  • Ethiopia Jiret – 562 characters (563 glyphs) in version 4.0; 2006; initial release
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (95); Latin-1 Supplement (96); Latin Extended-A (7); Latin Extended-B (1); Spacing Modifier Letters (2); Ethiopic (345); General Punctuation (15); Letterlike Symbols (1)
    Family:   Monospace
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Free download from Senamirmir Downloads or from Download the Amharic Web Font | DW-RADIO | Deutsche Welle | 28.05.2008

  • Geez Unicode – 566 glyphs in version 1.0
    Ranges:   Basic Latin; Latin-1 Supplement; Ethiopic; General Punctuation
    Family:   Sans-serif
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Included in Geez Unicode, free download from http://mysite.freeserve.com/geez_unicode/

  • GF Zemen Unicode – 608 glyphs in version 0.2
    Ranges:   Basic Latin; Latin-1 Supplement; Ethiopic
    Family:   Sans-serif
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Free download from ftp://ftp.ethiopic.org/pub/fonts/TrueType/gfzemenu.ttf

  • Nyala – 882 characters (1028 glyphs) in version 5.00
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (95); Latin-1 Supplement (96); Latin Extended-A (128); Latin Extended-B (12); IPA Extensions (1); Spacing Modifier Letters (15); Combining Diacritical Marks (18); Greek (1); Ethiopic (356); Ethiopic Supplement (26); Latin Extended Additional (28); General Punctuation (16); Superscripts and Subscripts (1); Currency Symbols (1); Letterlike Symbols (1); Mathematical Operators (3); Ethiopic Extended (79); Alphabetic Presentation Forms (5)
    OpenType layout tables:   Ethiopic, Latin
    Family:   Serif
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Supplied with Windows Vista

  • Visual Geez Unicode – 558 characters (568 glyphs) in version 1.0
    Ranges:   Basic Latin; Latin-1 Supplement; Ethiopic; General Punctuation
    Family:   Serif
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Included in Visual Geez Net and Visual Geez Unicode Update, free downloads from Custor Computing

  • Visual Geez Unicode Agazian – 561 characters (575 glyphs) in version 1.0
    Ranges:   Basic Latin; Latin-1 Supplement; Ethiopic; General Punctuation
    Family:   Serif
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Included in Visual Geez Unicode Update, free download from Custor Computing

  • Visual Geez Unicode Title – 561 characters (572 glyphs) in version 1.0
    Ranges:   Basic Latin; Latin-1 Supplement; Ethiopic; General Punctuation
    Family:   Cursive
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Included in Visual Geez Unicode Update, free download from Custor Computing

  • Yigezu Bisrat Gothic Goffer – 598 characters (599 glyphs) in version 1.0; 2006
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (95); Latin-1 Supplement (96); Latin Extended-A (7); Latin Extended-B (1); Spacing Modifier Letters (2); Ethiopic (381); General Punctuation (15); Letterlike Symbols (1)
    Family:   Monospace
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Free download from Senamirmir Projects: Ethiopic Script

  • Code2000, Fixedsys Excelsior, Free Serif, Sun-ExtA and TITUS Cyberbit Basic can also display Ethiopic

  • Ethiopic test page
  • Ethiopic Extended test page
  • Ethiopic Extended-A test page
  • Ethiopic Supplement test page
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Meroitic fonts

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N’Ko fonts

  • There are no Unicode fonts designed specifically for N’Ko

  • Code2000, DejaVu Sans, DejaVu Sans Condensed and Fixedsys Excelsior can display N’Ko

  • N’Ko test page
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Osmanya fonts

  • Andagii – 140 glyphs in version Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 16/04/2003
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (1); Latin-1 Supplement (1); Osmanya (40); Shavian (48); Ugaritic (31)
    Family:   Cursive (Osmanya); Sans-serif (Shavian)
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Free download from Free (Copyleft) Unicode font for Osmanya

  • Code2001, Ebrima (in Windows 7) and MPH 2B Damase can also display Osmanya

  • Osmanya test page
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Tifinagh fonts

  • Hapax Berbère – 1078 characters (1109 glyphs) in version 2.002 2005
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (96); Latin-1 Supplement (96); Latin Extended-A (15); Latin Extended-B (4); IPA Extensions (13); Spacing Modifier Letters (5); Combining Diacritical Marks (19); Arabic (1); Georgian (1); Phonetic Extensions (5); Latin Extended Additional (28); General Punctuation (42); Currency Symbols (1); Letterlike Symbols (3); Tifinagh (55); Alphabetic Presentation Forms (7)
    OpenType layout tables:   Latin
    Family:   Serif
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Free download from Inventaire des oeils de la police Hapax Berbère

  • Hapax Touareg – 1078 characters (1118 glyphs) in version 1.002 2005
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (96); Latin-1 Supplement (96); Latin Extended-A (15); Latin Extended-B (4); IPA Extensions (13); Spacing Modifier Letters (5); Combining Diacritical Marks (19); Arabic (1); Georgian (1); Phonetic Extensions (5); Latin Extended Additional (28); General Punctuation (42); Currency Symbols (1); Letterlike Symbols (3); Tifinagh (55); Alphabetic Presentation Forms (7)
    OpenType layout tables:   Latin
    Family:   Serif
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Free download from http://hapax.qc.ca/polices/hapaxtouareg.ttf

  • Hapax Touareg DàG – 1078 characters (1119 glyphs) in version 1.002 2005
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (96); Latin-1 Supplement (96); Latin Extended-A (15); Latin Extended-B (4); IPA Extensions (13); Spacing Modifier Letters (5); Combining Diacritical Marks (19); Arabic (1); Georgian (1); Phonetic Extensions (5); Latin Extended Additional (28); General Punctuation (42); Currency Symbols (1); Letterlike Symbols (3); Tifinagh (55); Alphabetic Presentation Forms (7)
    OpenType layout tables:   Latin
    Family:   Serif
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Free download from http://hapax.qc.ca/polices/hapaxtouaregdag.ttf

  • Tamalout Noufouss UNICODE – 225 characters (226 glyphs) in version 1.000;PS 001.000;hotconv 1.0.38
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (95); Latin-1 Supplement (29); Latin Extended-B (1); Spacing Modifier Letters (2); General Punctuation (15); Currency Symbols (1); Letterlike Symbols (1); Tifinagh (80)
    OpenType layout tables:   Latin
    Family:   Sans-serif
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Free download from Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe

  • Tamalout Standard UNICODE – 224 characters (225 glyphs) in version 1.000;PS 001.000;hotconv 1.0.38
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (95); Latin-1 Supplement (29); Latin Extended-B (1); Spacing Modifier Letters (2); General Punctuation (15); Currency Symbols (1); Letterlike Symbols (1); Tifinagh (80)
    OpenType layout tables:   Latin
    Family:   Sans-serif
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Free download from Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe

  • Tamzwart Noufouss UNICODE – 230 characters (231 glyphs) in version 1.001 2006
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (95); Latin-1 Supplement (29); Latin Extended-A (5); Latin Extended-B (1); Spacing Modifier Letters (2); General Punctuation (15); Currency Symbols (1); Letterlike Symbols (1); Tifinagh (80)
    OpenType layout tables:   Latin
    Family:   Sans-serif
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Free download from Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe

  • Tamzwart Standard UNICODE – 230 characters (231 glyphs) in version 1.001 2006
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (95); Latin-1 Supplement (30); Latin Extended-A (5); Latin Extended-B (1); Spacing Modifier Letters (2); General Punctuation (15); Currency Symbols (1); Letterlike Symbols (1); Tifinagh (80)
    Family:   Sans-serif
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Free download from Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe

  • Tassafout Noufouss UNICODE – 224 characters (225 glyphs) in version 1.000;PS 001.000;hotconv 1.0.38
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (94); Latin-1 Supplement (30); Latin Extended-B (1); Spacing Modifier Letters (2); General Punctuation (15); Currency Symbols (1); Letterlike Symbols (1); Tifinagh (80)
    OpenType layout tables:   Latin
    Family:   Sans-serif
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Free download from Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe

  • Tassafout Standard UNICODE – 224 characters (226 glyphs) in version 1.000;PS 001.000;hotconv 1.0.38
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (95); Latin-1 Supplement (29); Latin Extended-B (1); Spacing Modifier Letters (2); General Punctuation (15); Currency Symbols (1); Letterlike Symbols (1); Tifinagh (80)
    OpenType layout tables:   Latin
    Family:   Sans-serif (Latin), Serif (Tifinagh)
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Free download from Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe

  • Tazdayt Noufouss UNICODE – 225 characters (226 glyphs) in version 1.000;PS 001.000;hotconv 1.0.38
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (94); Latin-1 Supplement (31); Latin Extended-B (1); Spacing Modifier Letters (2); General Punctuation (15); Currency Symbols (1); Letterlike Symbols (1); Tifinagh (80)
    OpenType layout tables:   Latin
    Family:   Sans-serif
    Styles:   Regular (Tifinagh is bold)
    Availability:   Free download from Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe

  • Tazdayt Standard UNICODE – 226 characters (227 glyphs) in version 1.000;PS 001.000;hotconv 1.0.38
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (95); Latin-1 Supplement (31); Latin Extended-B (1); Spacing Modifier Letters (2); General Punctuation (15); Currency Symbols (1); Letterlike Symbols (1); Tifinagh (80)
    OpenType layout tables:   Latin
    Family:   Sans-serif
    Styles:   Regular (Tifinagh is bold)
    Availability:   Free download from Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe

  • Tazirit UNICODE – 223 characters (224 glyphs) in version 1.000;PS 001.000;hotconv 1.0.38
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (94); Latin-1 Supplement (29); Latin Extended-B (1); Spacing Modifier Letters (2); General Punctuation (15); Currency Symbols (1); Letterlike Symbols (1); Tifinagh (80)
    OpenType layout tables:   Latin
    Family:   Sans-serif (Latin), Cursive (Tifinagh)
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Free download from Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe

  • Teddus Noufouss UNICODE – 222 characters (223 glyphs) in version 1.000;PS 001.000;hotconv 1.0.38
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (95); Latin-1 Supplement (29); Latin Extended-B (1); General Punctuation (15); Currency Symbols (1); Letterlike Symbols (1); Tifinagh (80)
    OpenType layout tables:   Latin
    Family:   Sans-serif
    Styles:   Regular (Tifinagh is bold)
    Availability:   Free download from Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe

  • Teddus Standard UNICODE – 223 characters (224 glyphs) in version 1.000;PS 001.000;hotconv 1.0.38
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (95); Latin-1 Supplement (29); Latin Extended-B (1); Spacing Modifier Letters (1); General Punctuation (15); Currency Symbols (1); Letterlike Symbols (1); Tifinagh (80)
    OpenType layout tables:   Latin
    Family:   Sans-serif
    Styles:   Regular (Tifinagh is bold)
    Availability:   Free download from Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe

  • Tifinaghe-Ircam Unicode – 276 characters (284 glyphs)
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (95); Latin-1 Supplement (82); Latin Extended-A (1); Latin Extended-B (1); Spacing Modifier Letters (2); General Punctuation (13); Currency Symbols (1); Letterlike Symbols (1); Tifinagh (80)
    Family:   Sans-serif
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Free download from Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe

  • DejaVu Sans, DejaVu Sans Condensed, Ebrima (in Windows 7), EversonMono, Fixedsys Excelsior, MPH 2B Damase and Quivira can also display Tifinagh

  • Tifinagh test page
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Vai fonts

  • Dukor – 621 characters (628 glyphs) in version 1.006
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (95); Latin-1 Supplement (96); Latin Extended-A (40); Latin Extended-B (25); IPA Extensions (8); Spacing Modifier Letters (8); Combining Diacritical Marks (6); Greek and Coptic (2); Latin Extended Additional (6); General Punctuation (16); Currency Symbols (2); Letterlike Symbols (1); Mathematical Operators (12); Geometric Shapes (1); Latin Extended-C (1); Vai (300); Alphabetic Presentation Forms (2)
    OpenType layout tables:   Latin
    Family:   Serif
    Styles:   Regular, Italic
    Availability:   Free download from Evertype: Fonts for Vai

  • Vai Slant Unicode – 241 characters (247 glyphs) in version 3.002
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (26); Latin-1 Supplement (5); Latin Extended-A (2); Latin Extended-B (1); Greek and Coptic (3); General Punctuation (8); Currency Symbols (1); Letterlike Symbols (1); Mathematical Operators (8); Geometric Shapes (1); Vai (207)
    Family:   Sans-serif
    Styles:   Regular
    Availability:   Free download from Open Font Library iwsfutcmd

  • Wakor – 621 characters (628 glyphs) in version 1.006
    Ranges:   Basic Latin (95); Latin-1 Supplement (96); Latin Extended-A (40); Latin Extended-B (25); IPA Extensions (8); Spacing Modifier Letters (8); Combining Diacritical Marks (6); Greek and Coptic (2); Latin Extended Additional (6); General Punctuation (16); Currency Symbols (2); Letterlike Symbols (1); Mathematical Operators (12); Geometric Shapes (1); Latin Extended-C (1); Vai (300); Alphabetic Presentation Forms (2)
    OpenType layout tables:   Latin
    Family:   Sans-serif
    Styles:   Regular, Italic
    Availability:   Free download from Evertype: Fonts for Vai

  • Code2000 and Ebrima (in Windows 7) can also display Vai

  • Vai test page

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