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- A Quick Primer On Unicode and Software Internationalization Under Linux and UNIX
- A guide to the important open source software tools, including configuration and setup tips, to assist users involved with multilingual and internationalization Linux projects. (2005)
- Bitstream's font engine - btX
- A font engine for Linux.
- DejaVu Fonts
- An open source font project based on Bitstream's vera fonts.
- FIGlet
- A program for making large letters out of ordinary text; has font examples and a font database.
- FontForge
- An outline font editor. The user interface has been localized for: (English), French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Simplified Chinese, and Vietnamese. Formerly called PfaEdit.
- Fontconfig
- A library for font customization and configuration.
- Fontmatrix
- A Linux font manager for both the home user and design professional. This software has individual user accounts, which allows each user to activate different fonts on a per-project basis.
- GNOME - Bitstream Vera Fonts README
- Bitstream Vera fonts are available for download here.
- Gentium - A Typeface for the Nations
- A typeface family designed for diverse ethnic groups who use the Latin script to produce readable, high-quality publications. Support for a wide range of Latin-based alphabets; includes glyphs that correspond to all the Latin ranges of Unicode. Licensed under the SIL Open Font License, a Free copyleft license for fonts.
- IndiX
- Indian language support for Linux.
- KhmerOS - Khmer Software Initiative
- The purpose of the The KhmerOS Project is to ensure that all Cambodians have access to computers in their own language (Khmer); unicode font information, downloads of software in the Khmer language, forums, support, and blogs are available on this site.
- Linux Libertine Open Fonts Project
- An open source, GPL'd font project that produces fonts in TrueType Format; site available in German and English.
- Linux.com Article - "A Font Primer for Linux"
- An article about the different types of fonts (TrueType, OpenType, FreeType, Type 1, etc) and how these are incorporated on the Linux desktop. (2004)
- Luc Devroye's Font Pages
- Contains lots of information about fonts, including specialized fonts, fonts by country, metafonts, typography and research.
- Microsft's TrueType Core Fonts on Linux
- How to install Microsoft's TrueType core fonts on Linux.
- Optimal Use of Fonts on Linux - HOWTO
- An up-to-date font HOWTO for Linux. (2005)
- Pango
- A flexible, open source solution for internationalized text layout and rendering.
- The FREETYPE Project
- Free, portable and high-quality software for digital typography.
- The Free Bangla Fonts Project - Home
- A central resource site for obtaining and developing Free Bengali fonts.
- The gdkxft Homepage
- Anti-aliased fonts for gtk+-1.2
- True Type Font to Postscript type 1 Converter
- Converter of various scalable font formats (most notably TTF) and of the bitmapped BDF format into PostScript Type 1 fonts and metrics (.pfa, .pfb, .afm).
- TrueType Typography: Info about TTF Fonts & Technology
- A TrueType font and technology information site; contains background info., glossary, font examples, tools, history, and lots more.
- Unicode
- Details of every unicode character there is.
- Unifont Homepage
- The best Unicode font site available; includes information about Unicode fonts, Unicode-enabled software, internationalization, and Unicode usability issues on free/libre/open source (FLOSS) operating systems.
- Xft - the X Font Library
- A client-side font API for X applications; uses Fontconfig to select fonts and the X protocol for rendering them.
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