This is a dual-width Unicode Han font in Song/Ming style (宋体/明體) with G-source glyphs used in Mainland China. The font was created by merging the "AR PL Mingti2L Big5" and "AR PL SungtiL GB" fonts (released under the Arphic Public License), and then converted to Unicode mappings, and expanded to cover a wide range of traditional and simplified characters in the CJK, CJK-A, CJK-B, CJK-C and CJK-D blocks, as well as a wide range of general Unicode characters. The original glyphs have been modified where appropriate to match the G-source glyphs given in the Unicode code charts (CJK code chart, CJK-A code chart, CJK-B code chart, CJK-C code chart, CJK-D code chart), although at present not all characters have the correct G-source glyph forms. The font does not incorporate bitmaps, and is best viewed on screen at large point sizes (16pts or greater).
The font is still under development, and has incomplete coverage of the main CJK unified ideographs block (currently missing 3,210 characters). I anticipate that it will take several years to complete coverage of the main CJK block, but if there are any particular characters (from any CJK block) that you need urgently, let me know and I will prioritise them.
BabelStone Han is released under the Arphic Public License, and may be used and distributed freely for personal or commercial purposes. The license also allows you to modify the font in any way you like (e.g. add/remove/modify glyphs or change the character mappings) without seeking my permission, as long as the modified font retains the Arphic Public License. If you do intend to distribute a modified version of BabelStone Han, please ensure that the font name (and all relevant fields in the name table) is changed to something different, so as not to cause confusion between my font and your modified font. In particular, please do not use "BabelStone" in the font name.
To download the font click on the latest version below:
- BabelStone Han version 1.05 [2010-07-03] (50 blocks; 19,187 characters, including 16,361 CJK unified ideographs)
- BabelStone Han version 1.06 [2010-10-01] (54 blocks; 19,688 characters, including 16,818 CJK unified ideographs)
- BabelStone Han version 1.07 [2011-03-14] (56 blocks; 20,853 characters, including 17,731 CJK unified ideographs)
- BabelStone Han version 1.08 [2011-05-01] (61 blocks; 21,873 characters, including 18,073 CJK unified ideographs)
- BabelStone Han version 1.09 [2012-01-23] (67 blocks; 23,110 characters, including 18,776 CJK unified ideographs)
Samples
Traditional Chinese Text
Simplified Chinese Text
Coverage
The font currently has coverage of the following blocks:
| Unicode Block | Range | Coverage | Character Width | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Latin | 00000..0007F | 96 out of 128 characters | Half-width | |
| Latin-1 Supplement | 00080..000FF | 86 out of 128 characters | Half-width | |
| Latin Extended-A | 00100..0017F | 18 out of 128 characters | Half-width | |
| Latin Extended-B | 00180..0024F | 18 out of 208 characters | Half-width | |
| IPA Extensions | 00250..002AF | 7 out of 96 characters | Full-width | |
| Spacing Modifier Letters | 002B0..002FF | 7 out of 80 characters | Half-width | |
| Combining Diacritical Marks | 00300..0036F | 13 out of 112 characters | Mixed | Full-width combining overline, underline, dot above/below and ring above/below for use with Han ideographs. |
| Greek and Coptic | 00370..003FF | 48 out of 134 characters | Full-width | |
| Cyrillic | 00400..004FF | 66 out of 256 characters | Full-width | |
| Tibetan | 00F00..00FFF | 4 out of 211 characters | Half-width | Svasti signs |
| Mongolian | 01800..018AF | 3 out of 156 characters | Full-width | Lozenge-shaped punctuation marks. |
| Latin Extended Additional | 01E00..01EFF | 6 out of 256 characters | Half-width | |
| General Punctuation | 02000..0206F | 107 out of 107 characters | Mixed | |
| Superscripts and Subscripts | 02070..0209F | 42 out of 42 characters | Half-width | |
| Currency Symbols | 020A0..020CF | 1 out of 26 characters | Full-width | |
| Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols | 020D0..020FF | 1 out of 33 characters | Full-width | Combining enclosing square |
| Letterlike Symbols | 02100..0214F | 26 out of 80 characters | Full-width | |
| Number Forms | 02150..0218F | 51 out of 58 characters | Full-width | |
| Arrows | 02190..021FF | 11 out of 112 characters | Full-width | |
| Mathematical Operators | 02200..022FF | 37 out of 256 characters | Full-width | |
| Miscellaneous Technical | 02300..023FF | 3 out of 244 characters | Full-width | |
| Enclosed Alphanumerics | 02460..024FF | 160 out of 160 characters | Full-width | |
| Box Drawing | 02500..0257F | 128 out of 128 characters | Full-width | |
| Block Elements | 02580..0259F | 32 out of 32 characters | Full-width | |
| Geometric Shapes | 025A0..025FF | 15 out of 96 characters | Full-width | |
| Miscellaneous Symbols | 02600..026FF | 39 out of 256 characters | Full-width | |
| Dingbats | 02700..027BF | 11 out of 191 characters | Full-width | |
| Braille Patterns | 02800..028FF | 256 out of 256 characters | Full-width | |
| Latin Extended-C | 02C60..02C7F | 1 out of 32 characters | Half-width | |
| Supplemental Punctuation | 02E00..02E7F | 3 out of 50 characters | Full-width | |
| CJK Radicals Supplement | 02E80..02EFF | 115 out of 115 characters | Full-width | |
| Kangxi Radicals | 02F00..02FDF | 214 out of 214 characters | Full-width | |
| Ideographic Description Characters | 02FF0..02FFF | 12 out of 12 characters | Full-width | |
| CJK Symbols and Punctuation | 03000..0303F | 54 out of 64 characters | Full-width | |
| Hiragana | 03040..0309F | 93 out of 93 characters | Full-width | Decomposed (NFD) characters and named sequences also supported. |
| Katakana | 030A0..030FF | 96 out of 96 characters | Full-width | Decomposed (NFD) characters and named sequences also supported. |
| Bopomofo | 03100..0312F | 41 out of 41 characters | Full-width | Poor quality glyphs. |
| Kanbun | 03190..0319F | 16 out of 16 characters | Half-width | |
| Bopomofo Extended | 031A0..031BF | 27 out of 27 characters | Full-width | Poor quality glyphs. |
| CJK Strokes | 031C0..031EF | 36 out of 36 characters | Full-width | |
| Katakana Phonetic Extensions | 031F0..031FF | 16 out of 16 characters | Full-width | |
| Enclosed CJK Letters and Months | 03200..032FF | 191 out of 254 characters | Full-width | |
| CJK Compatibility | 03300..033FF | 73 out of 256 characters | Full-width | |
| CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A | 03400..04DBF | 201 out of 6,582 characters | Full-width | |
| Yijing Hexagram Symbols | 04DC0..04DFF | 64 out of 64 characters | Full-width | |
| CJK Unified Ideographs | 04E00..09FFF | 17,731 out of 20,940 characters | Full-width | Covers most common-use traditional and all simplified Chinese characters, but poor coverage of Japanese and Korean use characters, uncommon characters, and variant characters. Covers all characters in the range U+9FA6 through U+9FCC, which were added in Unicode 4.1 through Unicode 6.1. Note that some characters do not have the correct G-source glyph forms. Includes one character (U+9FCC) scheduled for Unicode 6.1. |
| Private Use Area | 0E000..0F8FF | 465 out of 6,400 characters | Full-width | E000..E01D: Song and Yuan dynasty flute notation symbols. E020..E04B: Tang and Song dynasty lute notation symbols. F000..F162: "first batch" simplified Chinese characters (第一批简体字, 1935), Singapore simplified characters (1969), and "second stage" simplified Chinese characters (二简字, 1977) that were proposed for encoding in Proposal to Encode Obsolete Simplified Chinese Characters (N3695). F200..F21E: various unencoded Han ideographs. F220..F22B: Sawndip characters. F24D..F24F: Chinese ligatures (合文). |
| CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 0F900..0FAFF | 472 out of 470 characters | Full-width | Not all characters have exactly the correct glyph form (in which cases they have the same glyph form as the corresponding unified ideograph). Includes two characters scheduled for Unicode 6.1. |
| Variation Selectors | 0FE00..0FE0F | 16 out of 16 characters | Full-width | |
| Vertical Forms | 0FE10..0FE1F | 10 out of 10 characters | Full-width | |
| CJK Compatibility Forms | 0FE30..0FE4F | 27 out of 32 characters | Full-width | |
| Small Form Variants | 0FE50..0FE6F | 26 out of 26 characters | Full-width | |
| Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms | 0FF00..0FFEF | 173 out of 225 characters | Full-width | |
| Specials | 0FFF0..0FFFF | 5 out of 5 characters | Full-width | |
| Kana Supplement | 1B000..1B0FF | 2 out of 2 characters | Full-width | Archaic Hiragana and Katakana letters added in Unicode 6.0. |
| Tai Xuan Jing Symbols | 1D300..1D35F | 87 out of 87 characters | Full-width | |
| Counting Rod Numerals | 1D360..1D37F | 18 out of 18 characters | Full-width | |
| Domino Tiles | 1F030..1F09F | 100 out of 100 characters | Full-width | |
| Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement | 1F100..1F1FF | 171 out of 169 characters | Full-width | |
| Enclosed Ideographic Supplement | 1F200..1F2FF | 57 out of 57 characters | Full-width | |
| Miscellaneous Symbols And Pictographs | 1F300..1F5FF | 32 out of 529 characters | Full-width | |
| CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B | 20000..2A6DF | 324 out of 42,711 characters | Full-width | |
| CJK Unified Ideographs Extension C | 2A700..2B73F | 286 out of 4,149 characters | Full-width | Added in Unicode 5.2. |
| CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D | 2B740..2B81F | 222 out of 222 characters | Full-width | "Urgent need characters", added in Unicode 6.0. |
| Tags | 0FE00..0FE0F | 97 out of 97 characters | Full-width | |
| Variation Selectors Supplement | 0FE00..0FE0F | 240 out of 240 characters | Full-width |
Outstanding Tasks
- Complete coverage of the CJK Unified Ideographs block (3,210 missing characters)
- Complete coverage of the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension C block (3,863 missing characters)
- Complete coverage of the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A block (6,381 missing characters)
- Add Hangul jamo and syllables
- Add Yi (Nuosu) syllables and radicals
OpenType Features
| Script | Language | Features |
|---|---|---|
| Hiragana and Katakana <kana> | Default <dflt> | Glyph Composition Decomposition <ccmp> |
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