Available Fonts

This Oracle Solaris 11 release includes numerous updates to fonts available in the system and features a significant move towards using TrueType or OpenType font formats.

Many fonts come from open-source projects and are updated regularly, such as the DejaVu fonts, which are based on the well known Vera fonts. DejaVu fonts are the system's default fonts in many locales, as they are designed for use with Unicode.

Fonts are added to the system automatically upon the modification of locale facets. For more information, see Locale Facets. For installation of additional fonts using Package Manager, fonts are categorized in the System/Fonts.

Indic Fonts

Indic fonts are described in the following table.

Table 5-1 Indic Fonts

Locale	Language	Font
`as_IN.UTF-8`	Assamese	Mukti Narrow
`bn_IN.UTF-8`	Bengali	Mukti Narrow
`en_IN.UTF-8`	English	DejaVu Sans
`gu_IN.UTF-8`	Gujarati	Lohit Gujarati
`hi_IN.UTF-8`	Hindi	Lohit Hindi
`kn_IN.UTF-8`	Kannada	Lohit Kannada
`ks_IN.UTF-8`	Kashmiri	Lohit Kashmiri
`ml_IN.UTF-8`	Malayalam	Lohit Malayalam
`mr_IN.UTF-8`	Marathi	Lohit Marathi
`or_IN.UTF-8`	Oriya	Lohit Oriya
`pa_IN.UTF-8`	Panjabi	Lohit Panjabi
`sa_IN.UTF-8`	Sanskrit	Lohit Sanskrit
`ta_IN.UTF-8`	Tamil	Lohit Tamil
`te_IN.UTF-8`	Telugu	Lohit Telugu

Japanese Fonts

Japanese TrueType fonts are described in the following table.

Table 5-2 Japanese Fonts

Full Family Name	Subfamily	Format	Style	Vendor	Character Set
IPAGothic	Regular	TrueType	Sans serif, fixed width	IPA	JIS X 0201:1976, JIS X 0213:2004
IPAPGothic	Regular	TrueType	Sans serif, proportional	IPA	JIS X 0201:1976, JIS X 0213:2004
IPAMincho	Regular	TrueType	Serif, fixed width	IPA	JIS X 0201:1976, JIS X 0213:2004
IPAPMincho	Regular	TrueType	Serif, proportional	IPA	JIS X 0201:1976, JIS X 0213:2004
Sun-Gothic	Regular, Bold	PCF(12,14,16,20,24)	Sans serif, fixed width	SCR	JIS X 0201:1976, JIS X 0208:1990
Sun-Minchou	Regular, Bold	PCF(16,20,24)	Serif, fixed	SCR	JIS X 0201:1976, JIS X 0208:1990

Japanese fonts are packaged as follows:

IPAGothic, IPAPGothic – system/font/truetype/ipafont
IPAMincho, IPAPMincho – system/font/truetype/ipafont-mincho
Sun-Gothic, Sun-Minchou – system/font/sun-ja-bitmap-unicode (Unicode indexed font) and system/font/sun-ja-bitmap (JIS indexed font)

Unicode indexed fonts are provided to use bitmap fonts in GTK applications. For example, to use bitmap fonts in a Japanese GNOME environment, install system/font/sun-ja-bitmap-unicode.

To use Japanese bitmap fonts used in the CDE environment in the previous release, install system/font/sun-ja-bitmap.

Korean Fonts

Korean TrueType fonts are described in the following table.

Table 5-3 Korean Fonts

Full Family Name	Subfamily	Format	Vendor	Character Set
RoundedGothic, Kodig, Haeseo, Myeongjo .	Regular	TrueType	HanYang Systems Inc	KSC5601-1992
SunDotumChe. SunDotum	Regular	TrueType	Oracle Corporation	KSC5601-1992
Baekmuk: Batang, Dotum, Gulim, Headline	Regular, Bold	TrueType	Baekmuk Font21 Inc.	KSC5601-1987
unfonts	Regular, Bold	TrueType	KLDP	ISO8859-1, ISO8859-5, KOI8
Unifont	Regular	TrueType	GNU Unifont	KSC5601

Korean bitmap fonts are described in the following table.

Table 5-4 Korean Bitmap Fonts

Full Family Name	Subfamily	Format	Character Set
Gothic	Regular	PCF(16)	KSC5601-1987
Mincho	Regular	PCF(16,24)	KSC5601-1987

Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese Fonts

Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese TrueType fonts are described in the following table.

Table 5-5 Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese Fonts

Full Family Name	Subfamily	Format	Vendor	Character Set
AR PL UMing	Regular	TrueType	Arphic	BIG5, BIG5-HKSCS, CNS11643.1992
AR PL UKai	Regular	TrueType	Arphic	BIG5, BIG5-HKSCS, CNS11643.1992
WenQuanYi Zen Hei	Regular	TrueType	WenQuanYi	BIG5, BIG5-HKSCS, CNS11643.1992
Unifont	Regular	TrueType	GNU Unifont	BIG5, BIG5-HKSCS, GB18030-2000, GB2312-1980
uming	Regular	TrueType	Arphic	GB18030-2000, GB2312-1980, GBK
ukai	Regular	TrueType	Arphic	GB18030-2000, GB2312-1980, GBK
wqy-Zenhei	Regular	TrueType	WenQuanYi	ISO8859-1, ISO8859-5
Droid-Sans	Regular	TrueType	Google Corporation	BIG5, GB2312-1980, KSC5601, JIS0208

Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese bitmap fonts are described in the following table.

Table 5-6 Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese Bitmap Fonts

Full Family Name	Subfamily	Format	Character Set
Song	Regular	PCF(16,24)	GB2312-1980
FangSong	Regular	PCF16	GB2312-1980
Unifont	Regular	PCF16	BIG5, BIG5-HKSCS, GB18030-2000, GB2312-1980

Thai Fonts

Thai TrueType fonts are described in the following table.

Table 5-7 Thai Fonts

Full Family Name	Subfamily	Format	Vendor	Character Set
Garuda	Book, Bold, Oblique, BoldOblique	TrueType	NECTEC/TLGW	ASCII, ISO8859-1, TIS620
Kinnari	Medium, Oblique, Italic, Bold, BoldOblique, BoldItalic	TrueType	National Electronics and Computer Technology Center	ASCII, ISO8859-1, TIS620
Loma	Book, Oblique, Bold, BoldOblique	TrueType	NECTEC	ASCII, ISO8859-1, TIS620
Norasi	Regular, Oblique, Italic, Bold, BoldOblique, BoldItalic	TrueType	Yannis Haralambous, Virach Sornlertlamvanich and Anutara Tantraporn	ASCII, ISO8859-1, TIS620
Purisa	Medium	TrueType	Poonlap Veerathanabutr	ASCII, ISO8859-1, TIS620
Sawasdee	Regular, Oblique, Bold, BoldOblique	TrueType	Pol Udomwittayanukul	ASCII, ISO8859-1, TIS620, MS-cp1252
TlwgMono	Medium, Oblique, Bold, BoldOblique	TrueType	Poonlap Veerathanabutr	ASCII, ISO8859-1, TIS620
TlwgTypewriter	Medium, Oblique, Bold, BoldOblique	TrueType	Poonlap Veerathanabutr	ASCII, ISO8859-1, TIS620
TlwgTypist	Medium, Oblique, Bold, BoldOblique	TrueType	Theppitak Karoonboonyanan	ASCII, ISO8859-1, TIS620
Umpush	Book, Oblique, Light, LightOblique, Bold, BoldOblique	TrueType	Widhaya Trisarnwadhana	ISO8859-1, TIS620
Waree	Book, Oblique, Bold, BoldOblique	TrueType	Bitstream	ASCII, ISO8859-1, TIS620, MS-cp1252
Unifont	Regular	TrueType	GNU Unifont	TIS620, ISO8859-1

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