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

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

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

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

Meroitic fonts

There are no Unicode fonts designed specifically for Meroitic
Meroitic Cursive test page
Meroitic Hieroglyphs test page

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

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

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

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