Re: [docbook-apps] Alternatives to MS Arial Unicode for PDF output?

Paul,

 

We use DejaVu fonts that are freely available from http://dejavu-fonts.org/

 

They have several unicode fonts that incorporate almost all of the unicode 
sets. I have found them very clean and they are continually maintained as 
well.

 

Regards, 

Dean Nelson

 

In a message dated 7/8/2011 8:05:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 
 writes:

As has 
  been noted on this list, the MS Arial Unicode font is not freely 
  downloadable.
For example, from last year:

> From: Ron Catterall 
  <>
> Date: June 7, 2010 10:06:34 AM CDT
> 
  To: Bob Stayton <>, docbook-apps 
  <>
> Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] 
  Font problem - need 2 font files in Docbook
> Reply-To: 
  

...

> A trivial point,
> > 
  http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/SpecialChars.html#fontFamilyList
> 
  includes
> "the Arial Unicode MS font can be downloaded for 
  free."
> but:
> On 2005-04-11, Ascender Corporation announced it 
  had entered an agreement with Microsoft which enables Ascender to distribute 
  Microsoft fonts, including the Windows Core Fonts, the Microsoft Web Fonts and 
  the many multilingual fonts currently supplied by Microsoft. Called Arial 
  Unicode, it is sold for approximately $99 per 5 users.
> The font is 
  also apparently licensed to Apple, who announced on October 16, 2007 that Mac 
  OS X v10.5 ("Leopard"), would be bundled with Arial Unicode.
> 
  Unfortunately I'm still on 10.4.11
> Also I've been unable to find 
  'yogh' in the Ascender Arial fontset.

This font was useful for fop, to 
  produce PDFs of documents containing, for example, Chinese or Japanese 
  characters.

How are people dealing with the licensing issue noted 
  above? Are there other freely-available Unicode fonts offering complete 
  character support?

Or have people chosen to deal with Ascender (which 
  has been bought by monotypeimaging.com in the meantime)? Are they reasonable 
  to deal with? Do they supply font information in a form that's 
  fop-usable?

(I did search the mailing list archives but didn't see an 
  answer. Apologies if this has been answered already, a pointer would be 
  appreciated.)

Thanks.
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