GNU Unifont

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GNU Unifont
Date created

1998

Creator

Roman Czyborra, Paul Hardy

License

GPL 2.0 or later
SIL OFL 1.1

Download

https://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html

GNU Unifont (referred to in Java Edition as uniform) is a font used by Minecraft, primarily as a fallback option for when characters are not defined in the default game font.

Definition

This is a fallback font to support characters not defined in Mojangles, such as CJK and Tamil characters. When the "Force Unicode Font" option in Font Settings is ON in Java Edition, it is the only font used by default.

It references unifont.zip.

The .json file with the pointer to the location of minecraft/font/unifont.zip in .minecraft/assets/objects is located at .minecraft/assets/indexes/5.json, or a higher numbered .json file, like /25.json.

Also located in the same file is the pointer the location of minecraft/font/unifont_jp.zip.

Supported characters

unifont.zip

This contains the "unihex" characters. Inside of it are 2 files: a copy of the GNU General Public License version 2, and unifont_all_no_pua-16.0.03.hex. The latter file is a copy of GNU Unifont 16.0.03 and contains glyph definitions for 114,398 characters.

History

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Java Edition
1.111w49aAdded GNU Unifont version 5.1.20080820 to fully support multi-languages.
1.1116w41aThe font may have been updated.[1]
1.2023w17aUpdated GNU Unifont to 15.0.01.
This font now uses the "unihex" provider type, and no longer uses the now-removed "legacy Unicode" provider type.
Pre-release 5Updated GNU Unifont to 15.0.03.
releaseUpdated GNU Unifont to 15.0.06.
1.20.323w45aUpdated GNU Unifont to 15.1.04.
1.20.524w06aAdded a variant of this font to properly support kanji in Japanese.[2]
1.2124w20aUpdated GNU Unifont to 15.1.05.
1.21.4Pre-Release 1Updated GNU Unifont to 16.0.01.
1.21.625w18aUpdated GNU Unifont to 16.0.03.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.7.2Added GNU Unifont to fully support multi-languages.

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