UnifrakturMaguntia a Unicode Fraktur Font
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Download and Inſtallation
The lateſt releaſe of UnifrakturMaguntia is UnifrakturMaguntia.2017-03-19.zip. For other releaſes, browſe http://sourceforge.net/projects/unifraktur/files/fonts/.
For inſtallation, doubleclick the TTF file that is included in the ZIP archive, and your OS ſhould aſk you whether you want to inſtall the font.
@font-face embedding
Since this font is available at Adobe Edge Web Fonts, you can eaſily embed it on your internet ſite.
The ſafeſt way to embed the font is by placing the following line of code at the beginning of the <head> tag of your HTML code:
<script src="//use.edgefonts.net/unifrakturmaguntia:n4:all.js"></script>
After that, you may uſe the font name UnifrakturMaguntia in ſubſequent CSS definitions, for inſtance like this:
p {
font-family: UnifrakturMaguntia;
}
Or like that:
<p style="font-family: UnifrakturMaguntia">Your text</p>
About the Font
UnifrakturMaguntia is baſed on Peter Wiegel’s font Berthold Mainzer Fraktur. The main differences from Peter Wiegel’s font are the following:
- UnifrakturMaguntia uſes OpenType for diſplaying the font’s ligatures.
- UnifrakturMaguntia is ſuitable for @font-face embedding on the internet. It has a permiſſive licenſe, the OFL, that explicitly allows font embedding.
- G. Ansmann has carefully redrawn all glyphs and ſignificantly expanded the font.
For an extenſive documentation created by G. Ansmann, ſee UnifrakturMaguntia, Manual (with General Rules for Typeſetting Fraktur), or UnifrakturMaguntia, Manual (with General Rules for Typesetting Fraktur).
This font has been edited with FontForge, the free outline font editor.
Compariſon of different verſions
| Verſion | Sample phraſe |
|---|---|
| 2016-02-21 | ſitzt falſche Zeitzone – ſitzt falſche Zeitzone |
| 2016-02-18 | ſitzt falſche Zeitzone – ſitzt falſche Zeitzone |
| 2014-07-06 | ſitzt falſche Zeitzone – ſitzt falſche Zeitzone |
| 2013-08-21 | ſitzt falſche Zeitzone – ſitzt falſche Zeitzone |
| 2012-10-19 | ſitzt falſche Zeitzone – ſitzt falſche Zeitzone |
| 2012-10-19† | ſitzt falſche Zeitzone – ſitzt falſche Zeitzone |
| 2012-10-17 | ſitzt falſche Zeitzone – ſitzt falſche Zeitzone |
| 2012-10-17† | ſitzt falſche Zeitzone – ſitzt falſche Zeitzone |
| 2012-07-26† | ſitzt falſche Zeitzone – ſitzt falſche Zeitzone |
| 2012-07-21† | ſitzt falſche Zeitzone – ſitzt falſche Zeitzone |
| 2012-02-11 | ſitzt falſche Zeitzone – ſitzt falſche Zeitzone |
| 2010-11-24* | ſitzt falſche Zeitzone – ſitzt falſche Zeitzone |
| 2010-11-24 | ſitzt falſche Zeitzone – ſitzt falſche Zeitzone |
| 2010-08-17 | ſitzt falſche Zeitzone – ſitzt falſche Zeitzone |
| 2010-07-21 | ſitzt falſche Zeitzone – ſitzt falſche Zeitzone |
| 2010-06-19 | ſitzt falſche Zeitzone – ſitzt falſche Zeitzone |
* Google Font API distribution.
† Built with ttfautohint.
Here is what the ſample phraſe ſhould look like. It is a ſcreenſhot from Firefox 15.0.1 on Mac OS X 10.5.8:
The ſample phraſe uſes the following code:
ſit‍zt falſche Zeit‌zone
This allows the teſting of ſeveral features:
- Are required ligatures (ſuch as ‹tz›) displayed? They ſhould always be displayed, irreſpective of the letterſpacing.
- Are normal ligatures (ſuch as ‹ſi›) displayed correctly? They ſhould only be displayed when the letterſpacing is normal.
- Does the
‍trigger a ligature? - Does the
‌inhibit a ligature? - Remain
‍and‌non-ſpacing when letterſpacing is increaſed?
Features
This is an overview of the OpenType Layout features that are implemented in UnifrakturMaguntia 2016-02-18. Some features are aſſigned both as character variants and as ſtyliſtic ſets. The reason is that ſtyliſtic ſets are more acceſſible through current ſoftware, while ſemantically, character variants are more ſenſible in theſe caſes. The automatic converſion of s into ſ, for inſtance, is aſſigned both to cv11 and to ss11. The exact configuration of the features may be ſubject to changes in future verſions of the font.
| Feature | Code | Sample | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSS | XeLaTeX | ||
| Modern forms | "ss01" |
StylisticSet=1 |
ASVYkſxy → ASVYkſxy |
| Historic u and v | "ss02" |
StylisticSet=2 |
Und bevor → Und bevor |
| Historic i and j | "ss03" |
StylisticSet=3 |
Ist bejaht → Ist bejaht |
| Modern k | "cv01" |
CharacterVariant=1 |
kann → kann |
| Modern x | "cv02" |
CharacterVariant=2 |
Axt → Axt |
| Modern x (var) | "cv02" 2 |
CharacterVariant=2:1 |
Axt → Axt |
| Modern y | "cv03" |
CharacterVariant=3 |
Mythen → Mythen |
| Modern A | "cv04" |
CharacterVariant=4 |
Art → Art |
| Modern A (var) | "cv04" 2 |
CharacterVariant=4:1 |
Art → Art |
| Modern G | "cv05" |
CharacterVariant=5 |
Glanz → Glanz |
| Modern K | "cv06" |
CharacterVariant=6 |
Kohl → Kohl |
| Modern N | "cv07" |
CharacterVariant=7 |
Nacht → Nacht |
| Modern S | "cv08" |
CharacterVariant=8 |
Sinn → Sinn |
| Modern V | "cv09" |
CharacterVariant=9 |
Vogel → Vogel |
| Modern Y | "cv10" |
CharacterVariant=10 |
Yak → Yak |
| Long ſ | "cv11" |
CharacterVariant=11 |
schönstes → schönstes |
"ss11" |
StylisticSet=11 |
schönstes → schönstes | |
| Round r | "cv12" |
CharacterVariant=12 |
error → error |
"ss12" |
StylisticSet=12 |
error → error | |
| I → J | "cv13" |
CharacterVariant=13 |
Igel → Igel |
"ss13" |
StylisticSet=13 |
Igel → Igel | |
| ÄÖÜ → ÄÖÜ | "cv14" |
CharacterVariant=14 |
Ärger → Ärger |
"ss14" |
StylisticSet=14 |
Ärger → Ärger | |
| Diaeresis → small e | "cv15" |
CharacterVariant=15 |
ſchön Üben → ſchön Üben |
"ss15" |
StylisticSet=15 |
ſchön Üben → ſchön Üben | |
| šśŝṡs̈ → with tail | "cv16" |
CharacterVariant=16 |
šśŝṡs̈ → šśŝṡs̈ |
"ss16" |
StylisticSet=16 |
šśŝṡs̈ → šśŝṡs̈ | |
| šśŝ → with ſ | "cv17" |
CharacterVariant=17 |
šśŝ → šśŝ |
"ss17" |
StylisticSet=17 |
šśŝ → šśŝ | |
| Other ďť | "cv18" |
CharacterVariant=18 |
ďť → ďť |
"ss18" |
StylisticSet=18 |
ďť → ďť | |
| Wide – | "cv19" |
CharacterVariant=19 |
– → – |
"ss19" |
StylisticSet=19 |
– → – | |
| Swaſhleſs s (not final) | "cv20" |
CharacterVariant=20 |
schönstes → schönstes |
"ss20" |
StylisticSet=20 |
schönstes → schönstes | |
| Alternative ś | "cv21" |
CharacterVariant=21 |
ś → ś |
| Alternative ś (var) | "cv21" 2 |
CharacterVariant=21:1 |
ś → ś |
| Alternative ŝ | "cv22" |
CharacterVariant=22 |
ŝ → ŝ |
| Alternative ŝ (var) | "cv22" 2 |
CharacterVariant=22:1 |
ŝ → ŝ |
| Alternative š | "cv23" |
CharacterVariant=23 |
š → š |
| Alternative š (var 1) | "cv23" 2 |
CharacterVariant=23:1 |
š → š |
| Alternative š (var 2) | "cv23" 3 |
CharacterVariant=23:2 |
š → š |
| Alternative š (var 3) | "cv23" 4 |
CharacterVariant=23:3 |
š → š |
| Alternative š (var 4) | "cv23" 5 |
CharacterVariant=23:4 |
š → š |
| Alternative ṡ | "cv24" |
CharacterVariant=24 |
ṡ → ṡ |
| Alternative s̈ | "cv25" |
CharacterVariant=25 |
s̈ → s̈ |
| Alternative ď | "cv26" |
CharacterVariant=26 |
ď → ď |
| Alternative ť | "cv27" |
CharacterVariant=27 |
ť → ť |
| Stroke ligature (on ll and ſſ) | "cv28" |
CharacterVariant=28 |
łł ẜẜ → łł ẜẜ |
| ſ → s | "cv40" |
CharacterVariant=40 |
ſ → ſ |
"ss10" |
StylisticSet=10 |
ſ → ſ | |
"cv00" |
CharacterVariant=0 |
ſ → ſ | |
| Historic etc. | "hlig" |
Ligatures=Historic |
etc. → etc. |
| mm and nn abbreviation | "dlig" |
Ligatures=Rare |
mm nn → mm nn |
| Monospaced numbers | "tnum" |
Numbers=Monospaced |
12345 → 12345 |
| Uppercase numbers | "lnum" |
Numbers=Uppercase |
12345 → 12345 |
| Common ligatures** | "liga" |
Ligatures=Common |
hatte → hatte |
| Required ligatures** | "ccmp" |
(always on) | Schatz → Schatz |
| No common ligatures | "liga" off |
Ligatures=NoCommon |
hatte → hatte |
** Theſe features ſhould be activated by default. Their explicit activation ſhould (theoretically) not be required.
A CSS ſetting – for inſtance for the long ſ – may look as follows:
-moz-font-feature-settings: "cv01"; -webkit-font-feature-settings: "cv01"; -ms-font-feature-settings: "cv01"; font-feature-settings: "cv01";
Setting the features in XeLaTeX requires the package fontspec. One poſſibility of ſetting the features may be ſeen in the file UnifrakturMaguntia_2016-02-18_features.tex, which produces UnifrakturMaguntia_2016-02-18_features.pdf.
Feature compilations in ready-to-uſe variant fonts
An increaſing number of applications is able to diſplay advanced OpenType features. However, the interface for ſwitching on particular features can be very complicated, and ſome applications lack ſuch an interface altogether. Therefore, we offer the following ready-to-uſe variant fonts. In each of them, a compilation of features from the normal UnifrakturMaguntia font is ſwitched on by default and hard-wired, if poſſible. Thus, the actual diſplay relies less on the diſplaying ſoftware’s advanced OpenType abilities, and you do not have to ſwitch the features on by yourself.
The names of theſe ready-to-uſe variant fonts approximately correſpond to the century when the reſpective compilation of features was uſed. For inſtance, the font UnifrakturMaguntia18 attempts to emulate the typeſetting conventions of the 18th century.
| Verſions | Feature | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Modern forms (ss01) |
ASVYkſxy → ASVYkſxy |
| 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 | Long ſ (cv11) |
schönstes → schönstes |
Wide – (cv19) |
– → – | |
Uppercase numbers (lnum) |
12345 → 12345 | |
| 16, 17, 18, 19 | I → J (cv13) |
Igel → Igel |
ÄÖÜ → ÄÖÜ (cv14) |
Ärger → Ärger | |
Historic etc. (hlig) |
etc. → etc. | |
| 16, 17, 18 | Diaeresis → small e (cv15) |
ſchön Üben → ſchön Üben |
| 16, 17 | Historic u and v (ss02) |
Und bevor → Und bevor |
| 16 | Round r (cv12) |
error → error |