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color:#FFFFFF; padding:10 0 0 0; margin:0 0 0 0">Computers & Writing Systems</p> </div> <div style="padding:0 0 0 0; background-color:#000000; color:#FFFFFF"> <table width='100%'> <tr> <td style="padding: 0 0 0 25px"><a class="GlobalNavLink" href="http://www.sil.org/">SIL HOME</a> | <a class="GlobalNavLink" href="https://software.sil.org/products/">SIL SOFTWARE</a> | <a class="GlobalNavLink" href="/support.html">SUPPORT</a> | <a class="GlobalNavLink" href="https://www.givedirect.org/donate/?cid=13536">DONATE</a> | <a class="GlobalNavLink" href="/privacy-policy.html">PRIVACY POLICY</a> </td> <td align='right' width='20%'> <script async src="https://cse.google.com/cse.js?cx=0760bf09a6bff4b0c"></script><style>.gsc-control-cse {padding: 0.6em; min-width: 10em; width: 18em; max-width: 20em} form.gsc-search-box {display: unset;}</style><div class="gcse-search"></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="padding:0 25 25 25"> <p class='CategoryPath'>You are here: <a class='CategoryPath' href='/cms/scripts/page.php%3Fid%3Dtypedesign%26site_id%3Dnrsi.html'>Type Design</a> > <a class='CategoryPath' href='/cms/scripts/page.php%3Fid%3Dtypedesignresources%26site_id%3Dnrsi.html'>Resources</a> > <a class='CategoryPath' href='/cms/scripts/page.php%3Fid%3Dfontdownloads%26site_id%3Dnrsi.html'>Font Downloads</a><br> Short URL: <a href='/unicodebmpfallbackfont.html'>https://scripts.sil.org/UnicodeBMPFallbackFont</a></p>   <h1>Unicode BMP Fallback Font </h1> <p> <span class='author_date_hits'>Bob Hallissy, 2012-03-26</span></p><p><img src='/cms/scripts/../sites/nrsi/media/UnicodeBMPFallback_sample.png' height='73' width='699'></p> <p>Intended for debugging, this font contains a glyph for every character in the Basic Multilingual plane (including Private Use Area) of Unicode, each glyph consisting of a box enclosing the four hex digits identifying the Unicode scalar value.</p> <div class='Note'><p class='Note_heading'>Updated!</p><p>Now contains glyphs for all Unicode 6.1 BMP characters, and released (with source) under OFL 1.1.</p> </div><p class='TOCTitle'>Contents</p> <div class='TOC'> <ol> <li class='TOC1'><a href='#7cd8fb6e'>Installation</a></li> <li class='TOC1'><a href='#95dc0391'>Known issues</a></li> <li class='TOC1'><a href='#011fedf4'>Current version</a></li> <li class='TOC1'><a href='#90f99f4e'>Previous versions:</a></li> <li class='TOC1'><a href='#db5eb841'>Support</a></li> </ol> </div> <div class='Note'><p class='Note_heading'>Subscribe to SIL Font News announce list</p><p>If you wish to receive announcements about updates to Unicode BMP Fallback, or any of our SIL fonts, please go to this page to subscribe: <a href='/cms/scripts/page.php%3Fid%3Dsilfontnews%26site_id%3Dnrsi.html'>SIL Font News subscription</a>.</p> </div><p></p> <a name='7cd8fb6e'></a> <h2>Installation</h2> <p>Download UnicodeBMPFallback-6.1.zip from the link below. Extract the UnicodeBMPFallback.ttf file from the archive. Drag the .ttf file into the your system's Fonts folder.</p> <a name='95dc0391'></a> <h2>Known issues</h2> <p>Due to the way Windows Vista qualifies fonts for Indic scripts, Vista will not display Indic scripts using this font. Other operating systems will.</p> <a name='011fedf4'></a> <h2>Current version</h2> <p>This edition of the Unicode BMP Fallback font is released under the SIL Open Font License.</p> <div class='Note'><p class='Note_heading'>License Terms</p><div class='mediacontainer'> <a href='/cms/scripts/page.php%3Fid%3Dofl%26site_id%3Dnrsi.html'><img src='/cms/scripts/../sites/nrsi/media/OFL_logo_rect_color.png' height='31' width='88'></a> </div> <p>Copyright (c) 1994-2012, SIL International (<a href='http://www.sil.org/' target='_blank'><img src='/cms/assets/icons/offsite_link.png'> http://www.sil.org/</a>)<br /> with Reserved Font Name "Unicode BMP Fallback" and "SIL".</p> <p>This Font Software is licensed under the <a href='/cms/scripts/page.php%3Fid%3Dofl%26site_id%3Dnrsi.html'>SIL Open Font License (OFL)</a>, Version 1.1.</p> </div><table border='0' cellpadding='8' cellspacing='0'><tr><td align='left' valign='top'><img src='/cms/assets/icons/type-zip.gif' border='0' width='32' height='32' style='margin:1px 5px 0 0'></td><td align='left' valign='top'><small><b>Unicode 6.1 BMP fallback font</b><br>Bob Hallissy, 2012-03-26<br><a href='/cms/sites/nrsi/download/unicodebmpfallback_61/UnicodeBMPFallback-6.1.zip'>Download "UnicodeBMPFallback-6.1.zip"</a>, ZIP archive, 530KB [7658 downloads] </small></td></tr></table><table border='0' cellpadding='8' cellspacing='0'><tr><td align='left' valign='top'><img src='/cms/assets/icons/type-zip.gif' border='0' width='32' height='32' style='margin:1px 5px 0 0'></td><td align='left' valign='top'><small><b>Unicode 6.1 BMP fallback font — source package</b><br>Bob Hallissy, 2012-03-26<br><a href='/cms/sites/nrsi/download/unicodebmpfallback_source_61/unicodebmpfallback-6.1.tar.bz2'>Download "unicodebmpfallback-6.1.tar.bz2"</a>, tar.bz2 compressed file, 18KB [3596 downloads] </small></td></tr></table><a name='90f99f4e'></a> <h2>Previous versions:</h2> <table border='0' cellpadding='8' cellspacing='0'><tr><td align='left' valign='top'><img src='/cms/assets/icons/type-zip.gif' border='0' width='32' height='32' style='margin:1px 5px 0 0'></td><td align='left' valign='top'><small><b>Unicode 5.1 BMP fallback font</b><br>Bob Hallissy, 2008-03-20<br><a href='/cms/sites/nrsi/download/unicodebmpfallback_51/UnicodeBMPFallback_51.zip'>Download "UnicodeBMPFallback_51.zip"</a>, ZIP archive, 449KB [6487 downloads] </small></td></tr></table><table border='0' cellpadding='8' cellspacing='0'><tr><td align='left' valign='top'><img src='/cms/assets/icons/type-zip.gif' border='0' width='32' height='32' style='margin:1px 5px 0 0'></td><td align='left' valign='top'><small><b>Unicode 5.1 BMP fallback font — source package</b><br>Bob Hallissy, 2008-03-20<br><a href='/cms/sites/nrsi/download/unicodebmpfallback_source_51/UnicodeBMPFallback_source_51.zip'>Download "UnicodeBMPFallback_source_51.zip"</a>, ZIP archive, 43KB [4301 downloads] </small></td></tr></table><table border='0' cellpadding='8' cellspacing='0'><tr><td align='left' valign='top'><img src='/cms/assets/icons/type-zip.gif' border='0' width='32' height='32' style='margin:1px 5px 0 0'></td><td align='left' valign='top'><small><b>Unicode 4.1 BMP fallback font</b><br>Bob Hallissy, 2005-05-20<br><a href='/cms/sites/nrsi/download/unicodebmpfallback_41/UnicodeBMPFallback41.zip'>Download "UnicodeBMPFallback41.zip"</a>, ZIP archive, 505KB [5955 downloads] </small></td></tr></table><table border='0' cellpadding='8' cellspacing='0'><tr><td align='left' valign='top'><img src='/cms/assets/icons/type-zip.gif' border='0' width='32' height='32' style='margin:1px 5px 0 0'></td><td align='left' valign='top'><small><b>Unicode 4.0.1 BMP fallback font</b><br>Bob Hallissy, 2004-05-14<br><a href='/cms/sites/nrsi/download/unicodebmpfallback_401/UnicodeBMPFallback401.zip'>Download "UnicodeBMPFallback401.zip"</a>, ZIP archive, 498KB [4988 downloads] </small></td></tr></table><a name='db5eb841'></a> <h2>Support</h2> <p>As this font is distributed at no cost, I am unable to provide a commercial level of personal technical support. I am interested in hearing from you, however, and will try to resolve problems that are reported to me. You can send feedback to me <a href='/cms/scripts/page.php%3Fid%3Dbh_feedback%26site_id%3Dnrsi.html'>here</a>.</p> <hr> <p><small>漏 2003-2024 <a href='http://www.sil.org/' target='_blank'>SIL International</a>, all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted elsewhere on this page.<br> Provided by SIL's Writing Systems Technology team (formerly known as NRSI). Read our <a href="/privacy-policy.html">Privacy Policy</a>. <a href='/support.html'>Contact us here.</a></small></p> </div> </td> </table> </body> </html>