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Introduction

This document enumerates all the scripts and typefaces that are used in Brill websites and whose fonts are pushed as web fonts in selected products (in .woff format; most .woff2 fonts have become available in 2021; .eot should be phased out). The first such product was THB: Textual History of the Bible. Provision is also made for the Dead Sea Scrolls texts (Paleo-Hebrew; Aramaic numbers).
Language codes are taken from the IANA Language Subtag Registry.
Script codes are taken from ISO 15924.

Please note that because Brill uses language-script tags exclusively for the practical purpose of triggering web fonts at the time of this writing (February of 2021), the language tags used are often artificial, as in the case of Aramaic text written in the ‘Hebrew’ square script: in order to simplify the tagging process, such text is tagged as ‘he-Hebr’, even though the language tag ‘he’ does not strictly apply to Aramaic, which was and is a language distinct from Hebrew. (Note also that there is no ‘general’ Aramaic language tag.) Therefore, no scholarly or scientific value is to be attached to Brill’s use of language tags. In fact, it is doubtful whether currently (2021) the ISO language tags could even be considered as usefully serving a broader scholarly or scientific purpose.

Scripts, Languages, and Fonts (with Font Licensing Information)

Script no.Script nameLanguage code(s)Script codeStyle(s)Font(s)Font rights holderFont licenseWeb fonts available
001Latin(many)Latnroman, italic, bold, bold italicBrill roman, Brill italic, Brill bold, Brill bold italic (v. 4.0 b073)Koninklijke Brill NV(Brill owns typeface).woff, .woff2
002GreekelGrekregular, italic, bold, bold italicBrill roman, Brill italic, Brill bold, Brill bold italic (v. 4.0 b073)Koninklijke Brill NV(Brill owns typeface).woff, .woff2
003Cyrillic(many)Cyrlregular, italic, bold, bold italicBrill roman, Brill italic, Brill bold, Brill bold italic (v. 4.0 b073)Koninklijke Brill NV(Brill owns typeface).woff, .woff2
004Old SlaviccuCyrsregular, italic, boldBukyVede-Regular.ttf, BukyVede-Italic.ttf, BukyVede-Bold.ttf 3.0 (2021)William R. Veder and Sebastian KempgenBrill has permission to serve web fonts.woff, .woff2
005HebrewheHebrregularSBL Hebrew 1.56aSBL(Brill is member of the SBL Font Foundation).woff, .woff2
006Paleo-HebrewhboPhnxregularHebrew-Paleo-Qumran.ttf 0.60 (0.06-1, 2010)the heirs of Yoram GnatGNU GPL2.woff, .woff2
007Aramaic (biblical)heHebrregularSBL Hebrew 1.56aSBL(Brill is member of the SBL Font Foundation).woff, .woff2
008Aramaic (imperial)arcArmiregularAramaic-Imperial-Yeb.ttf 0.60 (0.06-1, 2010)the heirs of Yoram GnatGNU GPL2.woff, .woff2
009Syriac EstrangelosyrSyreregularEstrangelo Talada 1.20Beth Mardutho/The Syriac InstituteBrill has permission to serve web fonts.woff, .woff2
010Syriac SertosyrSyrjregular, boldSerto Batnan 1.20Beth Mardutho/The Syriac InstituteBrill has permission to serve web fonts.woff, .woff2
011ArabicarArabregular, boldScheherazade 2.100 (932/914, 2015)SIL InternationalOFL 1.1.woff, .woff2
012ArmenianhyArmnregular (400), bold (700)Noto Serif Armenian 2.5hGoogle LLCOFL 1.1.woff, .woff2
013CopticcopCoptregular, italicAntinoou 1.06 (2012)Michael EversonBrill has permission to serve web fonts.woff, .woff2
014Gəʿəz (Ethiopian)gezEthiregularAbyssinica SIL 2.1 (2021)SIL InternationalOFL 1.1.woff, .woff2
015Georgian (Mkhedruli, Mtavruli, Khutsuri)kaGeorregular, boldNoto Serif Georgian 2.1hGoogle LLCOFL 1.1.woff, .woff2
016GothicgotGothregularNoto Sans Gothic 2.0 (2017)Google LLCOFL 1.1.woff, .woff2
017SamaritansmpSamrregularHebrew-Samaritan.ttf 0.60 (0.06-1, 2010)the heirs of Yoram GnatGNU GPL2.woff, .woff2
018Syriac, EastsyrSyrnregularEast Syriac Adiabene 1.21Beth Mardutho/The Syriac InstituteBrill has permission to serve web fonts.woff, .woff2
019Glagolitic(no language tag as yet)Glagregular, italic, boldBukyVede-Regular.ttf, BukyVede-Italic.ttf, BukyVede-Bold.ttf 3.0 (2021)William R. Veder and Sebastian KempgenBrill has permission to serve web fonts.woff, .woff2
020Old TurkicotkOrkhregularNoto Sans Old Turkic 2.0Google LLCOFL 1.1.woff, .woff2
021Devanagarisa (Sanskrit; but be aware that many languages use the Devanagari script)Devaregular

NOT YET IMPLEMENTED Uttara v. 1.2

Mihail BayarynGNU GPL.woff
022TibetanboTibtregular

BabelStone Tibetan v. 10.010

Andrew WestSIL OFL 1.1..woff, .woff2
023Chinese (simplified)(many)HansregularNOT YET IMPLEMENTED Babelstone Han v. 14.006Andrew WestArphic Public License
024Chinese (traditional)(many)HantregularNOT YET IMPLEMENTED Babelstone Han v. 14.006Andrew WestArphic Public License
025JapanesejaJpanregularNOT YET IMPLEMENTED Hanazono Mincho: HanaMinA, HanaMinBGlyphWikiOFL 1.1
026LisulisLisuregular, boldNoto Sans Lisu 2.101h (2021)Google LLCOFL 1.1.woff, .woff2
027Cypriot syllabarygrcCprtregularAegean version 9.81 (2018)George Douros

Aegean font [version 9.81] documentation: ‘(…) free for any use’

.woff, .woff2
028Georgian (Asomtavruli)kaGeokregularNoto Sans Georgian 2.1Google LLCOFL 1.1.woff, .woff2
029Logic and mathematicsundZmthregularSTIX2Math 2.13 b171 (or later)STI Pub CompaniesOFL 1.1.woff, .woff2
030TanguttxgTangregular, inverseTangut Yinchuan 14.001 (Tangut Yinchuan Inverse v. 14.0)Prof. Jing Yongshi 景永时 of the Beifang Ethnic University (北方民族大学) in Yinchuan‘(…) free download and use (…)’.woff, .woff2
031MandaicmidMandregularNoto Sans Mandaic 2.1Google LLCOFL 1.1.woff, .woff2
032SindhisdArabregularKalyanSindhiJOSS 1.0SIL InternationalOFL 1.1.woff, .woff2
033Egyptian hieroglyphsegyEgypboldAegyptus Bold version 6.17 (2017)George Douros

Aegyptus font [version 6.17] documentation: '(...) free for any use'

.woff, .woff2
034Manichaeanxmn (Manichaean Middle Persian, but be aware that several languages can be written in this script)ManiregularNoto Sans Manichaean version 2.0hGoogle LLCOFL 1.1.woff, .woff2
035AvestanaeAvstregularNoto Sans Avestan 2.1hGoogle LLCOFL 1.1.woff, .woff2
036Epichoric Greek (archaic local Greek scripts)grcGrek-epiregularBrill EpichoricKoninklijke Brill NV(Brill owns typeface).woff, .woff2
037Linear B (Mycenaean Greek)gmyLinbregularNoto Sans Linear BGoogle LLCOFL 1.1.woff, .woff2
038Uyghur in Arabic scriptugArabregular, boldNassim Arabic ProTitus NemethBrill has obtained a license from Rosetta Type Foundry to use Nassim Arabic Pro Regular and Bold in print and online..woff, .woff2
039PersianfaArabregular, boldNassim Arabic ProTitus NemethBrill has obtained a license from Rosetta Type Foundry to use Nassim Arabic Pro Regular and Bold in print and online..woff, .woff2
040Bengali / BanglabnBengregular, italicTiro BanglaGoogle LLCOFL 1.1.woff, .woff2

Location of Web Font Files

G:\Projects\Unicode\Unicode_implementation\Multilingual_computing_web\Webfonts\

Location of Permission Files for Web Fonts

G:\Projects\Unicode\Unicode_implementation\Multilingual_computing_web\Webfonts\Permissions_for_web_fonts\

Font Sizes on Web Pages in Relation to the Brill Typeface

Script no.Font(s)font-size: (compared to ‘Brill’ font size)
001, 002, 003Brill roman, Brill italic, Brill bold, Brill bold italic(100%)
004, 019BukyVede98%
005, 007SBL Hebrew 1.56a94%
006Hebrew-Paleo-Qumran.ttf80%
008Aramaic-Imperial-Yeb.ttf100%
009Estrangelo Talada118%
010Serto Batnan125%
011Scheherazade150%
012Noto Serif Armenian86%
013Antinoou90%
014Abyssinica SIL83%
015Noto Serif Georgian84%
016Noto Sans Gothic85%
017Hebrew-Samaritan.ttf100%
018East Syriac Adiabene118%
020Noto Sans Old Turkic85%
021UttaraNOT YET IMPLEMENTED
022BabelStone Tibetan110%
023, 024Babelstone HanNOT YET IMPLEMENTED
025Hanazono MinchoNOT YET IMPLEMENTED
026Noto Sans Lisu88%
027Aegean100%
028Noto Sans Georgian84%
029STIX2Math88%
030Tangut Yinchuan90%
031Noto Sans Mandaic103%
032KalyanSindhiJOSS140%
033Aegyptus Bold120%
034Noto Sans Manichaean100%
035Noto Sans Avestan95%
036Epichoric Greek100%
037Noto Sans Linear B84%
038, 039Nassim Arabic Pro105%
040Tiro Bangla90%