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 name | Language code(s) | Script code | Style(s) | Font(s) | Font rights holder | Font license | Web fonts available |
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001 | Latin | (many) | Latn | roman, italic, bold, bold italic | Brill roman, Brill italic, Brill bold, Brill bold italic (v. 4.0 b073) | Koninklijke Brill NV | (Brill owns typeface) | .woff, .woff2 |
002 | Greek | el | Grek | regular, italic, bold, bold italic | Brill roman, Brill italic, Brill bold, Brill bold italic (v. 4.0 b073) | Koninklijke Brill NV | (Brill owns typeface) | .woff, .woff2 |
003 | Cyrillic | (many) | Cyrl | regular, italic, bold, bold italic | Brill roman, Brill italic, Brill bold, Brill bold italic (v. 4.0 b073) | Koninklijke Brill NV | (Brill owns typeface) | .woff, .woff2 |
004 | Old Slavic | cu | Cyrs | regular, italic, bold | BukyVede-Regular.ttf, BukyVede-Italic.ttf, BukyVede-Bold.ttf 3.0 (2021) | William R. Veder and Sebastian Kempgen | Brill has permission to serve web fonts | .woff, .woff2 |
005 | Hebrew | he | Hebr | regular | SBL Hebrew 1.56a | SBL | (Brill is member of the SBL Font Foundation) | .woff, .woff2 |
006 | Paleo-Hebrew | hbo | Phnx | regular | Hebrew-Paleo-Qumran.ttf 0.60 (0.06-1, 2010) | the heirs of Yoram Gnat | GNU GPL2 | .woff, .woff2 |
007 | Aramaic (biblical) | he | Hebr | regular | SBL Hebrew 1.56a | SBL | (Brill is member of the SBL Font Foundation) | .woff, .woff2 |
008 | Aramaic (imperial) | arc | Armi | regular | Aramaic-Imperial-Yeb.ttf 0.60 (0.06-1, 2010) | the heirs of Yoram Gnat | GNU GPL2 | .woff, .woff2 |
009 | Syriac Estrangelo | syr | Syre | regular | Estrangelo Talada 1.20 | Beth Mardutho/The Syriac Institute | Brill has permission to serve web fonts | .woff, .woff2 |
010 | Syriac Serto | syr | Syrj | regular, bold | Serto Batnan 1.20 | Beth Mardutho/The Syriac Institute | Brill has permission to serve web fonts | .woff, .woff2 |
011 | Arabic | ar | Arab | regular, bold | Scheherazade 2.100 (932/914, 2015) | SIL International | OFL 1.1 | .woff, .woff2 |
012 | Armenian | hy | Armn | regular (400), bold (700) | Noto Serif Armenian 2.5h | Google LLC | OFL 1.1 | .woff, .woff2 |
013 | Coptic | cop | Copt | regular, italic | Antinoou 1.06 (2012) | Michael Everson | Brill has permission to serve web fonts | .woff, .woff2 |
014 | Gəʿəz (Ethiopian) | gez | Ethi | regular | Abyssinica SIL 2.1 (2021) | SIL International | OFL 1.1 | .woff, .woff2 |
015 | Georgian (Mkhedruli, Mtavruli, Khutsuri) | ka | Geor | regular, bold | Noto Serif Georgian 2.1h | Google LLC | OFL 1.1 | .woff, .woff2 |
016 | Gothic | got | Goth | regular | Noto Sans Gothic 2.0 (2017) | Google LLC | OFL 1.1 | .woff, .woff2 |
017 | Samaritan | smp | Samr | regular | Hebrew-Samaritan.ttf 0.60 (0.06-1, 2010) | the heirs of Yoram Gnat | GNU GPL2 | .woff, .woff2 |
018 | Syriac, East | syr | Syrn | regular | East Syriac Adiabene 1.21 | Beth Mardutho/The Syriac Institute | Brill has permission to serve web fonts | .woff, .woff2 |
019 | Glagolitic | (no language tag as yet) | Glag | regular, italic, bold | BukyVede-Regular.ttf, BukyVede-Italic.ttf, BukyVede-Bold.ttf 3.0 (2021) | William R. Veder and Sebastian Kempgen | Brill has permission to serve web fonts | .woff, .woff2 |
020 | Old Turkic | otk | Orkh | regular | Noto Sans Old Turkic 2.0 | Google LLC | OFL 1.1 | .woff, .woff2 |
021 | Devanagari | sa (Sanskrit; but be aware that many languages use the Devanagari script) | Deva | regular | NOT YET IMPLEMENTED Uttara v. 1.2 | Mihail Bayaryn | GNU GPL | .woff |
022 | Tibetan | bo | Tibt | regular | NOT YET IMPLEMENTED Tibetan Machine Unicode 1.901 (2007) | Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library (THDL) | GNU GPL3 | .woff, .woff2 |
023 | Chinese (simplified) | (many) | Hans | regular | NOT YET IMPLEMENTED Babelstone Han v. 14.002 | Andrew West | Arphic Public License | — |
024 | Chinese (traditional) | (many) | Hant | regular | NOT YET IMPLEMENTED Babelstone Han v. 14.002 | Andrew West | Arphic Public License | — |
025 | Japanese | ja | Jpan | regular | NOT YET IMPLEMENTED Hanazono Mincho: HanaMinA, HanaMinB | GlyphWiki | OFL 1.1 | — |
026 | Lisu | lis | Lisu | regular, bold | Noto Sans Lisu 2.101h (2021) | Google LLC | OFL 1.1 | .woff, .woff2 |
027 | Cypriot syllabary | grc | Cprt | regular | Aegean version 8.91 (2016) | George Douros | Aegean font [version 8.91] documentation: ‘(…) free for any use’ | .woff, .woff2 |
028 | Georgian (Asomtavruli) | ka | Geok | regular | Noto Sans Georgian 2.1 | Google LLC | OFL 1.1 | .woff, .woff2 |
029 | Logic and mathematics | und | Zmth | regular | STIX2Math 2.13 b171 (or later) | STI Pub Companies | OFL 1.1 | .woff, .woff2 |
030 | Tangut | txg | Tang | regular, inverse | Tangut 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 |
031 | Mandaic | mid | Mand | regular | Noto Sans Mandaic 2.1 | Google LLC | OFL 1.1 | .woff, .woff2 |
032 | Sindhi | sd | Arab | regular | KalyanSindhiJOSS 1.0 | SIL International | OFL 1.1 | .woff, .woff2 |
033 | Egyptian hieroglyphs | egy | Egyp | bold | Aegyptus Bold version 6.17 (2017) | George Douros | Aegyptus font [version 6.17] documentation: '(...) free for any use' | .woff, .woff2 |
034 | Manichaean | xmn (Manichaean Middle Persian, but be aware that several languages can be written in this script) | Mani | regular | Noto Sans Manichaean version 2.0h | Google LLC | OFL 1.1 | .woff, .woff2 |
035 | Avestan | ae | Avst | regular | Noto Sans Avestan 2.1h | Google LLC | OFL 1.1 | .woff, .woff2 |
036 | Epichoric Greek (archaic local Greek scripts) | grc | Grek-epi | regular | Brill Epichoric | Koninklijke Brill NV | (Brill owns typeface) | .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) |
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001, 002, 003 | Brill roman, Brill italic, Brill bold, Brill bold italic | (100%) |
004, 019 | BukyVede | 98% |
005, 007 | SBL Hebrew 1.56a | 94% |
006 | Hebrew-Paleo-Qumran.ttf | 80% |
008 | Aramaic-Imperial-Yeb.ttf | 100% |
009 | Estrangelo Talada | 118% |
010 | Serto Batnan | 125% |
011 | Scheherazade | 150% |
012 | Noto Serif Armenian | 86% |
013 | Antinoou | 90% |
014 | Abyssinica SIL | 83% |
015 | Noto Serif Georgian | 84% |
016 | Noto Sans Gothic | 85% |
017 | Hebrew-Samaritan.ttf | 100% |
018 | East Syriac Adiabene | 118% |
020 | Noto Sans Old Turkic | 85% |
021 | Uttara | NOT YET IMPLEMENTED |
022 | Tibetan Machine Unicode | NOT YET IMPLEMENTED |
023, 024 | Babelstone Han | NOT YET IMPLEMENTED |
025 | Hanazono Mincho | NOT YET IMPLEMENTED |
026 | Noto Sans Lisu | 88% |
027 | Aegean | 100% |
028 | Noto Sans Georgian | 84% |
029 | STIX2Math | 88% |
030 | Tangut Yinchuan | 90% |
031 | Noto Sans Mandaic | 103% |
032 | KalyanSindhiJOSS | 140% |
033 | Aegyptus Bold | 120% |
034 | Noto Sans Manichaean | 100% |
035 | Noto Sans Avestan | 95% |
036 | Epichoric Greek | 100% |
Service providers/platforms using Brill web fonts
Provider | Contact person | Contact information |
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Stipp | Frank Groot Koerkamp | fgrootkoerkamp@stipp.nl |
Impressie | Bob van Buul | info@impressie.nl |
Highwire | Daan Vernooij | support@brill.com |
Sheridan | Leonieke Aalders and Daan Vernooij | support@brill.com |
Scholarly Editions | Ernest Suyver | Ernest.Suyver@brill.com |