The big font list in Windows

by Michael S. Kaplan, published on 2006/04/04 03:11 -04:00, original URI: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2006/04/04/567881.aspx

I was talking with Simon Daniels the other day and I asked whether there was some information about the fonts that can be used for each of the various languages and scripts supported by Windows.

He told me there was not, except for a spreadsheet he had (which he sent to me) which had a nice full table in it.

I asked whether there was anything that customers could look at.

His reply, I don't know to quite what to do with. He said they can look at my blog post that contains a copy of that table. :-)

I guess I walked into that one....

Anyway, here it is.... enjoy!

Some people will notice that there are:

some fonts that are new to Windows starting with Vista;
a few fonts that have been removed in Vista;
a few fonts that existed in previous localized version of Windows only -- something that reportedly will not be happening anymore starting with Vista....

Font Name(s) Primary Script Group Primary Scripts Other scripts

Andalus Arabic Arabic
Arabic Transparent Arabic Arabic Latin

Arabic Typesetting Arabic Arabic Latin

Majalla UI Arabic Arabic Latin

Microsoft Uighur Arabic Arabic Latin

Simplified Arabic Arabic Arabic Latin

Simplified Arabic Fixed Arabic Arabic Latin

Traditional Arabic Arabic Arabic Latin

FangSong_GB2312 CJK CHS Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hiragana, Katakana

KaiTi CJK CHS ?

Microsoft YaHei CJK CHS Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hiragana, Katakana

MS Hei CJK CHS ?

MS Song CJK CHS ?

SimHei CJK CHS Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hiragana, Katakana

Simsun, NSimsun CJK CHS Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hiragana, Katakana

Simsun-ExtB CJK CHS Latin

DFKai-SB CJK CHT Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

Microsoft JhengHei CJK CHT Latin, Greek, Hiragana, Katakana

MingLiU, PMingLiU, MinLiU_HKSCS CJK CHT Latin, Greek, Hiragana, Katakana

MingLiU-ExtB, PMingLiU-ExtB, MingLiU_HKSCS-ExtB CJK CHT Latin

Meiryo CJK JPN Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

MS Gothic, MS PGothic, MS UI Gothic CJK JPN Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

MS Mincho, MS PMincho CJK JPN Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

Batang, BatangChe, Gungsuh, GungsuhChe CJK KOR Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hiragana, Katakana

Gulim, GulimChe, Dotum, DotumChe CJK KOR Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hiragana, Katakana

Malgun Gothic CJK KOR Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hiragana, Katakana

Aharoni Bold Hebrew Hebrew Latin

David Hebrew Hebrew Latin

David Transparent Hebrew Hebrew Latin

Fixed Miriam Transparent Hebrew Hebrew Latin

FrankRuehl Hebrew Hebrew Latin

Gisha Hebrew Hebrew Latin

Gisha Bold Hebrew Hebrew Latin

Levenim MT Hebrew Hebrew Latin

Miriam Hebrew Hebrew Latin

Miriam Fixed Hebrew Hebrew Latin

Miriam Transparent Hebrew Hebrew Latin

Narkisim Hebrew Hebrew Latin

Rod Hebrew Hebrew Latin

Rod Transparent Hebrew Hebrew Latin

Vrinda Indic Bengali Latin

Mangal Indic Devenagari Latin

Shruti Indic Gujarati Latin

Raavi Indic Gurmukhi Latin

Tunga Indic Kannada Latin

Kartika Indic Malayalam Latin

Kalinga Indic Oriya Latin

Iskoola Pota Indic Sinahalee Latin

Latha Indic Tamil Latin

Gautami Indic Telugu Latin

Arial Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic Hebrew, Arabic

Arial Black Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

Calibri Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

Cambria Cambria Math Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic Math

Candara Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

Comic Sans MS Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

Consolas Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

Constantia Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

Corbel Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

Courier New Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic Hebrew, Arabic

Franklin Gothic Medium Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

Georgia Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

Impact Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

Lucida Console Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

Lucida Sans Unicode Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic Hebrew, Math, Symbols

Microsoft Sans Serif Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic Hebrew, Arabic, Thai

Palatino Linotype Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

Segoe Print Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

Segoe Script Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

Segoe UI Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

Tahoma Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic Hebrew, Arabic, Thai

Times New Roman Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic Hebrew, Arabic

Trebuchet MS Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

Verdana Latin/Greek/Cyrillic Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

Sylfaen Other Armenian, Georgian Latin, Greek, Cyrillic

Plantagenet Cherokee Other Cherokee Latin

Nyala Other Ethiopic Latin

DaunPenh Other Khmer Latin

MoolBoran Other Khmer Latin

DokChampa Other Lao Latin, Thai

Mongolian Baiti Other Mongolian Latin

Estrangelo Edessa Other Syriac

MV Boli Other Thaana

Microsoft Himalaya Other Tibetan Latin

Euphemia Other Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Latin

Microsoft Yi Baiti Other Yi Syllables Latin

Marlett Symbols Symbols

Symbol Symbols Symbols

Webdings Symbols Symbols

Wingdings Symbols Symbols

Angsana New Thai Thai Latin

AngsanaUPC Thai Thai Latin

Browallia New Thai Thai Latin

BrowalliaUPC Thai Thai Latin

Cordia New Thai Thai Latin

CordiaUPC Thai Thai Latin

DilleniaUPC Thai Thai Latin

EucrosiaUPC Thai Thai Latin

FreesiaUPC Thai Thai Latin

IrisUPC Thai Thai Latin

JasmineUPC Thai Thai Latin

KodchiangUPC Thai Thai Latin

Leelawadee Thai Thai Latin

LilyUPC Thai Thai Latin

# Jees Anand on 12 Apr 2006 7:02 AM:

Hi Michael, Can you please help me to find the fonts that support fallback. I need this to identify the fonts that support most language scripts. Thanks.

# Jees Anand on 12 Apr 2006 7:07 AM:

Font "Arial Unicode MS" is missing in the list...

# Michael S. Kaplan on 12 Apr 2006 10:41 AM:

Hi Jees --

Arial Unicode MS is not a Windows font -- it ships with Microsoft Office, only.

Fonts don't generally support fallback, though -- it is Uniscribe that has the fallback logic in it.

# Michael S. Kaplan on 15 Apr 2006 1:35 AM:

I just had to delete a very off topic post a moment ago, and I think regular readers know I am pretty liberal in my tolerance for such things....

Tae on 6 Oct 2009 6:52 AM:

The fonts bundled with Publisher 2007 are missing

Michael S. Kaplan on 12 Oct 2009 1:39 PM:

They are not "missing" -- they would not be expected to be listed in the WINDOWS font list; they would be in an analagous OFFICE font list....

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referenced by

2010/10/14 Where'd that font go? Was it ever in there?

2007/11/06 Like a mattress tag, the rule is DO NOT REMOVE

2007/03/26 Hello, Mr. TrueType Font. Do you support Bengali?

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Font Name(s)	Primary Script Group	Primary Scripts	Other scripts
Andalus	Arabic	Arabic
Arabic Transparent	Arabic	Arabic	Latin
Arabic Typesetting	Arabic	Arabic	Latin
Majalla UI	Arabic	Arabic	Latin
Microsoft Uighur	Arabic	Arabic	Latin
Simplified Arabic	Arabic	Arabic	Latin
Simplified Arabic Fixed	Arabic	Arabic	Latin
Traditional Arabic	Arabic	Arabic	Latin
FangSong_GB2312	CJK	CHS	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hiragana, Katakana
KaiTi	CJK	CHS	?
Microsoft YaHei	CJK	CHS	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hiragana, Katakana
MS Hei	CJK	CHS	?
MS Song	CJK	CHS	?
SimHei	CJK	CHS	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hiragana, Katakana
Simsun, NSimsun	CJK	CHS	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hiragana, Katakana
Simsun-ExtB	CJK	CHS	Latin
DFKai-SB	CJK	CHT	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
Microsoft JhengHei	CJK	CHT	Latin, Greek, Hiragana, Katakana
MingLiU, PMingLiU, MinLiU_HKSCS	CJK	CHT	Latin, Greek, Hiragana, Katakana
MingLiU-ExtB, PMingLiU-ExtB, MingLiU_HKSCS-ExtB	CJK	CHT	Latin
Meiryo	CJK	JPN	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
MS Gothic, MS PGothic, MS UI Gothic	CJK	JPN	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
MS Mincho, MS PMincho	CJK	JPN	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
Batang, BatangChe, Gungsuh, GungsuhChe	CJK	KOR	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hiragana, Katakana
Gulim, GulimChe, Dotum, DotumChe	CJK	KOR	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hiragana, Katakana
Malgun Gothic	CJK	KOR	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hiragana, Katakana
Aharoni Bold	Hebrew	Hebrew	Latin
David	Hebrew	Hebrew	Latin
David Transparent	Hebrew	Hebrew	Latin
Fixed Miriam Transparent	Hebrew	Hebrew	Latin
FrankRuehl	Hebrew	Hebrew	Latin
Gisha	Hebrew	Hebrew	Latin
Gisha Bold	Hebrew	Hebrew	Latin
Levenim MT	Hebrew	Hebrew	Latin
Miriam	Hebrew	Hebrew	Latin
Miriam Fixed	Hebrew	Hebrew	Latin
Miriam Transparent	Hebrew	Hebrew	Latin
Narkisim	Hebrew	Hebrew	Latin
Rod	Hebrew	Hebrew	Latin
Rod Transparent	Hebrew	Hebrew	Latin
Vrinda	Indic	Bengali	Latin
Mangal	Indic	Devenagari	Latin
Shruti	Indic	Gujarati	Latin
Raavi	Indic	Gurmukhi	Latin
Tunga	Indic	Kannada	Latin
Kartika	Indic	Malayalam	Latin
Kalinga	Indic	Oriya	Latin
Iskoola Pota	Indic	Sinahalee	Latin
Latha	Indic	Tamil	Latin
Gautami	Indic	Telugu	Latin
Arial	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic	Hebrew, Arabic
Arial Black	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
Calibri	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
Cambria Cambria Math	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic	Math
Candara	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
Comic Sans MS	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
Consolas	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
Constantia	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
Corbel	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
Courier New	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic	Hebrew, Arabic
Franklin Gothic Medium	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
Georgia	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
Impact	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
Lucida Console	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
Lucida Sans Unicode	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic	Hebrew, Math, Symbols
Microsoft Sans Serif	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic	Hebrew, Arabic, Thai
Palatino Linotype	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
Segoe Print	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
Segoe Script	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
Segoe UI	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
Tahoma	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic	Hebrew, Arabic, Thai
Times New Roman	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic	Hebrew, Arabic
Trebuchet MS	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
Verdana	Latin/Greek/Cyrillic	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
Sylfaen	Other	Armenian, Georgian	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
Plantagenet Cherokee	Other	Cherokee	Latin
Nyala	Other	Ethiopic	Latin
DaunPenh	Other	Khmer	Latin
MoolBoran	Other	Khmer	Latin
DokChampa	Other	Lao	Latin, Thai
Mongolian Baiti	Other	Mongolian	Latin
Estrangelo Edessa	Other	Syriac
MV Boli	Other	Thaana
Microsoft Himalaya	Other	Tibetan	Latin
Euphemia	Other	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics	Latin
Microsoft Yi Baiti	Other	Yi Syllables	Latin
Marlett	Symbols	Symbols
Symbol	Symbols	Symbols
Webdings	Symbols	Symbols
Wingdings	Symbols	Symbols
Angsana New	Thai	Thai	Latin
AngsanaUPC	Thai	Thai	Latin
Browallia New	Thai	Thai	Latin
BrowalliaUPC	Thai	Thai	Latin
Cordia New	Thai	Thai	Latin
CordiaUPC	Thai	Thai	Latin
DilleniaUPC	Thai	Thai	Latin
EucrosiaUPC	Thai	Thai	Latin
FreesiaUPC	Thai	Thai	Latin
IrisUPC	Thai	Thai	Latin
JasmineUPC	Thai	Thai	Latin
KodchiangUPC	Thai	Thai	Latin
Leelawadee	Thai	Thai	Latin
LilyUPC	Thai	Thai	Latin