9 September 2025
Unifont 17.0.01 is now available. This is a major release to align
with Unicode 17.0.0.
Notable changes, from the NEWS file:
- Updates to synchronize Unifont with Unicode 17.0.0 release,
including the addition of new script ranges Sidetic, Sharada
Supplement, Tolong Siki, Beria Erfe, Miscellaneous Symbols Supplement,
and Tai Yo.
- All Arabic glyphs introduced in Unicode 17.0.0.
- Updates and additions to many ideographs in the first list of the
second round of simplified Chinese characters.
- Updates to many other glyphs; see ChangeLog for details.
- All C programs are now configured to compile cleanly with the GCC
flags "-std=c99", "-Wall", and "-pedantic". This should allow
compilation with all versions of GCC from GCC 4.2.1 (the last version
with a GPLv2 license) to the latest. GCC 4.2.1 compiles C99 sources,
but not by default and so requires the "-std=c99" flag to compile
hex2otf.c.
- The unifont.info Texinfo file is now installed in
$(PREFIX)/share/info compressed with "gzip -9" by default.
Download this release from GNU server mirrors at:
https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/unifont/unifont-17.0.01/
or if that fails,
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/unifont/unifont-17.0.01/
or, as a last resort,
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/unifont/unifont-17.0.01/
These files are also available on the unifoundry.com website:
https://unifoundry.com/pub/unifont/unifont-17.0.01/
Font files are in the subdirectory
https://unifoundry.com/pub/unifont/unifont-17.0.01/font-builds/
A more detailed description of font changes is available at
https://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html
and of utility program changes at
https://unifoundry.com/unifont/unifont-utilities.html
Information about Hangul modifications is at
https://unifoundry.com/hangul/index.html
and
http://unifoundry.com/hangul/hangul-generation.html
Enjoy!
Paul Hardy
GNU Unifont Maintainer
