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BabelStone Tibetan

Description

BabelStone Tibetan is a Unicode Tibetan font. It is a modification and extension of the Jomolhari font. Jomolhari is a Bhutanese style calligraphic uchen Tibetan script font developed in Bhutan by Christopher J. Fynn, and licensed under the SIL Open Font License (OFL). I would like to express my immense gratitude to Chris for designing such a beautiful font, and releasing it under a free license that allows me to modify it and release it under the BabelStone brand.

BabelStone Tibetan is based on Jomolhari Version alpha 0.003c 2006, which is quite old, and so does not include sixteen characters added to the Tibetan block in Unicode versions 5.1 (2008), 5.2 (2009) and 6.0 (2010). BabelStone Tibetan adds support for these sixteen characters, and also extends the font to cover many additional stack clusters, including non-standard clusters that are used for writing Tibetan shorthand contractions and some unusual clusters that were used for transcribing Tangut. If there are any stack clusters you need that BabelStone Tibetan does not currently support, please let me know by email or on twitter, and I will endeavour to promptly add them to the font.



Sample

Start of the Mulamadhyamakakarika by Nagarjuna


The text of the above image rendered with BabelStone Tibetan:


༄༅། །དབུ་མ་རྩ་བའི་ཚིག་ལེའུར་བྱས་པ་ཤེས་རབ་ཅེས་བྱ་བ་བཞུགས་སོ། །

༄༅། །རྒྱ་གར་སྐད་དུ། །པྲ་ཛྙཱ་ནཱ་མ་མཱུ་ལ་མ་དྷྱཱ་མ་ཀ་ཀཱ་རི་ཀ །བོད་སྐད་དུ། །དབུ་མ་རྩ་བའི་ཚིག་ལེའུར་བྱས་པ་ཤེས་རབ་ཅེས་བྱ་བ། །འཇམ་དཔལ་གཞོན་ནུར་གྱུར་པ་

ལ་ཕྱག་འཚལ་ལོ། །གང་གིས་རྟེན་ཅིང་འབྲེལ་པར་འབྱུང༌། །འགག་པ་མེད་པ་སྐྱེ་མེད་པ། །ཆད་པ་མེད་པ་རྟག་མེད་པ། །འོང་བ་མེད་པ་འགྲོ་མེད་པ། །ཐ་དད་དོན་མིན་དོན་གཅིག་མིན། །

སྤྲོས་པ་ཉེར་ཞི་ཞི་བསྟན་པ། །རྫོགས་པའི་སངས་རྒྱས་སྨྲ་རྣམས་ཀྱི། །དམ་པ་དེ་ལ་ཕྱག་འཚལ་ལོ། །བདག་ལས་མ་ཡིན་གཞན་ལས་མིན། །གཉིས་ལས་མ་ཡིན་རྒྱུ་མེད་མིན། །དངོས་པོ་གང་



Characters


Code Point Character Character Name
U+0F00
TIBETAN SYLLABLE OM
U+0F01
TIBETAN MARK GTER YIG MGO TRUNCATED A
U+0F02
TIBETAN MARK GTER YIG MGO -UM RNAM BCAD MA
U+0F03
TIBETAN MARK GTER YIG MGO -UM GTER TSHEG MA
U+0F04
TIBETAN MARK INITIAL YIG MGO MDUN MA
U+0F05
TIBETAN MARK CLOSING YIG MGO SGAB MA
U+0F06
TIBETAN MARK CARET YIG MGO PHUR SHAD MA
U+0F07
TIBETAN MARK YIG MGO TSHEG SHAD MA
U+0F08
TIBETAN MARK SBRUL SHAD
U+0F09
TIBETAN MARK BSKUR YIG MGO
U+0F0A
TIBETAN MARK BKA- SHOG YIG MGO
U+0F0B
TIBETAN MARK INTERSYLLABIC TSHEG
U+0F0C
TIBETAN MARK DELIMITER TSHEG BSTAR
U+0F0D
TIBETAN MARK SHAD
U+0F0E
TIBETAN MARK NYIS SHAD
U+0F0F
TIBETAN MARK TSHEG SHAD
U+0F10
TIBETAN MARK NYIS TSHEG SHAD
U+0F11
TIBETAN MARK RIN CHEN SPUNGS SHAD
U+0F12
TIBETAN MARK RGYA GRAM SHAD
U+0F13
TIBETAN MARK CARET -DZUD RTAGS ME LONG CAN
U+0F14
TIBETAN MARK GTER TSHEG
U+0F15
TIBETAN LOGOTYPE SIGN CHAD RTAGS
U+0F16
TIBETAN LOGOTYPE SIGN LHAG RTAGS
U+0F17
TIBETAN ASTROLOGICAL SIGN SGRA GCAN -CHAR RTAGS
U+0F18
TIBETAN ASTROLOGICAL SIGN -KHYUD PA
U+0F19
TIBETAN ASTROLOGICAL SIGN SDONG TSHUGS
U+0F1A
TIBETAN SIGN RDEL DKAR GCIG
U+0F1B
TIBETAN SIGN RDEL DKAR GNYIS
U+0F1C
TIBETAN SIGN RDEL DKAR GSUM
U+0F1D
TIBETAN SIGN RDEL NAG GCIG
U+0F1E
TIBETAN SIGN RDEL NAG GNYIS
U+0F1F
TIBETAN SIGN RDEL DKAR RDEL NAG
U+0F20
TIBETAN DIGIT ZERO
U+0F21
TIBETAN DIGIT ONE
U+0F22
TIBETAN DIGIT TWO
U+0F23
TIBETAN DIGIT THREE
U+0F24
TIBETAN DIGIT FOUR
U+0F25
TIBETAN DIGIT FIVE
U+0F26
TIBETAN DIGIT SIX
U+0F27
TIBETAN DIGIT SEVEN
U+0F28
TIBETAN DIGIT EIGHT
U+0F29
TIBETAN DIGIT NINE
U+0F2A
TIBETAN DIGIT HALF ONE
U+0F2B
TIBETAN DIGIT HALF TWO
U+0F2C
TIBETAN DIGIT HALF THREE
U+0F2D
TIBETAN DIGIT HALF FOUR
U+0F2E
TIBETAN DIGIT HALF FIVE
U+0F2F
TIBETAN DIGIT HALF SIX
U+0F30
TIBETAN DIGIT HALF SEVEN
U+0F31
TIBETAN DIGIT HALF EIGHT
U+0F32
TIBETAN DIGIT HALF NINE
U+0F33
TIBETAN DIGIT HALF ZERO
U+0F34
TIBETAN MARK BSDUS RTAGS
U+0F35
TIBETAN MARK NGAS BZUNG NYI ZLA
U+0F36
TIBETAN MARK CARET -DZUD RTAGS BZHI MIG CAN
U+0F37
TIBETAN MARK NGAS BZUNG SGOR RTAGS
U+0F38
TIBETAN MARK CHE MGO
U+0F39
TIBETAN MARK TSA -PHRU
U+0F3A
TIBETAN MARK GUG RTAGS GYON
U+0F3B
TIBETAN MARK GUG RTAGS GYAS
U+0F3C
TIBETAN MARK ANG KHANG GYON
U+0F3D
TIBETAN MARK ANG KHANG GYAS
U+0F3E
TIBETAN SIGN YAR TSHES
U+0F3F
༿
TIBETAN SIGN MAR TSHES
U+0F40
TIBETAN LETTER KA
U+0F41
TIBETAN LETTER KHA
U+0F42
TIBETAN LETTER GA
U+0F43
TIBETAN LETTER GHA
U+0F44
TIBETAN LETTER NGA
U+0F45
TIBETAN LETTER CA
U+0F46
TIBETAN LETTER CHA
U+0F47
TIBETAN LETTER JA
U+0F49
TIBETAN LETTER NYA
U+0F4A
TIBETAN LETTER TTA
U+0F4B
TIBETAN LETTER TTHA
U+0F4C
TIBETAN LETTER DDA
U+0F4D
TIBETAN LETTER DDHA
U+0F4E
TIBETAN LETTER NNA
U+0F4F
TIBETAN LETTER TA
U+0F50
TIBETAN LETTER THA
U+0F51
TIBETAN LETTER DA
U+0F52
TIBETAN LETTER DHA
U+0F53
TIBETAN LETTER NA
U+0F54
TIBETAN LETTER PA
U+0F55
TIBETAN LETTER PHA
U+0F56
TIBETAN LETTER BA
U+0F57
TIBETAN LETTER BHA
U+0F58
TIBETAN LETTER MA
U+0F59
TIBETAN LETTER TSA
U+0F5A
TIBETAN LETTER TSHA
U+0F5B
TIBETAN LETTER DZA
U+0F5C
TIBETAN LETTER DZHA
U+0F5D
TIBETAN LETTER WA
U+0F5E
TIBETAN LETTER ZHA
U+0F5F
TIBETAN LETTER ZA
U+0F60
TIBETAN LETTER -A
U+0F61
TIBETAN LETTER YA
U+0F62
TIBETAN LETTER RA
U+0F63
TIBETAN LETTER LA
U+0F64
TIBETAN LETTER SHA
U+0F65
TIBETAN LETTER SSA
U+0F66
TIBETAN LETTER SA
U+0F67
TIBETAN LETTER HA
U+0F68
TIBETAN LETTER A
U+0F69
TIBETAN LETTER KSSA
U+0F6A
TIBETAN LETTER FIXED-FORM RA
U+0F6B
TIBETAN LETTER KKA
U+0F6C
TIBETAN LETTER RRA
U+0F71
TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN AA
U+0F72
TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN I
U+0F73
TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN II
U+0F74
TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN U
U+0F75
TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN UU
U+0F76
TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC R
U+0F77
TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC RR
U+0F78
TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC L
U+0F79
TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC LL
U+0F7A
TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN E
U+0F7B
TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN EE
U+0F7C
TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN O
U+0F7D
TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN OO
U+0F7E
TIBETAN SIGN RJES SU NGA RO
U+0F7F
ཿ
TIBETAN SIGN RNAM BCAD
U+0F80
TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN REVERSED I
U+0F81
TIBETAN VOWEL SIGN REVERSED II
U+0F82
TIBETAN SIGN NYI ZLA NAA DA
U+0F83
TIBETAN SIGN SNA LDAN
U+0F84
TIBETAN MARK HALANTA
U+0F85
TIBETAN MARK PALUTA
U+0F86
TIBETAN SIGN LCI RTAGS
U+0F87
TIBETAN SIGN YANG RTAGS
U+0F88
TIBETAN SIGN LCE TSA CAN
U+0F89
TIBETAN SIGN MCHU CAN
U+0F8A
TIBETAN SIGN GRU CAN RGYINGS
U+0F8B
TIBETAN SIGN GRU MED RGYINGS
U+0F8C
TIBETAN SIGN INVERTED MCHU CAN
U+0F8D
TIBETAN SUBJOINED SIGN LCE TSA CAN
U+0F8E
TIBETAN SUBJOINED SIGN MCHU CAN
U+0F8F
TIBETAN SUBJOINED SIGN INVERTED MCHU CAN
U+0F90
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER KA
U+0F91
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER KHA
U+0F92
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER GA
U+0F93
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER GHA
U+0F94
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER NGA
U+0F95
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER CA
U+0F96
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER CHA
U+0F97
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER JA
U+0F99
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER NYA
U+0F9A
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER TTA
U+0F9B
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER TTHA
U+0F9C
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER DDA
U+0F9D
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER DDHA
U+0F9E
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER NNA
U+0F9F
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER TA
U+0FA0
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER THA
U+0FA1
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER DA
U+0FA2
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER DHA
U+0FA3
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER NA
U+0FA4
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER PA
U+0FA5
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER PHA
U+0FA6
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER BA
U+0FA7
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER BHA
U+0FA8
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER MA
U+0FA9
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER TSA
U+0FAA
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER TSHA
U+0FAB
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER DZA
U+0FAC
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER DZHA
U+0FAD
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER WA
U+0FAE
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER ZHA
U+0FAF
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER ZA
U+0FB0
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER -A
U+0FB1
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER YA
U+0FB2
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER RA
U+0FB3
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER LA
U+0FB4
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER SHA
U+0FB5
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER SSA
U+0FB6
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER SA
U+0FB7
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER HA
U+0FB8
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER A
U+0FB9
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER KSSA
U+0FBA
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER FIXED-FORM WA
U+0FBB
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER FIXED-FORM YA
U+0FBC
TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER FIXED-FORM RA
U+0FBE
TIBETAN KU RU KHA
U+0FBF
྿
TIBETAN KU RU KHA BZHI MIG CAN
U+0FC0
TIBETAN CANTILLATION SIGN HEAVY BEAT
U+0FC1
TIBETAN CANTILLATION SIGN LIGHT BEAT
U+0FC2
TIBETAN CANTILLATION SIGN CANG TE-U
U+0FC3
TIBETAN CANTILLATION SIGN SBUB -CHAL
U+0FC4
TIBETAN SYMBOL DRIL BU
U+0FC5
TIBETAN SYMBOL RDO RJE
U+0FC6
TIBETAN SYMBOL PADMA GDAN
U+0FC7
TIBETAN SYMBOL RDO RJE RGYA GRAM
U+0FC8
TIBETAN SYMBOL PHUR PA
U+0FC9
TIBETAN SYMBOL NOR BU
U+0FCA
TIBETAN SYMBOL NOR BU NYIS -KHYIL
U+0FCB
TIBETAN SYMBOL NOR BU GSUM -KHYIL
U+0FCC
TIBETAN SYMBOL NOR BU BZHI -KHYIL
U+0FCE
TIBETAN SIGN RDEL NAG RDEL DKAR
U+0FCF
TIBETAN SIGN RDEL NAG GSUM
U+0FD0
TIBETAN MARK BSKA- SHOG GI MGO RGYAN
U+0FD1
TIBETAN MARK MNYAM YIG GI MGO RGYAN
U+0FD2
TIBETAN MARK NYIS TSHEG
U+0FD3
TIBETAN MARK INITIAL BRDA RNYING YIG MGO MDUN MA
U+0FD4
TIBETAN MARK CLOSING BRDA RNYING YIG MGO SGAB MA
U+0FD9
TIBETAN MARK LEADING MCHAN RTAGS
U+0FDA
TIBETAN MARK TRAILING MCHAN RTAGS
U+0FD5
RIGHT-FACING SVASTI SIGN
U+0FD6
LEFT-FACING SVASTI SIGN
U+0FD7
RIGHT-FACING SVASTI SIGN WITH DOTS
U+0FD8
LEFT-FACING SVASTI SIGN WITH DOTS


Issues



Version History

Font Version Date Notes
BabelStone Tibetan 10.000 2018-06-16 First public release.
BabelStone Tibetan 10.002 2018-12-21 Added support for the sequence U+0F01 and U+UF82.
BabelStone Tibetan 10.003 2019-09-30 Added support for several hundred additional stacks, fixed errors and omissions in the OpenType lookups, and improved some glyph widths and interglyph spacing.
BabelStone Tibetan 10.004 2020-03-25 Several glyph fixes; no longer user OpenType to automatically insert a tsheg between nga and shad.
BabelStone Tibetan 10.005 2020-07-07 Improvement of font metrics. Addition of a 'slim' version with narrow line spacing. Added better support for the combining marks ngas bzung nyi zla, ngas bzung sgor rtags, yar tshes, mar tshes, lci rtags, yang rtags, and padma gdan.
BabelStone Tibetan 10.006 2021-08-06 Corrections of dlng and slang values in the Meta table.
BabelStone Tibetan 10.007 2022-04-17 Some minor corrections.
BabelStone Tibetan 10.008 2022-04-21 Improvements for display of non-spacing characters with dotted circle.
BabelStone Tibetan 10.009 2022-05-22 Additional support for Tangut transcription.
BabelStone Tibetan 10.010 2022-08-06 Support for one additional stack.
BabelStone Tibetan 10.011 2023-10-01 Corrections and improvements.


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BabelStone Tibetan is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which means you are free to use it for personal or commercial purposes, and to redistribute it by itself or as part of a free or commercial software package, just as long as you do not sell the font on its own. The license also allows you to modify the font in any way you like, as long as the modified font does not use "BabelStone" in its name. Please read the license for details.

For use on your computer or mobile device please download and install the TTF file. The WOFF and WOFF2 files are for web use only, and are not required by most users.

BabelStone Tibetan has an extremely large line height in order to allow for very high and deep stacks found in some religious texts. BabelStone Tibetan Slim is almost exactly the same as BabelStone Tibetan, but has a small line height; it is suitable for ordinary modern Tibetan text, but some stacks for Sanskrit may be cropped at the top and/or bottom.


BabelStone Tibetan v. 10.011 (2023-10-01)

TTF file

WOFF file

WOFF2 file

BabelStone Tibetan Slim v. 10.011 (2023-10-01)

TTF file

WOFF file

WOFF2 file



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