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October 10, 2016 02:00 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/DUgUiuolnGU/google-releases-an-open-source-font-that-supports-800-languages
Google Releases An Open Source Font That Supports 800 Languages
An anonymous Slashdot reader quotes Hot Hardware:It's been working on the project over the past five years in collaboration with Monotype in hopes of eradicating so-called "tofu" -- the blank boxes you see when a PC or website can't display a particular text -- from the web. Noto, or No more tofu, is Google's answer, and it's available now to download... "We are thrilled to have played such an important role in what has become one of the most significant type projects of all time," said Scott Landers, president and CEO of Monotype... Monotype played the biggest role, though Google also collaborated with Adobe and had a network of volunteer reviewers. As far as Monotype is concerned, Noto is one of the expansive typography projects ever undertaken. There's 110,000 characters, and Google says the project "required design and technical testing in hundreds of languages."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/DUgUiuolnGU/google-releases-an-open-source-font-that-supports-800-languages
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