Version updates for WorldType fonts

This section describes the updates to supported WorldType font Versions 6.3 through 8.2 that are contained in the InfoPrint Font Collection.

Updates from Version 6.3 to Version 7.0

Updates for Version 7.0 of the WorldType fonts include:

  • These typeface names have changed:
    • WT Sans replaces Monotype Sans WT
    • WT Sans Duo replaces Monotype Sans Duospace WT
    • WT Sans Duo SC xB replaces Monotype Sans Duospace Ext B
    • WT Serif replaces Times New Roman WT
    • WT Serif Duo replaces Thorndale Duospace WT
  • These file name prefixes have changed:
    • wts_* replaces mts_*
    • wtsd* replaces mtsd*
    • wt__* replaces tnr_*
    • wt_d* replaces thrd*
  • These new standards have been added:
    • Japanese International Standard, JIS X 0213:2004
    • Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set, HKSCS:2004
  • The Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) fonts that contain bitmap characters have been included for enhanced display.

Updates from Version 7.0 to Version 8.0

Updates for Version 8.0 of the WorldType fonts include:

  • These typeface names have changed:
    • WT SansDuo replaces WT Sans Duo
    • WT SerifDuo replaces WT Serif Duo
    • WT SansDuo SC xB replaces WT Sans Duo SC xB
  • These Southeast Asian (SEA) fonts are new:
    • The prior Windows Glyph subset
    • Khmer language scripts
      Note: One Khmer design was used for Sans and Serif fonts. The SEA Duospace fonts (wtsdsea_.ttf and wt_dsea_.ttf) do not contain the Khmer script.
    • Lao language scripts
    • Thai language scripts
    • Vietnamese language scripts
  • New outline glyphs were added to support standard Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set, HKSCS:2004.
  • New Unicode has been added:
    • Sinhala (U+0D80-U+0DFF) are now included in these WorldType fonts: Complete set, Traditional Chinese Hong Kong (HK), Japanese (J), Korean (K), Simplified Chinese (SC), Traditional Chinese Taiwan (TW), and Indic (IN)
    • Georgian (U+10A0-U+10FF) and Georgian Supplement (U+2D00-U+2D2F) are now included in these WorldType fonts: Windows Glyph List, Traditional Chinese Hong Kong (HK), Japanese (J), Korean (K), Simplified Chinese (SC), and Traditional Chinese Taiwan (TW)
    • Armenian (U+0530-U+058F) and Armenian Ligatures (U+FB13-U+FB17) are now included in these WorldType fonts: Windows Glyph List, Traditional Chinese Hong Kong (HK), Japanese (J), Korean (K), Simplified Chinese (SC), and Traditional Chinese Taiwan (TW)
  • Indic Version 2 OpenType tables are now included in these WorldType fonts:
    • Traditional Chinese Hong Kong (HK)
    • Indic (IN)
    • Japanese (J)
    • Korean (K)
    • Simplified Chinese (SC)
    • Traditional Chinese Taiwan (TW)

Updates from Version 8.0 to Version 8.1.1

There have been over 1,000 new characters added into the WorldType fonts from the 2010 version 8.0 to the 2012 version 8.1.1.

A new subset of 20 East Asian fonts has been included in this version of WorldType fonts.

Highlights of new additions:

  • Character additions to support the Traditional Chinese Hong Kong Supplemental Character Set 2008 (HKSCS 2008)
  • New Amharic Ethiopian language support
  • Additions to the Latin character set to support more African languages
  • New Robam Khmer Duo characters
  • Unicode level 5.2–6.2 support for Currency Symbols including:
    • Kazakhstan Tenge symbol (U+20B8)
    • Indian Rupee symbol (U+20B9)
    • Turkish Lira symbol (U+20BA)
  • Unicode level 5.2 support for more Math Operators and Miscellaneous Technical characters
  • New Myanmar Burmese language support in version 8..1.1 of the South East Asian fonts
  • Armenian Dram sign (U+058F), added into the Armenian language scripts
  • Arabic Samvat sign (U+0604), added into Arabic language scripts
  • Gujarati Abbreviation Sign (U+0AF0), added into Gujarati language scripts
  • Raised MC sign (U+1F16A), Marque de Commerce
  • Raised MD sign (U+1F16B), Marque Déposée

Updates from Version 8.1.1 to Version 8.2

Updates for Version 8.2 of the WorldType fonts include:

Character corrections:

  • Bopomofo letter I (U+3127)
  • Kannada vowel sign AI (U+0CC8)
  • Kannada AI length mark (U+0CD6)
  • Arabic Letter Feh with dot below (U+06A3)

New character additions:

  • Arabic Letter Mark (U+061C) for text formatting
  • New Currency Symbols:
    • Azerbaijan Manat (U+20BC)
    • Russian Ruble (U+20BD)
    • Georgia Lari (U+20BE)
  • Simplified Chinese Additions in the Basic Multilingual Plane:

    Added new Simplified Chinese Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP) Unicode code points listed below into the “FULL” and East Asian “EA” WorldType fonts. The new characters are provided in bitmap and outline formats in the Song and Hei styles:

    9FCC 9FCD 9FCE 9FCF 9FD0
    9FD1 9FD2 9FD3 9FD4 9FD5
  • Simplified Chinese Additions in the WT SansDuo SC xB font:

    New Simplified Chinese Extension C, D, and E code points are listed below. The new characters will be provided in outline format in the Hei style.

    New Simplified Chinese Extension C Unicode code points:

    2A7DD 2A8FB 2A917 2AA30 2AA36 2AA58 2AFA2 2B127
    2B128 2B137 2B138 2B1ED 2B300 2B363 2B36F 2B372
    2B37D 2B404 2B410 2B413 2B461 2B4E7 2B4EF 2B4F6
    2B4F9 2B50D 2B50E 2B536 2B5AE 2B5AF 2B5B3 2B5E7
    2B5F4 2B61C 2B61D 2B626 2B627 2B628 2B62A 2B62C
    2B695 2B696 2B6AD 2B6ED        

    New Simplified Chinese Extension D Unicode code points:

    2B7A9 2B7C5 2B7E6 2B7F9 2B7FC 2B806 2B80A 2B81C

    New Simplified Chinese Extension E Unicode code points:

    2B8B8 2BAC7 2BB5F 2BB62 2BB7C 2BB83 2BC1B 2BD77
    2BD87 2BDF7 2BE29 2C029 2C02A 2C0A9 2C0CA 2C1D5
    2C1D9 2C1F9 2C27C 2C288 2C2A4 2C317 2C35B 2C361
    2C364 2C488 2C494 2C497 2C542 2C613 2C618 2C621
    2C629 2C62B 2C62C 2C62D 2C62F 2C642 2C64A 2C64B
    2C72C 2C72F 2C79F 2C7C1 2C7FD 2C8D9 2C8DE 2C8E1
    2C8F3 2C907 2C90A 2C91D 2CA02 2CA0E 2CA7D 2CAA9
    2CB29 2CB2D 2CB2E 2CB31 2CB38 2CB39 2CB3B 2CB3F
    2CB41 2CB4A 2CB4E 2CB5A 2CB5B 2CB64 2CB69 2CB6C
    2CB6F 2CB73 2CB76 2CB78 2CB7C 2CBB1 2CBBF 2CBC0
    2CBCE 2CC56 2CC5F 2CCF5 2CCF6 2CCFD 2CCFF 2CD02
    2CD03 2CD0A 2CD8B 2CD8D 2CD8F 2CD90 2CD9F 2CDA0
    2CDA8 2CDAD 2CDAE 2CDD5 2CE18 2CE1A 2CE23 2CE26
    2CE2A 2CE7C 2CE88 2CE93        

  • New Lao Opentype features.

Updates from Version 8.2 to Version 8.22

  • Enhancements to the Thai language scripts for better character combining.
  • Stroke enhancements were made to some Simplified Chinese characters in the WT SansDuo SC xb font.
  • Six new extended xB Chinese fonts are being added to the InfoPrint Font Collection to enhance the range of graphic capabilities for the current Chinese fonts. The extended xB fonts will complement the existing Simplified and Traditional Chinese fonts by adding ideographs from the Unicode Supplemental Ideographic Plane in the Song and Hei style.
    • New Simplified Chinese fonts with Song ideographs:
      • WT SerifDuo SC xB
      • WT Serif SC xB
    • New Traditional Chinese Taiwan Sans Fonts with Hei ideographs:
      • WT Sans TW xB
      • WT SansDuo TW xB
    • New Traditional Chinese Taiwan Serif fonts with Song ideographs:
      • WT Serif TW xB
      • WT SerifDuo TW xB

Updates from Version 8.22 to Version 8.30

  • Forty of the Asian WorldType fonts identified with version 8.30 were updated with the new Japanese Era name character, Reiwa. The new Unicode code point for a single Reiwa character is U+32FF.
  • The new Japanese Era name can also be printed or displayed utilizing two Unicode code points: U+4EE4U+548C.
Parent topic: WorldType Fonts