Fonts

To display the Baybayin characters, you need to install a Unicode-compliant, or mixed-Unicode, font with Baybayin support. This page provides some links to well-known fonts with Unicode support for the Baybayin scripts.

Example

Baybayin-Tagalog (Tagalog variant of the Baybayin script)

• English: She is an excellent teacher.
• Filipino: Magaling siya na titser.
• Filipino in Baybayin-Tagalog: ᜋᜄᜎᜒᜅ᜔ ᜐᜒᜌ ᜈ ᜆᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜍ᜔᜶
• Tagalog: Siya ay mahusay na guro.
• Baybayin-Tagalog: ᜐᜒᜌ ᜀᜌ᜔ ᜋᜑᜓᜐᜌ᜔ ᜈ ᜄᜓᜍᜓ᜶
• Pre-colonial Baybayin-Tagalog: ᜐᜒᜌ ᜀ ᜋᜑᜓᜐ ᜈ ᜄᜓᜍᜓ᜶

Terminologies

• Embed
• Embedding a font in a document (a setting usually found when saving PDF and other document files)
• When the document is viewed, the actual fonts used will be displayed.
• Web font (CSS @font-face)
• web font is not embedding itself on the website
• web font is linking to the font, so the browser can display it
• web font falls under distribution
• License: governing license of the font

  IMPORTANT: The information below is based on our interpretation of the different licenses. It is in no way a legal advice.

• Creative Commons
  • personal use: yes
  • embed: yes
  • if Share-Alike (SA): a modified version of the original font is allowed provided that the derivative is under the same license as the original
  • if Non-Commercial (NC): the document can not be sold if the embedded font is marked as NC
  • if No-Derivative (ND): only the original font can be embedded in documents
  • web font: yes
  • if Share-Alike (SA): a modified version of the original font is allowed provided that the derivative is under the same license as the original
  • if Non-Commercial (NC): the document can not be sold if the font used is marked as NC
  • if No-Derivative (ND): an ND font used to display a document, or website, should not be modified
• SIL Open Font License (OFL)
  • personal use: yes
  • embed: yes
  • web font: as long as it remains as-is
  • even for slightest modification read: Open Font License FAQ
• GPL+FE: GNU Public License with Font Exception
  • personal use: yes
  • embed: yes
  • web font: yes; but check for other requirements, even for slightest modification of the font
  • see en:wikipedia
• GPL (without Font Exception): GNU Public License
  • personal use: yes
  • embed: no; do not embed these fonts in your documents, as it will become GPL as well
  • web font: not clear
  • ask the Font Foundry/Designer to re-release it with Font Exception (i.e. GPL+FE)
• All Rights Reserved
  • personal use: yes
  • embed: no
  • web font: no
  • contact the Font Foundry/Designer for written permission

    Reminder: The above is based on our interpretation of the different licenses. It is in no way a legal advice.

• Foundry: designer of the font

Baybayin fonts

• Unicode range: various
• Unicode name: Buhid; Hanunoó; Tagalog; Tagbanwa (a.k.a. Aborlan)
• Umbrella labels: Baybayin, Sulat, Surat, Suyat
• Examples:
  • Baybayin-Tagalog; Baybayin-Hanunoó
  • Sulat Tagalog; Sulat Tagbanwa
  • Surat Mangyan; Surat Tagalog
  • Suyat Tagbanwa; Suyat Buhid
• Keyboard layout: PH-UKL

• Nordenx is a Baybayin artist and font designer.