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Unicode typeface
Typeface that maps glyphs to code points defined in the Unicode Standard
EntityQ4526631
Also known as Unicode font
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Typeface that maps glyphs to code points defined in the Unicode Standard
Also known as Unicode font
4 identifiers linking Unicode typeface across the web's reference databases
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A Unicode font is a computer font that maps glyphs to code points defined in the Unicode Standard. The term has become archaic because the vast majority of modern computer fonts use Unicode mappings, even those fonts which only include glyphs for a single writing system, or even only support the basic Latin alphabet. The distinction is historic: before Unicode, when most computer systems used only eight-bit bytes, no more than 256 characters could be encoded. This meant that each character repertoire had to have its own codepoint assignments – and thus a given codepoint could have multiple meanings. By assuring unique assignments, Unicode resolved this issue.