International Phonetic Alphabet
System of phonetic notation
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| September 2024 |
Noto fonts
Unicode version 16.0 was released, with Noto fonts covering 162 out of 168 defined scripts.
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| January 2024 |
Calibri
After 17 years, Calibri is replaced by Microsoft's new bespoke font, Aptos, as the default Microsoft Office font.
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| 2023 |
Calibri
Probate Judge Sandra A. Harrison of Macomb County dismissed a legal claim after discovering a business record purported to be from 13 December 2000 was actually typed in Calibri.
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| August 2023 |
Junicode
Junicode was converted to a variable font, expanding its typographic capabilities and continuing its active development.
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| July 13 2023 |
Calibri
Microsoft announced they would replace Calibri as the default Microsoft 365 font, switching to their new font called Aptos.
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| January 2023 |
Calibri
The United States Department of State retired Times New Roman and adopted Calibri as the official font for communications and documents, citing superior readability on computer screens and better accessibility for text-to-speech and optical character recognition tools.
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| 2022 |
Linux Libertine
Stefan Peev forked the Libertinus Serif font to create the Common Serif font.
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| September 2022 |
Noto fonts
At the time of Unicode 15.0 release, Noto fonts covered over 77,000 characters, approximately half of the 149,186 characters defined in the Unicode standard.
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| 2021 |
Extensions to the International Phonetic Alphabet
The new extIPA symbols from the 2015 revision were added to the Unicode standard, formally integrating these specialized phonetic characters into digital typography and computing systems.
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| April 2021 |
Noto fonts
A Unicode coverage report was published showing Noto fonts covering 95.0% of Non-CJK Unicode characters, 32.7% of CJK characters, and 54.0% of all Unicode characters.
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| 2020 |
Linux Libertine
Khaled Hosny passed the role of maintainer of the Libertinus fonts to Caleb Maclennan.
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| 2019 |
Noto fonts
IKEA adopts Noto IKEA, a customised version of Noto Sans, as its corporate typeface. This new typeface replaces Verdana and is used in pair with standard versions of Noto Sans.
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| 2018 |
Noto fonts
LibreOffice version 6.0 begins bundling Noto fonts with its software package.
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| 2017 |
Calibri
Calibri became central evidence in the 'Panama Papers' case (Fontgate) in Pakistan, where a document supposedly signed in February 2006 was found to be forged because it was typed in Calibri, which was not publicly available at that time. Font inventor Lucas De Groot stated there was 'really zero chance' the document was genuine.
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| 2017 |
Calibri
Gerald McGoey, former CEO of Look Communications, filed for personal bankruptcy and produced documents purportedly signed in 1995, which were revealed to be forged as they were typed in Calibri.
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| 2016 |
Linux Libertine
Khaled Hosny officially released the initial version of his font fork, renaming the project to Libertinus fonts, which included Libertinus Serif, Libertinus Sans, and Libertinus Mono.
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| 2015 |
Extensions to the International Phonetic Alphabet
The Extensions to the International Phonetic Alphabet (extIPA) underwent a revision and expansion, adding new symbols to enhance transcription of disordered speech.
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| September 2015 |
Noto fonts
Noto font licensing changed from Apache License 2.0 to SIL Open Font License.
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| 2013 |
Calibri
Google released Carlito, a freely-licensed font metric-compatible with Calibri, as part of ChromeOS. The font is based on the open-source typeface Lato and designed to ensure correct document display and printing.
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| 2012 |
Calibri
The Turkish government charged approximately 300 people with conspiracy to commit a coup, using an incriminating document allegedly from 2003 but actually typed in Calibri, which was not available in that year.
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| 2012 |
Linux Libertine
Khaled Hosny forked the Linux Libertine font family to address the lack of a matching mathematical companion font.
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| April 2012 |
Noto fonts
Noto fonts covered all 93 scripts defined in Unicode version 6.1 at the time of its release.
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| October 2010 |
Noto fonts
Unicode version 6.0 was released, with Noto fonts covering all scripts encoded up to this version, though only about 30,000 of the 74,616 CJK unified ideographs were covered.
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