Highlights for WorldType fonts
This information describes the highlights for the latest version of the WorldType fonts that are contained in the z/OS® Font Collection.
Version 8.2
Version 8.2 of the WorldType fonts has these updates:
- These characters are corrected:
- 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)
- These characters are new:
- Arabic Letter Mark (U+061C) for text formatting
- Currency symbols:
- Azerbaijan Manat (U+20BC)
- Russian Ruble (U+20BD)
- Georgia Lari (U+20BE)
- Simplified Chinese Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP) Unicode code points 9FCC, 9FCD, 9FCE, 9FCF,
9FD0, 9FD1, 9FD2, 9FD3, 9FD4, and 9FD5 are added in 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 - Lao Opentype features
- Simplified Chinese Extension C, D, and E Unicode code points are added in the WT SansDuo SC xB
font. The new code points are only provided in outline format in the Hei style.
- 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 - Simplified Chinese Extension D Unicode code points
2B7A9 2B7C5 2B7E6 2B7F9 2B7FC 2B806 2B80A 2B81C - Simplified Chinese Extension E Unicode code points
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
- Simplified Chinese Extension C Unicode code points:
Updates from Version 8.2 to Version 8.22
Version 8.22 of the WorldType fonts has these updates:
- Enhancements are made to the Thai language scripts for better character combining.
- Stroke enhancements are made to some Simplified Chinese characters in the WT SansDuo SC xB font.
- Six extended xB Simplified and Traditional Chinese fonts are added to the z/OS Font collection
to enhance the range of graphic capabilities for Chinese fonts. The extended xB fonts complement the
existing Chinese fonts by adding ideographs from the Unicode Supplemental Ideographic Plane in the
Song and Hei styles.
- New Simplified Chinese fonts with Song ideographs:
- WT Serif SC xB
- WT SerifDuo SC xB
- New Traditional Chinese Taiwan fonts with Hei ideographs:
- WT Sans TW xB
- WT SansDuo TW xB
- New Traditional Chinese Taiwan fonts with Song ideographs:
- WT Serif TW xB
- WT SerifDuo TW xB
- New Simplified Chinese fonts with Song ideographs:
Updates from Version 8.22 to Version 8.30
Version 8.30 of the WorldType fonts has these updates:
- This character is new:
- Japanese Reiwa Imperial Era character (U+32FF)
- The Japanese Reiwa Imperial Era character has been added to these WorldType fonts:
Table 1. WorldType fonts updated with Reiwa Imperial Era character Full font name File name Localization WT Sans HK wts_th_b.ttf Traditional Chinese Hong Kong WT Sans HK EA wts_theb.ttf Traditional Chinese Hong Kong WT Sans J wts_j__b.ttf Japanese WT Sans J EA wts_j_eb.ttf Japanese WT Sans K wts_k__b.ttf Korean WT Sans K EA wts_k_eb.ttf Korean WT Sans SC wts_s__b.ttf Simplified Chinese WT Sans SC EA wts_s_eb.ttf Simplified Chinese WT Sans TW wts_tt_b.ttf Traditional Chinese Taiwan WT Sans TW EA wts_tteb.ttf Traditional Chinese Taiwan WT SansDuo HK wtsdth_b.ttf Traditional Chinese Hong Kong WT SansDuo HK EA wtsdtheb.ttf Traditional Chinese Hong Kong WT SansDuo J wtsdj__b.ttf Japanese WT SansDuo J EA wtsdj_eb.ttf Japanese WT SansDuo K wtsdk__b.ttf Korean WT SansDuo K EA wtsdk_eb.ttf Korean WT SansDuo SC wtsds__b.ttf Simplified Chinese WT SansDuo SC EA wtsds_eb.ttf Simplified Chinese WT SansDuo TW wtsdtt_b.ttf Traditional Chinese Taiwan WT SansDuo TW EA wtsdtteb.ttf Traditional Chinese Taiwan WT Serif HK wt__th_b.ttf Traditional Chinese Hong Kong WT Serif HK EA wt__theb.ttf Traditional Chinese Hong Kong WT Serif J wt__j__b.ttf Japanese WT Serif J EA wt__j_eb.ttf Japanese WT Serif K wt__k__b.ttf Korean WT Serif K EA wt__k_eb.ttf Korean WT Serif SC wt__s__b.ttf Simplified Chinese WT Serif SC EA wt__s_eb.ttf Simplified Chinese WT Serif TW wt__tt_b.ttf Traditional Chinese Taiwan WT Serif TW EA wt__tteb.ttf Traditional Chinese Taiwan WT SerifDuo HK wt_dth_b.ttf Traditional Chinese Hong Kong WT SerifDuo HK EA wt_dtheb.ttf Traditional Chinese Hong Kong WT SerifDuo J wt_dj__b.ttf Japanese WT SerifDuo J EA wt_dj_eb.ttf Japanese WT SerifDuo K wt_dk__b.ttf Korean WT SerifDuo K EA wt_dk_eb.ttf Korean WT SerifDuo SC wt_ds__b.ttf Simplified Chinese WT SerifDuo SC EA wt_ds_eb.ttf Simplified Chinese WT SerifDuo TW wt_dtt_b.ttf Traditional Chinese Taiwan WT SerifDuo TW EA wt_dtteb.ttf Traditional Chinese Taiwan