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.
    • 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:
      • Simplified Chinese Extension D Unicode code points
      • Simplified Chinese Extension E 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

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