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

Font name	Sample	Download	License	Foundry
Baybayin Modern Block Font	sample	download	All Rights Reserved	Nordenx
Baybayin Modern Print Font	sample	download	All Rights Reserved	Nordenx
Baybayin Modern Brush Font	sample	download	All Rights Reserved	Nordenx
Baybayin Modern Mono Font	sample	download	All Rights Reserved	Nordenx
Baybayin Modern Club Font	sample	download	All Rights Reserved	Nordenx
Baybayin Modern Bern Font	sample	download	All Rights Reserved	Nordenx
Noto Sans Buhid	sample	download	Open Fonts License	Google, Inc.
Noto Sans Hanunoó	sample	download	Open Fonts License	Google, Inc.
Noto Sans Tagalog	sample	download	Open Fonts License	Google, Inc.
Noto Sans Tagbanwa	sample	download	Open Fonts License	Google, Inc.

Nordenx is a Baybayin artist and font designer.