Google’s Noto font might have the best coverage and is open source. Tom
> On Jul 2, 2023, at 7:48 PM, Stefan Nobis <stefan...@snobis.de> wrote: > > Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@posteo.net> writes: > >> Though ideally all the necessary fonts should be provided by >> TeXLive. I am not sure why they are not yet there in 2023. > > First problem: Is there any free/libre font out there that has a > really broad and comprehensive coverage of Unicode glyphs? I really > don't know, but from time to time I hear about fonts that I assumed to > have good Unicode coverage that this is not the case (e.g. TeX Gyre). > I think, it is just an enormous amount of work to produce a complete > Unicode font (even more so, if it should look nice). > > The other problem: Not everyone does a full installation of TeX Live. > So even if good fonts are available, they are not always installed on > every system (but this part could be mitigated by documentation and/or > error messages and hints). > > But I'm no Unicode or font expert (I only need latin letters). I'm > just impressed what is already possible and about all the work done by > volunteers. And sometimes I'm astonished by how much work is still to > do for a complete and smooth Unicode experience. :) > > -- > Until the next mail..., > Stefan. >
