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ქართული ფონტები და ქართული დამწერლობა კომპიუტერისათვის
Georgian Fonts for MS-DOS, Windows, Mac an Unix, usable in the Internet, WWW, E-mail
>> New Pages for Georgian Fonts >>
 New BPG Glaho serie fonts (Apr. 2004) "გლახო" სერიის ფონტები
Updated 9.11.2000
"როს მოვედით ჩვენ,
მსწრაფლ გიცანით თქვენ,
შორს დავიჭირეთ თქვენი ანბანი;
რად ჰკვირობთ მასა,
რომ თქვენს ანბანსა
ვერ შევეჩვიეთ ვერვინ ჩვენგანი."
New !!!
Web-Install BPG Georgian Fonts and Keyboard Driver
New !!!
For Windows 2000 and Office 2000
111 seconds to download and install 15 Georgian Unicode encoded fonts
embedded in MS Word document (550 Kb)
First Georgian Web Interactive Searchable Database - Full Text "Psalms"
New !!!
Old Georgian Khucuri (Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri), Unicode encoded
First time publications
Masterpiece of XIX century Georgian fonts - 'Lortkipanidze'.
Restoration, Win3x and Win95/98/2000 Unicode encoded
Chef d'oeuvre XIX century Georgian font - 'Parisian'.
Restoration, Win3x and Win95/98/2000 Unicode encoded.
Georgian Web Embedded (dynamic, portable) and Unicode encoded fonts
at the Website - 'Georgian Web Typography' especially for MS IExplorer 4+
Georgian for Linux
Georgian fonts for Linux by Levan Shoshiashvili
Georgian fonts for Linux by Aiet
New !!!
Modern Georgian Songs of Protest
Huge, Unicode Encoded, Searchable database of
Old Georgian Texts by TITUS
(Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitჴt Frankfurt am Main)
CONTENTS
Info-Tech realization of "Ilia" layout/encoding for Windows and Mac
Development of Georgian Fonts for Computer
Comments
In Georgian
 Chechen (Nokhchi) Font by BPG-InfoTech [Mirror], "Amina"
Some links to this page:
Valuable information about Georgian scripture and fonts:
Nice bitmaps of modern and old Georgian : http://crl.nmsu.edu/~mleisher/cu.html
Info-Tech realization of "Ilia" layout/encoding for Windows and Mac
(Unicode oriented)
Table
BPG-InfoTech realization of "Ilia" layout/encoding for 8 bite fonts and Unicode Georgian subset filled using Modern Georgian and Old (Khutsuri) Georgian scriptures
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Download Georgian fonts
To download this and other Unicode and bitmap embedded Georgian fonts
please visit site 'Georgian Web Typography' using MS Internet Explorer 4+
!!! Windows SYSTEM.FON-s on the base of
Fixedsys, RSwwwNet and TRG1 (Gogebashvili)fon__s.zip, (10 Kb)
System Variable font (BPGSYS) bpgsys.fon
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Windows "TR Ggb Monitor" TTF fonts.zip, (65 Kb), Ver.1.A.;
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Windows "RSwwwNT1,TTF" and "Siradze.TTF" and FON-s[!] rs_font.zip, (71 Kb), Ver.1.Beta;
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Winkey (Gavin Helf) Light + Georgian keyboard driver with Flags ge_key.zip,
For Win 3.X, 16 bit, (155 Kb); Winkey (Gavin Helf) Full -- Direct link -- For Win 95/NT 16/32 bit,(435 Kb)
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Mac fonts and keyboard driver by Reno Siradze, Ver.1.Beta
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Five MS DOS VGA, EGA compact triple English-Georgian-Russian font and
keyboard drivers (traditional Georgian typewrite, comp-1, comp-2), dos_fn_k.zip, (16,4 Kb)
Experience
Tech complex for realization of Georgian scripture in Win 3.1 environment 7/11/97
Experimental Georgian font BPG Classic
See:
David Chelidze's comments:
[ Some Georgian experience (Zurab Gaprindashvili) ]
Unicode Standard for Georgian
Great Georgian fonts by Slava Meskhi
Gia Shervashidze's site for Georgian fonts and scripture
PS Georgian fonts ( "Parliament - Soros Fund standard" )
Development of Georgian Fonts for Computer
Preface and Brief History
1. There are 3 types, kinds of Georgian scriptures:
a) Oldest 'Asomtavruli' (from 4-th century)
b) Early mediaeval 'Nuskha-Khutsuri' or 'Khutsuri' (from 6-8-th century)
c) Late mediaeval 'Mkhedruli' (from 10-12-th century)
2. 'Asomtavruli [Khutsuri]' and '[Nuskha] Khutsuri' were used basically by Georgian (Orthodox) Church, and today they are official scriptures for Georgian Church . 'Asomtavruli' is used as capital letters and 'Khutsuri' as regular (small) letters. 'Asomtavruli' and 'Khutsuri' were main scriptures of 'non-typographic', manuscript era. They can discussed as 'Gothic' scripture for Georgian. Asomtavruli was developped under influence of Greek (scripture of New Testament) and Aramean (Scripture of Old Testament).
3. 'Mkhedruli' was developed basically for civil and state use and become common scripture for Georgian language from Khutsuri under the strong influence of Arabic scripture style. 'Mkhedruli' has no capital letters and during 17-19-th centuries 'Asomtavruli' was used as capitals.
Main modernization of Georgian scripture was done at the end of 19th century leaded by Ilia Chavchavadze and 33 letters Modern Georgian scripture was established - BPG-InfoTech is following the idea, line of "Ilia" while realizing layout/encoding of computer fonts.
Attempt to use 'Asomtavruli' as capitals was once again initiated by prominent Georgian linguist academician Akaki Shanidze in 60-th.
4. 'Mkhedruli' become basic scripture for 'typographic' era. Several well designed typographic fonts were developed in the end of 19-th and during 20-th centuries (mainly in 30-th and 60-s) by Gordeziani and Dumbadze. There were developed also capital letters (fonts) based on 'Mkhedruli' scripture. But till nowadays capitals are specific scriptures from Georgian point of view, they are used only for headings - there is no tradition of sentence capitalization.
The Era of Computerization
Special notice: Most of Georgian computer fonts (some presented also here) are clones of industry standard traditional/typographic types nationalized during Soviet era or produced during Soviet era (when author's rights World standards were ignored) - for example "Akademiuri", "Chveulebrivi", "Dumbadze", "Gremi", etc. Now Copyright of initial glyphs content [typefaces] and Name [TradeMark] is not determined and can be somebody's private property. Authorship and Copyright notices attaches to the most Georgian fonts are not covering/reflecting initial glyph contents and TradeMark ownership. Please using Georgian fonts check first of all Copyright for initial glyphs and TradeMark.
1. Developing of standards for Georgian where initiated in the 1975 by Center for Scientific Information in Social and Humanitarian Sciences (CSI-SHS) B.Gugushvili and Institute of Computed Mathematics (ICM) of Academy of Sciences of Georgia (ASG).
2. In 1988 Scientific Council for Computerization was established in the Presidium of ASG headed by President of ASG Aleksander Tavkhelidze.
3. During 1998-1989 by CSI-SHS and ICM, collaborationed with Scientific Institutes of Georgian Literature, Linguistics, Manuscripts, History etc. was developed working standard for MS-DOS based on concepts ASCII, ISO-8859 and Alternate KOI of the Academy of Sciences of USSR following "Ilia" layout.
In this standard Georgian letters, following Modern Georgian - "Ilia" line, where placed from 128 of ASCII. Capital (Mtavruli Khutsuri) and regular letters are considered as different fonts (scriptures). Were reflected all 39 letters (including. as addition, 6 letters which use is restricted for historic texts) [aka GeoSCII].
4. During 1989-1990-th private Info-Tech Co. on the grounds of financing (grant) of the Presidium of ASG developed integered desktop-publishing complex based on MS-Word and Ventura Publisher using bit-map fonts.
In the begin of 1989 first time Georgian newspaper ("Ahkalgazrda Iverieli") was published and was used Info-Tech Co. desk-top computer publishing technologies.
5. During 1990-1991 Info-Tech Co. developed full complex of Georgian bitmap, true-type and PS1 fonts, on the base of original and industrial photo-print matrixes.
Hundreds of books, journals and newspapers where and are published using this technology line in Georgia.
6. In 1991 complex of Georgian true-type fonts was developed for MS-Windows, Windows Write and Windows Word by Info-Tech Co. In this fonts Georgian Letters where placed from 192 of ASCII - following "Ilia" line and are coordinated with ISO 8859-(*) and Unicode.
7. All fonts and standards developed by Info-Tech Co. can be used on the grounds of integrity: texts prepared in the environment of one system can be used in others.
BPG-InfoTech realization of "Ilia" layout/encoding fonts and standards become working (de facto) standards in Georgia [some sources now call it Alternative GeoWin standard -- 20.08.00].
8. After putch and cup of 1991-1992 in Georgia dozens of newspaper and 'proclamatsias' where published underground by supporters of Legal Authorities using private desktop publishing systems.
9. By Georgian political emigrants in Finland were established:
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in 1996 - first Georgian ქართული language web site "DEDA ENA - დედა ენა",
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in 1997 - first complex realization of Georgian for Windows 3.+
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in 1997 - first Georgian web site targeting theory and practical design of Georgian fonts and using of dynamic (and bitmap embedded fonts) "Georgian Web Typography"
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in 1998 - first common Georgian Unicode encoded fonts for Windows
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in 1998 - first Georgian web site using Unicode fonts (uses dynamic fonts)
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in 1998 - first Unicode encoded Georgian searchable Database "Psalms" 'ფსალმუნები' (uses dynamic fonts)
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1998-2000 - first core Modern Georgian and Old Georgian Scripture Unicode fonts for public use
10. During 1998-1999 by Soros Foundation and Parliament Service of Information was developed retrograde, so called "PS - Parliament-Soros" encoding where "Ilia" layout/encoding is not followed (outdate, ancient letters are placed within modern line of letters). Now, argumented by financial power of Soros Foundation, this encoding is promoted as pretendent for State Standard.
Internet, WWW and E-mail
1. Presented developing fonts pack is based on BPG-Info-Tech Co. technical and informational ideology and follows "Ilia" layout/encoding.
According to "Ilia" layout Georgian letters are placed (alphabetically) from 192 (Old Georgian letters are placed after Modern line) and other part of ASCII table is unchanged. This fonts can be used for mixed Georgian-English texts and are tested for Internet-WWW and E-mail.
2. In the Georgian fonts presented in WWW/Internet URLs... Georgian letters are placed (in not-alphabetic/random order) in the region of symbols and English letters from ASCII 7,12, 14,15, 27, 59, 61 and mainly from 64 and can't be used for English or mixed texts, they are not also coordinated with any ASCII, ISO-8859* and Unicode standards. Big part of table is empty - See below.
3. Fonts for Mac and RSwwwNET, Siradze TTF and FON are developed and designed by Reno Siradze.
Comments
This fonts are tested and are OK with Windows 3.1 (WinWord, WinWrite), Netscape 2.02 (except Mail/Send, Mail/Receive is OK), MS Explorer 2.10, Eudora Light 1.5.2.
Most Net and WWW programm tools available today, are not completely usable to deal with texts over 128 ASCII and non-English languages (fonts). So we recommend to get internationalized versions of programms/systems.
Recommended technology of information interchange between word processors using Win TTF Georgian fonts (filled from ASCII 192) and MS DOS (filled from ASCII 128) by file types (MS Word 5.0, Windows Write 3.1, Word for Windows 6.0). Main respect is WinWrite as intermediate format. [updated]
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Recommended technology of filling HTML documents with Georgian texts using our fonts (filled from ASCII 192) - [updated]
1. MUST be defined tags:
In <HEAD>...</HEAD>
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<META NAME="Content-type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=georgian" >
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<META NAME="Content-type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=x-user-defined" >
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<META NAME="Content-language" CONTENT="ge-GEO">
In <BODY></BODY>
2. Most HTML editors can't to handle screen TTF and FON fonts up of ASCII 128. So, we recommend using of Copy-Paste technology:
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make HTML empty 'template, face, visage' using HTML editor and save it;
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read HTML document and Georgian document source simultaneously using (for example) Windows Notepad;
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cut and paste Georgian text from source to HTML, save HTML document as text;
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never edit this HTML document using HTML editor (use simple text editor).
3. Editor of Netscape 3 Gold, works properly if - Options / Document Encoding / User Defined !
TTF font developed by George Guiorganashvili
Development of Georgian Fonts (Good step FORWARD)
New standard and TTF font developed by George Guiorganashvili (Department of Informatics of the Parliament of Georgia and George Soros Fund) for Georgian fonts usable in WWW-Internet can be discussed as good example of system determination.
It really is duplicate of first (Beta) standard, developed by Center for Scientific Information (CSI) of Academy of Sciences of Georgia in 1987. In this standard Old Georgian letters are placed inside the line of commonly used letters of New Literary Georgian developed by Ilia Chavchavadze.
This standard was not forwarded by CSI also because letters used only in Old Georgian (5 letters) were not designed for most of popular industry standard fonts used in Georgia.
Letters are placed from 192 ASCII code and KBD driver is supplied, but there are no FON fonts, as well as fonts for other platforms (Mac, UNIX etc.).
We recommend to use this standard and font to persons and organizations for whom the standard and fonts developed by Legal Authorities of Georgia is not 'good enough'.
PS. this font is used as base for PS ["Parliament-Soros Fund standard"]
From: UNICODE 2.0 CHARACTER DATABASE
Copyright (c) 1991-1996 Unicode, Inc. All Rights reserved.
See:
1. Source
2. http://charts.unicode.org/Unicode.charts/normal/U10A0.html -- Georgian, Range: U+10A0 to U+10FF
New Georgian [must be: Georgian UPPERCASE, CAPITAL]
10A0;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER AN;10D0;
10A1;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER BAN;10D1;
10A2;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER GAN;10D2;
10A3;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER DON;10D3;
10A4;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER EN;10D4;
10A5;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER VIN;10D5;
10A6;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER ZEN;10D6;
10A7;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER TAN;10D7;
10A8;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER IN;10D8;
10A9;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER KAN;10D9;
10AA;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER LAS;10DA;
10AB;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER MAN;10DB;
10AC;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER NAR;10DC;
10AD;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER ON;10DD;
10AE;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER PAR;10DE;
10AF;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER ZHAR;10DF;
10B0;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER RAE;10E0;
10B1;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER SAN;10E1;
10B2;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER TAR;10E2;
10B3;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER UN;10E3;
10B4;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER PHAR;10E4;
10B5;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER KHAR;10E5;
10B6;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER GHAN;10E6;
10B7;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER QAR;10E7;
10B8;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER SHIN;10E8;
10B9;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER CHIN;10E9;
10BA;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER CAN;10EA;
10BB;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER JIL;10EB;
10BC;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER CIL;10EC;
10BD;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER CHAR;10ED;
10BE;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER XAN;10EE;
10BF;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER JHAN;10EF;
10C0;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER HAE;10F0;
Old Georgian [must be: Georgian EXTENDED for UPPERCASE, CAPITAL]
10C1;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER HE;10F1;
10C2;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER HIE;10F2;
10C3;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER WE;10F3;
10C4;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER HAR;10F4;
10C5;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER HOE;10F5;
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New Georgian [must be: Georgian LOVERCASE]
10D0;GEORGIAN LETTER AN;
10D1;GEORGIAN LETTER BAN;
10D2;GEORGIAN LETTER GAN;
10D3;GEORGIAN LETTER DON;
10D4;GEORGIAN LETTER EN;
10D5;GEORGIAN LETTER VIN;
10D6;GEORGIAN LETTER ZEN;
10D7;GEORGIAN LETTER TAN;
10D8;GEORGIAN LETTER IN;
10D9;GEORGIAN LETTER KAN;
10DA;GEORGIAN LETTER LAS;
10DB;GEORGIAN LETTER MAN;
10DC;GEORGIAN LETTER NAR;
10DD;GEORGIAN LETTER ON;
10DE;GEORGIAN LETTER PAR;
10DF;GEORGIAN LETTER ZHAR;
10E0;GEORGIAN LETTER RAE;
10E1;GEORGIAN LETTER SAN;
10E2;GEORGIAN LETTER TAR;
10E3;GEORGIAN LETTER UN;
10E4;GEORGIAN LETTER PHAR;
10E5;GEORGIAN LETTER KHAR;
10E6;GEORGIAN LETTER GHAN;
10E7;GEORGIAN LETTER QAR;
10E8;GEORGIAN LETTER SHIN;
10E9;GEORGIAN LETTER CHIN;
10EA;GEORGIAN LETTER CAN;
10EB;GEORGIAN LETTER JIL;
10EC;GEORGIAN LETTER CIL;
10ED;GEORGIAN LETTER CHAR;
10EE;GEORGIAN LETTER XAN;
10EF;GEORGIAN LETTER JHAN;
10F0;GEORGIAN LETTER HAE;
Old georgian [must be: Georgian EXTENDED for LOWERCASE]
10F1;GEORGIAN LETTER HE;
10F2;GEORGIAN LETTER HIE;
10F3;GEORGIAN LETTER WE;
10F4;GEORGIAN LETTER HAR;
10F5;GEORGIAN LETTER HOE;
10F6;GEORGIAN LETTER FI;
10FB;GEORGIAN PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR;
Georgia: Internet Making Inroads. By Julie Moffett. Washington, 4 July 1997 (RFE/RL)
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Following is a summary of the obstacles facing Georgia in improving its Internet connectivity:
Non-standard/amateur layout [საწუხაროდ ეს შრომაც წყალში ჩაიყარა] :
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