Palifont

Please Note: These files have been zipped, you will need Win-Zip or something similar to open them.

Pali Fonts – Unicode Version

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These are TYPE I Fonts and are the preferred fonts.
This collection of modified Pali Type 1 fonts have been made available after other Pali modified Type 1 fonts were found to be unusable or unsuitable. The fonts follow the CSX convention – there is more about this in the readme.txt in each font family zip file.

You are welcome to E-mail Phil Thompson with questions on Pali fonts – PC platform only. PDFs on this page will explain how to make MS Word Macros for Pali characters
Pali Font Resources:

Download File
File Size
CHANDRA’S Type 1 PALI FONTS in PC and MACINTOSH FORMAT.
737KB
Information about Pali Type 1 Fonts, Character Sets and Issues.
04kb
Word Pali Macro Guide, by Phil Thompson.
2.6mb
Chandra’s Modified Pali Type 1 fonts for PC OS.
250kb
Information on Standardization of Sanskrit / Pali fonts. (PDF document)
02kb
Text file for Installing Fonts on the Macintosh.
40kb
Understanding Font Formats for the Macintosh (PDF document).
2,547kb
Zipped file of Chandra’s Macintosh Pali Fonts for Mac OS.
1,105kb
Extra Pali Type 1 fonts – which has six new Pali font subdirectories inside with six new Pali font families. There are explanations of how usually these Pali fonts have been resurrected/repaired so that they now work in Windows.

Pali Type 1 Fonts Converted to TrueType Fonts:
This collection of fonts below originally made by Chandra Yenco as Type 1 fonts have been converted to True Type Fonts. It is recommended that for paper print and PDF making that the better performing Type 1 font format be used. These True Type fonts can now be embedded.

Download File
File Size
PALI True Type Fonts converted from the above Pali Type 1 Fonts
400kb
Pali Bookman (10 TTF)
359kb
Pali Charter (10 TTF)
308kb
Pali Helvetica (10 TTF)
410kb
Pali Palatino (10 TTF)
412kb
Pali Times (10 TTF)
48kb
Pali Chancery (1 TTF only)
1,930kb
Complete Collection of 51 Pali TTFs in 5 families + Pali Chancery – decorative.