GNU Unifont

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GNU Unifont (referred to in Java Edition as uniform) is a font used by Minecraft, primarily as a fallback option for when characters are not defined in the default game font.

Definition

This is the font used when the "Force Unicode Font" option in Language is ON.

It references unifont.zip.

The .json file with the pointer to the location of minecraft/font/unifont.zip in .minecraft/assets/objects is located at .minecraft/assets/indexes/5.json, or a higher numbered .json file, like /25.json.

Also located in the same file is the pointer the location of minecraft/font/unifont_jp.zip.

Supported characters

unifont.zip

This contains the "unihex" characters. Inside of it are 2 files: a copy of the GNU General Public License version 2, and unifont_all_no_pua-16.0.01.hex. The latter file is a copy of GNU Unifont 16.0.01 and contains glyph definitions for 113,447 characters.

History

References

External links

• wikipedia:GNU Unifont

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