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Mathematical PI Open Source Font?

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
May 25, 2022
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Does anyone know of an Open Source Font that includes mathematical symbols? To my dismay Mathematical Pi is Open Type and presumably won't work after this year. I need the occasional multiplication sign. Thanks!

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Laubender

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Hi Grundoon Groundhog,

all what Bevi said, plus one remark on the Noto or any other open source font project:

If you download the font files for a particular project, stick with the exact same font files in the future of that project.

Noto is in development. Make sure that you always work with the exact same version of the font files.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

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Grundoon GroundhogAuthor

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Interesting. Thanks. I still wonder why so many of the Noto fonts for obscure alphabets are locked into Adobe programs — but the Sans Math, which might be useful, is not.

Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com

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Don't have a clue why, but wondering if it's because Math in publishing isn't a widely used. It really is a small segment of the design and publishing industry that does anything with STEM.

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Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com

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Take a look at the Noto font family from Google Fonts. https://fonts.google.com/?query=noto

Scroll down until you find

Noto Sans Symbols
Noto Sans Symbols 2
Noto Sans Math

Noto is a font project that aims to create fonts for the world's languages and dialects, including ancient and aboriginal languages. Includes punctuation, symbols, music, and every dingbat you've ever used from other fonts.

Fonts are free, OpenType, and can be embedded into PDFs, EPUBs, and websites without extra licensing fees. They work seemlessly for print and digital.

It's an incredible resource that every designer needs to have on their computer.

|    Bevi Chagnon   |  Designer, Trainer, & Technologist for Accessible Documents ||    PubCom |    Classes & Books for Accessible InDesign, PDFs & MS Office |

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Grundoon GroundhogAuthor

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Many thanks!

Barb Binder

Community Expert

Why won't OpenType fonts work after this year? Adobe is retiring Type 1 font suppport, not OpenType.

https://helpx.adobe.com/fonts/kb/postscript-type-1-fonts-end-of-support.html

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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Grundoon GroundhogAuthor

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Sorry, I was wrong. Mathematical Pi is a Type 1 font. So my question still stands: I need something that will work!

Brad @ Roaring Mouse

Community Expert

There definitely is an OpenType version of that font, and has been for many years. It has been renamed "MathematicalPi LT Std" and is available from the foundry (in this case Linotype). It was available in the Adobe Font Folio since the early 2000s (which is where i got mine from), and combined all 6 variants into one OTF font, but now, since Adobe no longers licenses Linotype fonts, you will need to obtain it it from Linotype directly or one of its resellers. The six original variants can also be purchased separately and are encoded the same as the previous Type 1 versions, so is your best choice for updating legacy documents.

As for a free version knock off, you're on your own. They would not likely work properly in legacy documents. "Buyer" beware.

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