Font format & character sets

Font format

All fonts available on this site are OpenType format for Macintosh and Windows.

System requirements

Macintosh: Mac OS X or later.

Windows: Windows 7, Vista, XP, or later.

Special characters or other typographic features within some OpenType fonts require applications that support OpenType features. OpenType fonts—particularly Pro fonts—will generally offer basic, or more extended typographic options, depending on the application used.

Character sets

This site supports viewing all character sets of all fonts. To view a character set for a given font, select a single font in the “Browse” area, click on it, and on the page providing a large type sample, click the “View character set” link.

MVB fonts are available in the following character sets:

OpenType Standard

These fonts provide at minimum the character set typical of the well-established Type 1 “standard” character set. In many cases additional characters will be included.

Languages supported: Albanian, Basque, Catalan, Cornish, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Malay, Manx, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Oromo, Portuguese, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, and Swedish.

OpenType Basic
These fonts are similar to Standard, but include full support for Western and Central European languages.

Languages supported: Albanian, Basque, Catalan, Cornish, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Kalaallisut, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Maltese, Manx, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, and Welsh.

OpenType Pro
Pro fonts include small caps (if small caps are part of the given font family), various figure sets (such as old style, proportional lining, tabular old style, tabular lining, full-cap, etc. as applicable to a given design), alternates and ligatures (when applicable) and full support for Western and Central European languages.

Languages supported: Albanian, Basque, Catalan, Cornish, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Kalaallisut, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Maltese, Manx, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, and Welsh.

Dingbat and picture fonts

Those fonts that contain primarily dingbats or illustrations will have limited character sets that vary considerably. View the character set(s) to see the dingbats or illustrations included in a given font.