Arphic Technology Co., Ltd. (, aka.: Arphic Technology (文鼎科技)) is a
type foundry based in
Taiwan (
Republic of China
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...
), founded in May 1990.
Fonts
Arphic PL Fonts
Arphic Technology is the creator of the Arphic PL Fonts (where "PL" means "public license(d)", in Chinese: 文鼎公眾授權字型 or 文鼎自由字型), including AR PL
KaitiM
Big5 (文鼎 PL 中楷), AR PL
Mingti2L Big5 (文鼎 PL 細上海宋), AR PL SungtiL
GB (文鼎 PL 簡報宋) and AR PL KaitiM GB (文鼎 PL 簡中楷), which were released in 1999 under the Arphic Public License. They are used by
Debian
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-derived
Linux distribution
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s (such as
Ubuntu), as well as by most
LaTeX distributions, as part of their default
CJK font
This is a list of notable CJK fonts ( computer fonts which contain a large range of Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters). These fonts are primarily sorted by their typeface, the main classes being "with serif", "without serif" and "script". In t ...
s.
In 2010, Arphic Technology released another two fonts, AR PL MingU20-L (文鼎 PL 明體) and AR PL BaoSong2
GBK (文鼎 PL 報宋), which are available under a revised Arphic Public License that restricts distribution of the fonts to non-profit use only.
Meiryo
As a partner of
C&G Inc., Arphic Technology was one of the designers of
kanji in C&G's
Meiryo (明瞭) font, intended for
Japanese.
Arphic Public License
The "Arphic Public License" published by Arphic Technology in 1999 was recognized by
Free Software Foundation as a
copyleft, free
software license and incompatible with the
GNU General Public License. But as it is used almost only for fonts, the incompatibility does not cause a problem in that use.
The revised Arphic Public License published in 2010 doesn't allow commercial use, thus is non-free.
See also
*
List of CJK fonts
*
List of companies of Taiwan
Taiwan maintains a stable industrial economy as a result of economic growth and industrialization during the late 20th century, being dubbed as one of the Four Asian Tigers along with Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea. It is a member of both ...
References
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External links
Arphic Public License(1999 free version)
Arphic Public License(2010 non-commercial version)
Commercial type foundries
Taiwanese brands
Companies based in New Taipei
Manufacturing companies established in 1990
Taiwanese companies established in 1990