Fonts supporting the Greek Script
Greek script is used to write the Greek language (across its various historical phases), as well as Ottoman Turkish, Albanian, Karamanli Turkish, etc. Individual letters are also used as mathematical, linguistic and scientific symbols. The Greek script emerged from the Phoenician script, an abjad. Letterforms were first standardised around 402 BCE. The script was expanded during the Byzantine period: minuscule letterforms and new diacritics were introduced. Two orthographic standards exist: monotonic and polytonic. The polytonic system features diacritics for breathing variation and multiple tones, while the monotonic system limits itself to one tone mark. Monotonic Greek was devised in an orthographic reform in 1982. Polytonic Greek continues to be used in representations of older Greek-language texts, and in some special contexts for the modern Greek language itself.
Script Classification | Alphabet |
Letter Case | Upper and lower |
Commonly Used Quotation Marks | «...», “...” |
Numerals | Alphabetic numeral system, largely replaced by Hindu- Arabic numerals |
Earliest Recorded Usage | c. 740 BCE |
Used to Write | Greek, Ottoman Turkish, Albanian, Karamanli Turkish, etc. |
Added to Unicode | Version 1.0 (1991) |
- Μούνχενσταϊν κειμένουMunchenstein Text14 styles
- Μούνχενσταϊν με τετραγωνισμένες πατούρεςMunchenstein Slab2 styles
- Μούνχενσταϊν τίτλωνMunchenstein Display31 styles
- Πινγκ στρογγυλάPing Round18 styles
- ΠινγκPing18 styles
- Νοβέμπερ στένσιλNovember Stencil36 styles
- Νοβέμπερ με χοντρές πατούρεςNovember Slab Condensed18 styles
- Νοβέμπερ με χοντρές πατούρες συμπιεσμένηNovember Slab Compressed18 styles
- Νοβέμπερ με χοντρές πατούρεςNovember Slab18 styles
- ΓουΐντWind4 styles
- Γουίλιαμ κειμένουWilliam Text4 styles
- Γουίλιαμ υπότιτλωνWilliam Subhead4 styles
- Γουίλιαμ μεγάλων τίτλωνWilliam Display4 styles
- Οκτόμπερ στενήOctober Condensed18 styles
- Οκτόμπερ συμπιεσμένηOctober Compressed18 styles
- ΟκτόμπερOctober18 styles
- ΜάνουManu16 styles
- Νοβέμπερ στενήNovember Condensed18 styles