IPA font samples

IPA font samples
E-Ching Ng · Ling 110b · 12 Jan 2011
Serif fonts (12 point)
Doulos SIL looks like Times New Roman. No predesigned bold or italics, but Word can
generate imitations. Widely used (on my website too). Recommended for compatibility.
ˈwaj ˈʃʊdṇt
ə kʰw̥ɪkˈsɑːɾɪk̚ kʰəˈzɑːk ˈvæ̃ mpajɹ̩ ˈʤɑːɡ̚ ˈbeɹˌfʊt̚
why shouldn’t a quixotic
Kazakh vampire jog
barefoot
‘Why shouldn’t a quixotic Kazakh vampire jog barefoot?’
falʃəs
yːbṇ
Falsches Üben
wrong
fɔn ksylofoːnmuziːk kvɛlt
jeːdṇ ɡrøːsərṇ ʦvɛrk
von Xylophonmusik quält
jeden größeren Zwerg
practising of
xylophonemusic bothers every larger
dwarf
‘Wrong practising of xylophone music bothers every larger dwarf.’
Charis SIL is complete and professional. Harmonises quite well with the Yale font
if you reduce font size by one point. Recommended for presentation purposes.
ˈwaj ˈʃʊdṇt
ə kʰw̥ɪkˈsɑːɾɪk̚ kʰəˈzɑːk ˈvæ̃ mpajɹ̩ ˈʤɑːɡ̚ ˈbeɹˌfʊt̚
why shouldn’t a quixotic
Kazakh vampire jog
barefoot
‘Why shouldn’t a quixotic Kazakh vampire jog barefoot?’
falʃəs
yːbṇ
Falsches Üben
wrong
fɔn ksylofoːnmuziːk kvɛlt
jeːdṇ ɡrøːsərṇ ʦvɛrk
von Xylophonmusik
jeden größeren Zwerg
practising of
quält
xylophonemusic bothers every larger
dwarf
‘Wrong practising of xylophone music bothers every larger dwarf.’
Gentium Plus is compact and pretty. No predesigned bold,
bold but Word can generate
imitations. It’s a bit too pretty for me to concentrate on the text, though.
ˈwaj ˈʃʊdṇt
ə kʰw̥ɪkˈsɑːɾɪk̚ kʰəˈzɑːk ˈvæ̃ mpajɹ̩ ˈʤɑːɡ̚ ˈbeɹˌfʊt̚
why shouldn’t a quixotic
Kazakh vampire jog
barefoot
‘Why shouldn’t a quixotic Kazakh vampire jog barefoot?’
falʃəs yːbṇ
fɔn ksylofoːnmuziːk kvɛlt
jeːdṇ ɡrøːsərṇ ʦvɛrk
Falsches Üben
von Xylophonmusik quält
jeden größeren Zwerg
wrong practising of xylophonemusic bothers every larger dwarf
‘Wrong practising of xylophone music bothers every larger dwarf.’
2
Linux Libertine is a very large font that tries to cover all the Unicode ranges. This can be
extremely useful but it may slow down some computers. Their primary focus was not IPA,
so for instance you can see that the “no audible release” mark is not spaced quite right.
ˈwaj ˈʃʊdṇt
ə khw̥ɪkˈsɑːɾɪk̚ khəˈzɑːk ˈvæ̃mpajɹ̩ ˈʤɑːɡ̚ ˈbeɹˌfʊt̚
why shouldn’t a quixotic
Kazakh vampire jog barefoot
‘Why shouldn’t a quixotic Kazakh vampire jog barefoot?’
falʃəs
yːbṇ
fɔn ksylofoːnmuziːk kvɛlt jeːdṇ ɡrøːsərṇ ʦvɛrk
Falsches Üben
von Xylophonmusik quält jeden größeren Zwerg
wrong practising of xylophonemusic bothers every larger
dwarf
‘Wrong practising of xylophone music bothers every larger dwarf.’
Sans serif fonts (12 point)
DejaVu comes in Serif, Sans and Sans Monospaced (my favorite for programming) Covers much more than the IPA so it might slow down some computers.
ˈwaj ˈʃʊdṇt
ə kʰw̥ɪkˈsɑːɾɪk̚ kʰəˈzɑːk ˈvæ̃mpajɹ̩ ˈʤɑːɡ̚ ˈbeɹˌfʊt̚
why shouldn’t a quixotic
Kazakh vampire jog
barefoot
‘Why shouldn’t a quixotic Kazakh vampire jog barefoot?’
falʃəs
yːbṇ
Falsches Üben
fɔn ksylofoːnmuziːk kvɛlt
jeːdṇ ɡrøːsərṇ ʦvɛrk
von Xylophonmusik quält
jeden größeren Zwerg
wrong
practising of xylophonemusic bothers every larger
dwarf
‘Wrong practising of xylophone music bothers every larger dwarf.’
Lucida Sans Unicode (not free) comes with Windows 98 and later; Lucida Grande
comes with Mac. It’s said to slow down some computers because it is such a large
font, covering far more than the IPA.
ɑwaj ɑȓȚdnʖt
ǩ kȹwʘǺkɑsǡəȎǺkʍ kȹǩɑzǡək ɑvæɶmpajɹ̩ ɑȴǡəDZʍ ɑbeȉɕfȚtʍ
why shouldn’t a quixotic
Kazakh vampire jog
barefoot
‘Why shouldn’t a quixotic Kazakh vampire jog barefoot?’
falȓǩs
yəbnʖ
Falsches Üben
wrong
fǤn ksylofoənmuziək kvǫlt
jeədnʖ DZrøəsǩrnʖ ȶvǫrk
von Xylophonmusik quält
jeden größeren Zwerg
practising of
xylophonemusic bothers every larger
‘Wrong practising of xylophone music bothers every larger dwarf.’
dwarf
3
What doesn’t work so well (12 point)
Times New Roman (before Windows Vista) cannot display important IPA characters.
ˈwaj ˈˈˈdnt ə kʰ w ̥ɪ kʰ sɑ ːɾ ɪ k ̚ kˈəˈzˈˈk ˈvæ&mpajɹ̩ ʰ ʤɑ ːɡ ̚ ʰ beɹ ʰ fʊ t ̚
why shouldn’t a quixotic
Kazakh
vampire jog
barefoot
‘Why shouldn’t a quixotic Kazakh vampire jog barefoot?’
falˈəs yˈbn
fˈn ksylofoˈnmuziˈk kvˈlt jeˈdn ˈrøˈsərn ˈvˈrk
Falsches Üben
von Xylophonmusik
quält jeden größeren Zwerg
wrong practising of xylophonemusic bothers every larger
dwarf
‘Wrong practising of xylophone music bothers every larger dwarf.’
Arial Unicode MS (not free) comes with Microsoft Office. I’ ve had trouble with
spacing for apostrophes and some IPA characters.
ˈwaj ˈʃʊdṇt
ə kʰw̥ɪkˈsɑːɾɪk̚ kʰəˈzɑːk ˈvæ̃mpajɹ̩ ˈʤɑ:g̚ ˈbeɹˌfʊt̚
why shouldn’t a quixotic
Kazakh vampire jog
barefoot
‘Why shouldn’t a quixotic Kazakh vampire jog barefoot?’
falʃəs
yːbṇ
Falsches Üben
wrong
fɔn ksylofoːnmuziːk kvɛlt
jeːdṇ ɡrøːsərṇ ʦvɛrk
von Xylophonmusik quält
jeden größeren Zwerg
practising of
xylophonemusic bothers every larger
‘Wrong practising of xylophone music bothers every larger dwarf.’
dwarf