Arphic Technology
 | |
| Type foundry | |
| Founded | May 1990 |
| Headquarters | New Taipei City, Republic of China (Taiwan) |
Number of employees | 50 |
| Website | www.arphic.com.tw |
Arphic Technology Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 文鼎科技開發股份有限公司, aka.: Arphic Technology (文鼎科技)) is a type foundry based in Taiwan (Republic of China), founded in May 1990.[1]
Fonts
Arphic PL Fonts
| Developer(s) | Arphic Technology |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 1999 & 2010 |
| Type | Computer font |
| License |
AR PL KaitiM, AR PL Mingti2L, AR PL SungtiL, AR PL KaitiM GB: Arphic Public License (2001 version, free license) AR PL MingU20-L, AR PL BaoSong2GBK: Arphic Public License (revised 2010 version, non-commercial) |
Arphic Technology is the creator of the Arphic PL Fonts (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 some Linux distributions (incl. Ubuntu, Debian, etc.) as part of their default CJK fonts.
In 2010, Arphic Technology released another two fonts, AR PL MingU20-L (文鼎 PL 明體) and AR PL BaoSong2GBK (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.[2]
Meiryo
As a partner of C&G Inc., Arphic Technology was one of the designers of Kanjis in C&G's Meiryo (明瞭) font, intended for Japanese.
Arphic Public License
| Publisher | Arphic Technology |
|---|---|
| Published | 1999 |
| FSF approved | Yes |
| GPL compatible | No |
| Copyleft | Yes |
| Website | A copy of the license text on GNU.org |
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.[3]
The revised Arphic Public License published in 2010 doesn't allow commercial use, thus is non-free.
See also
References
- ↑ "About Arphic". Arphic Technology. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ↑ "文鼎科技發佈新的公眾授權字型 (Arphic Technology released new public license fonts)" (in Chinese). Arphic Technology. 2010. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ↑ "Various Licenses and Comments about Them". Free Software Foundation. Archived from the original on 9 December 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
External links
- Official site
- Arphic Public License (1999 free version)
- Arphic Public License (2010 non-commercial version)