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With the prevalence of [[Unicode]], many systems render APL legibly out-of-the-box. This article lists some fonts that are especially well-suited for rendering APL characters.
With the prevalence of [[Unicode]], many systems render APL legibly out-of-the-box. However, for a uniform appearance, the font should be designed with APL in mind.<ref>Phil Chastney: ''[http://www.chastney.com/~philip/SImPL/APL_fonts_are_different.pdf APL fonts are different]''
</ref> This article lists some fonts that are especially well-suited.


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Using [[IBM]]'s [[APL\360]] required the use of the [[wikipedia:IBM_2741#APL\360|IBM 2741]] or [[wikipedia:IBM 1050|IBM 1050]] printing terminal with an APL [[wikipedia:type ball|type ball]]. The APL2741 font is based directly on this type ball.
Using [[IBM]]'s [[APL\360]] required the use of the [[wikipedia:IBM_2741#APL\360|IBM 2741]] or [[wikipedia:IBM 1050|IBM 1050]] printing terminal with an APL [[wikipedia:type ball|type ball]]. The APL2741 font is based directly on this type ball.


== External links ==
== References ==
* Phil Chastney: [http://www.chastney.com/~philip/SImPL/APL_fonts_are_different.pdf APL fonts are different]
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{{APL development}}[[Category:APL character set]]
{{APL development}}[[Category:APL character set]]

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