Unicode.org Last Resort font is a Unicode font designed as a
fallback with representative glyphs and labels to show a missing
glyph belongs to a specific:
- Unicode Block with common characteristics
- Private Use Area, for which no (official) agreement exists
- Unassigned Block or code point, reserved for future assignment
- Noncharacter code point.
For more information see the project home page:
https://github.com/unicode-org/last-resort-font
NOTES:
- A High Efficiency alternative with cmap table Format 13 Many-to-One
Range Mappings subtable is included, which may not be supported by
some Adobe and Windows apps, but is only 517KB, 6% of the size of the
8MB cmap table Format 12 Segmented Coverage subtable alternative.
- Both alternatives' cmap tables include Windows required Format 4
Segment Mapping to Delta Values subtable, but that of the High
Efficiency alternative is an empty stub subtable.
- Sources and build scripts are not packaged as they require Java, which
Cygwin does not support.
The following package has been upgraded in the Cygwin distribution:
- last-resort-font 18
For changes since the previous Cygwin release, see below or at:
https://github.com/unicode-org/last-resort-font/releases/tag/18.000
2026-09-16 18
This version of the Last Resort fonts corresponds to Unicode Version 18.0.0.
The following changes were made in this release:
- Seven new glyphs that correspond to the following new blocks were added:
Range Block Name Glyph Name lastresort...
11DF0..11DFF Bengali Supplement ...bengalisupplement
12550..1268F Archaic Cuneiform Numerals ...archaiccuneiformnumerals
18E00..1919F Jurchen ...jurchen
191A0..191DF Jurchen Radicals ...jurchenradicals
1D250..1D28F Musical Symbols Supplement ...musicalsymbolssupplement
1DB00..1DBFF Misc. Symbols and Arrows Ext. ...miscsymbolsarrowsext
3D000..3FC3F Seal ...seal
- The glyph for the following block was updated to change NUMBERS to NUMERALS:
Range Block Name Glyph Name lastresort...
1D360..1D37F Counting Rod Numerals ...countingrods
- 13,007 mappings that correspond to the 13,007 new characters in Unicode
Version 18.0 were changed.
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