Editing Deseret alphabet (section)

==== Fonts ====
[[File:Information wants to be free in five different modern computer fonts for the Deseret alphabet.svg|thumb |300x300px |The phrase "<span lang="en-Dsrt>𐐆𐑌𐑁𐐲𐑉𐑋𐐩𐑇𐐲𐑌 𐐶𐐪𐑌𐐻𐑅 𐐻𐐭 𐐺 𐑁𐑉𐐨</span>" ([[Information wants to be free]]) in five Deseret fonts. From top, Noto Sans Deseret, QueenBee Star, TuBeeRound, Times Bee and Analecta.]] The first digital font for the Deseret alphabet, called "Deseret", was designed by Greg Kearney as part of work he was doing for the [[Church History Library|LDS Church History Department]] in 1991; the font was used in an [[Exhibit design|exhibit]] that year.<ref name="Beesley2004" />{{rp|32}} In August 1995, a cleaned up, digitized version of the font in use in the ''Deseret Second Book'' was created by Salt Lake City graphic designer Edward Bateman, who made the font in [[Fontographer]] while working on ''[[Plan 10 from Outer Space]]''.<ref name="Beesley2004" />{{rp|32–33}}

Kenneth R. Beesley created a [[Metafont]] (and thus, LaTeX-compatible) font called {{Monospace|[https://github.com/ctrlcctrlv/desalph desalph]}} in 2002.<ref name="Beesley2004" />{{rp|37–38}}<ref name="desalph_source">{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/ctrlcctrlv/desalph/blob/3c2544fc4b69c3eae0e09369a5e86d7e43c843e0/mf/desalph.txt|title=<code>desalph.mf</code> source code|date=2002-02-23|last=Beesley|first=Kenneth R.|via=[[GitHub]]|access-date=12 May 2021|archive-date=25 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125014224/https://github.com/ctrlcctrlv/desalph/blob/3c2544fc4b69c3eae0e09369a5e86d7e43c843e0/mf/desalph.txt|url-status=live}}</ref>

All computers running [[Microsoft]]'s [[Windows 7]] operating system or newer can display the entire Deseret alphabet Unicode range as the glyphs are included in the [[Segoe#Variations|Segoe UI Symbol]] font.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/ee426904.aspx |title=What's New for International Customers in Windows 7 |website=Microsoft Developer Network |publisher=Microsoft |access-date=2017-01-19 |quote=In Windows 7, support for 10 new scripts is added: Braille, '''Deseret''', New Tai Lue, Ogham, Osmanya, Phags-pa, Runic, Symbols, Tai Le, and Tifinagh. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131184755/https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/ee426904.aspx |archive-date=2017-01-31 }}</ref>

Besides maintaining a Deseret [[input method]] for Windows, Joshua Erickson, a [[UCLA]] alumnus, also maintains a large collection of [[freeware]] Unicode fonts for the alphabet, which he collectively terms the "Bee Fonts."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://copper.chem.ucla.edu/~jericks/Sans_Serif.html |title=Deseret Bee Fonts |last=Erickson |first=Joshua |website=Joshua Erickson's Deseret Alphabet Pages |publisher=University of California Los Angeles Chemistry & Biochemistry Department |access-date=2017-01-06 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202706/http://copper.chem.ucla.edu/~jericks/Sans_Serif.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

There also exist [[free software]] fonts for the Deseret alphabet. [[Google]], through its [[Noto Sans]] project, the aim of which is "to support all languages with a harmonious look and feel", has also released a Deseret font under the name "Noto Sans Deseret".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.google.com/get/noto/ |title=Google Noto Fonts |website=www.google.com |access-date=2017-01-06 |archive-date=8 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108130144/https://www.google.com/get/noto/ |url-status=live }}</ref> George Douros maintains a [[public domain]] font called "Analecta" as part of his [[Unicode Fonts for Ancient Scripts]] project, which supports the [[Coptic language|Coptic]], [[Gothic language|Gothic]], and Deseret scripts.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/ |title=Unicode Fonts for Ancient Scripts |last=Douros |first=George |date=1 October 2015 |access-date=7 January 2017 |archive-date=21 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721083505/http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/Akkadian256.zip |url-status=live }}</ref> Deseret glyphs are also available in the popular pan-Unicode fonts [[Code2000|Code2001]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.alanwood.net/unicode/deseret.html |title=Deseret – Test for Unicode support in Web browsers |last=Wood |first=Alan |date=27 October 2001 |website=Alan Wood's Unicode Resources |access-date=2017-01-19 |archive-date=4 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204215420/http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/deseret.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Everson Mono]] (as of version 5.1.5).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.evertype.com/emono/ |title=Everson Mono |last=Everson |first=Michael |date=2008-12-28 |website=Evertype |access-date=2017-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705024437/http://www.evertype.com/emono/ |archive-date=2017-07-05 }}</ref>