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BabelStone

Personal site of Andrew West: software, fonts, Unicode utilities, historical scripts, and

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BabelStone is a personal site of Andrew West bringing together software, fonts, Unicode utilities, and research pages on historical scripts, including Jurchen, Khitan, Manchu, Mongolian, Phags-pa, Tangut, Tibetan, Yi, and Zhang Zhung. It also covers China-related material, photography, publications, and blogs, with pages such as the Morrison Collection, Sanguo Yanyi, and the Taishō Tripitaka.

Software includes BabelPad and BabelMap, while fonts include BabelStone Flags, BabelStone Han, BabelStone Han PUA, and Tangut Yinchuan. Unicode utilities include What Unicode Character?, BabelMap Online, and Unicode Slide Show, alongside an IDS Database for CJK Unified Ideographs and a character count page. The site also offers date displays in Old Mandarin, Middle Mongolian, Manchu, Jurchen, Khitan (large and small script), and Tangut, plus calendar and other data pages.

The site is aimed at readers and researchers interested in Unicode, historical scripts, and China-related topics, and it also hosts photography and publications. No pricing, plans, trials, or editions are stated.

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