

The symbol for the Open-mid central rounded vowel is IPA LS Uni 025E the 2005 chart uses a rotated closed-omega. The symbol for the Close-mid central unrounded vowel is IPA LS Uni 02 chart uses a rotated e. A few symbol substitutions have been made: The symbol for the labiodental flap, which in the 2005 chart is an extra symbol from Linguist’s Software, here comes from the Doulos SIL font (2C71). The 2015 chart makes minor changes to wording and layout, but otherwise reproduces the appearance of the 2005 chart. Our use of this font is allowed under our font embedding license. Therefore a chart made primarily with the IPA Kiel character set best represents the symbols of the IPA. However, the font mostly used in the 2005 chart, Linguist’s Software’s IPA Kiel, comes close (* see note below). In no extant font do all the symbols correspond exactly to the intent of the Association.

Whether commercial or free, Unicode-compliant or legacy, every font incorporates unique decisions about such elements as line thicknesses, curves, and proportions. The symbol shapes originally devised and approved by the Association may not be preserved in the symbols in any given font. You will need a PDF reader such as Adobe PDF Reader to view the PDF files. Thanks to Malgorzata Deron for producing the files. You can download PDF files of the Chart in various fonts, or PNG image files at various resolutions below. However, if you have further questions, please contact the Secretary. Under this license, there is no need to request permission from the Association for reproduction or re-use. Copyright © 2015 International Phonetic Association." "IPA Chart,, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License.

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This license allows any kind of re-use (including commercial reproduction and derivative works), as long as attribution is given and the reproduction or derivative work is under the same license. As of July 2012, they are made freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA). The IPA chart and all its subparts are copyright 2015/2005 by the International Phonetic Association. Reproduction of The International Phonetic Alphabet
