Greece and especially ancient Greece is mostly referred to as the cradle of culture, art, and literature. The foundation of many modern achievements was laid in Greece during ancient times. Now Greek font, as the modern representation of Greek writing system, is commonly used in both daily routine projects and in specific designing projects, where it is necessary to underline the Greek origin and creat unique atmosphere of ancient Greece.
Supported by Unicode standard, Greek font is now included into all the major operating systems, such as Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. However, when the default typefaces are not enough, numerous Greek fonts of different styles can be downloaded from the Internet. For example, Font2u offers almost two hundred of Greek fonts, and their number is constantly growing thanks to regular new addition to the site.
By the way, at Fonts2u one can find typefaces, supporting authentic Greek characters – Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and so on in their true and original view. The examples of such Greek font family representatives are BBT, Kliment Std, UKIJ Nasq, and many others. All these Greek fonts support characters included into the Greek character map. So, if you need to find a true Greek font, you can just select a Greek character map in the search section at Fonts2u and press the Search button to receive a list of relevant typefaces.
It is also interesting to note, that at Fonts2u one can find typefaces with the traditional Latin character map, in which all the characters are drawn in the Greek manner. Such fonts can be of especial value when it is necessary to add the Greek charm to the text, written in English. Have a look at the Capitalis Goreanis Medium, Achilles Italic, or Naxos-Bold and you will see all the features of best Greek font traditions.