To expand on Dominik’s point, the FAQ on the licensing of fonts shipping in Windows is here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/fonts/font-faq. In summary you are good on printing, publishing papers and embedding in documents, which I assume most people here care about. You cannot embed them in applications, and you are not authorized to modify or convert them.

With that said, if there are gaps in fonts like Times New Roman, feel free to let me (or Andrew Glass) know and I am sure we can mostly sort it out.

Regards,

Jan Kučera

ल Institute of South and Central Asia Students, Prague

Script Encoding Working Group, Unicode

ISO 15919 Project Leader

From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces@list.indology.info> On Behalf Of Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY
Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2026 9:43 AM
To: Philipp Maas <philipp.a.maas@gmail.com>
Cc: Indology <indology@list.indology.info>
Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Fonts

"Times New Roman" is everywhere, but remember that it's a commercial product that is not licensed for free use.  For really nice fonts that are almost indistinguishable from TNR and are freely distributed under a open use license, try TeX Gyre Termes or Libertinus Serif.   As it says explicitly on the Gyre website, 

TeX Gyre Termes can be used as a replacement for the renowned Times (new) Roman font (designed by Stanley Morison together with Starling Burgess and Victor Lardent for the London newspaper “The Times”; it was first issued by the Monotype Corporation in 1932 -- see the article by Charles Bigelow for interesting details: http://www.truetype-typography.com/articles/times.htm).

Bigelow is always worth reading, and the article above really helps to understand the history of the issues surrounding Times Roman.

Best wishes,

Dominik