Last Resort

📦 Package Info

| Property | Value | |----------|-------| | Package Name | fontpkg-last-resort | | Display Name | Last Resort | | Version | 17.0.0 | | Total Size | 9.34 MB | | File Count | 2 |

Note: This package is published as fontpkg-last-resort rather than under the @fontpkg scope, because we do not have publish permissions for the @fontpkg org.

📁 Included Files

| File | Format | Size | Style | |------|--------|------|-------| | LastResort-Regular.ttf | TTF | 8.80 MB | Regular (Format 12 cmap) | | LastResortHE-Regular.ttf | TTF | 0.55 MB | Regular (High-Efficiency, Format 13 cmap) |

🏷️ Font Names

| Field | Last Resort | Last Resort High-Efficiency | |-------|-------------|-----------------------------| | fontFamily | Last Resort | Last Resort High-Efficiency | | fullName | Last Resort | Last Resort High-Efficiency | | postscriptName | LastResort-Regular | LastResortHE-Regular |

ℹ️ Font Information

| Property | Value | |----------|-------| | Version | 17.000 (Unicode Version 17.0.0) | | Manufacturer | Unicode, Inc. | | Copyright | © 2020–2025 Unicode, Inc. The Last Resort glyphs were drawn by Apple Inc., Michael Everson of Evertype, and Unicode, Inc. | | License | SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1 (OFL-1.1) |

Install

npm i fontpkg-last-resort

About the fonts

Last Resort is a special-purpose font that includes a collection of glyphs to represent types of Unicode characters. Its glyphs are used as the backup of "last resort" to any other font: if a font cannot represent a particular Unicode character, the appropriate "missing" glyph from Last Resort is displayed instead, giving the user a clue as to which Unicode block the character belongs to.

This package ships two variants:

• LastResort-Regular.ttf — font named Last Resort. Its cmap table uses a Format 12 (Segmented coverage) subtable supported in virtually all modern environments. Use this one if you are unsure which to use.
• LastResortHE-Regular.ttf — font named Last Resort High-Efficiency. Its cmap uses the more efficient Format 13 (Many-to-one range mappings) subtable, which may not be supported in some environments (e.g. most Windows and Adobe apps). It is considerably smaller but requires greater care when installed.

Both fonts also include a Format 4 subtable (a Windows OS requirement); for the High-Efficiency font this is an empty stub.

Source & License

The fonts are sourced from the official unicode-org/last-resort-font repository (Version 17.000 release).

Copyright © 1998–2025 Unicode, Inc. The contents are released under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. See the bundled LICENSE file for the full terms.