Gauche is a Scheme engine conforming Revised^5 Report on
Algorithmic Language Scheme. It is designed for rapid development
of daily tools like system management and text processing.
It can handle multibyte character strings natively.

GNU Cobol (formerly OpenCOBOL) is a free COBOL compiler. cobc translates COBOL to executable using intermediate C sources, providing full access to nearly all C libraries.

Io is a prototype-based programming language inspired by Smalltalk (all values are objects, all messages are dynamic), Self (prototype-based), NewtonScript (differential inheritance), Act1 (actors and futures for concurrency), LISP (code is a runtime inspectable/modifiable tree) and Lua (small, embeddable).

This package is based on the package 'smalltalk' from project 'openSUSE:Factory'.

GNU Smalltalk is an implementation that closely follows the
Smalltalk-80 language as described in the book `Smalltalk-80: the
Language and its Implementation' by Adele Goldberg and David Robson.

For a complete explanation of Smalltalk there is a very nice tutorial.
Try the command: "info gst".

packages for free-software fonts

DelaGothic is a flat, very thick Gothic body. Its stability and strength make it ideal for use on posters and packaging.

Japanese POP font

Japanese font for manga

Old style Japanese serif font

Dotgothic 16 is based on the old 16x16 Gothic bitmap font that can best recreate the feel of pixel fonts from old video games, cell phones and computer screens on print. With its high readability, this font has become more popular in recent years due to the growing popularity of pixel art.

Klee is a script font handwritten by pencil or pen. It's quiet design has an elegant look that sets itself apart from traditional script and textbook fonts. Ideal for body text.

Rampart is a unique outline shadow font made in the image of 3-D blocks. It is best used for added impact or to demonstrate strength and stability.

Reggae is a very popular display font often used in Japanese boys' magazines and digital content. The sharpened ends give off a dynamic pulse, making this font ideal to express rhythm, movement and energy, or for emphasis.

RocknRoll is an original pop-style font. The strokes of varying intensity add momentum and the rounded dots create a lively and dynamic feel.

True to its name, Stick is designed with straight lines that create a cute and playful feel. The pastoral ambience also gives this font wide versatility for use in both paper mediums and digital content.

Train (distributed as "Railway" in Japan by Fontworks) is a gothic-style typeface made with an outer and inner line. It is open and vibrant, and its strong first impression makes it suitable for logos and titles.

BIZ UD Gothic is a universal design typeface designed to be easy to read and ideal for education and business documentation. It is a highly legible and well-balanced design sans serif. In order to make the kanji more clear and identifiable, the letterforms are simplified by omitting hane (hook) and geta (the vertical lines extending beyond horizontal strokes at the bottom of kanji). Counters and other spaces are finely adjusted so that the overall balance of the type is not impaired even with the use in relatively large size. The kana are made slightly smaller than the kanji to give a good rhythm and flow when setting long texts in the lighter weights.

BIZ UD Mincho is a universal design typeface designed to be easy to read and ideal for education and business documentation. It combines high quality in readability and legibility while carrying on the stately Japanese Mincho type tradition. BIZ UD Mincho bases its design on one of the typefaces from the Morisawa font library, which has thicker horizontal lines than the traditional Mincho type style. Because most Mincho types have thin horizontal strokes, the style can be difficult to read on some displays or signs and for people with low vision. For the universal design version, dakuten (゛) and handakuten (゜) voicing marks are designed to be more legible, and the letterforms are adjusted to maintain their balance while having a larger face and wider counters.

Kosugi is a Gothic design, with low stroke contrast and monospaced metrics. Initially developed by MOTOYA and released for the Android platform under the Apache license, the typeface is based on a design from the 1950s. It aims for beauty and readability, and evokes the Japanese cedar trees that have straight and thick trunks and branches. Originally available as "MotoyaLCedar W3 mono", it is now available under the name Kosugi. A Rounded version is available as Kosugi Maru.

Kosugi Maru is a Gothic Rounded design, with low stroke contrast and monospaced metrics, and rounded terminals. Initially developed by MOTOYA and released for the Android platform under the Apache license, the typeface is based on a design from the 1950s. It aims for beauty and readability, and evokes the Japanese cedar trees that have straight and thick trunks and branches. Originally available as "MotoyaLMaru W3 mono", it is now available under the name Kosugi Maru. A regular gothic version is available as Kosugi.

Hina Mincho is a Japanese Old-fashioned Mincho-style font.

Yusei Magic is a font based on handwritten letters written with permanent marker. It has a thick vertical stroke and a thin horizontal stroke, so it is highly visible. The design of the letters has both the strength of bold lines and the softness of spaciousness. Highly recommended for handwriting on blackboards and pop art designs.

Zen Antique features two kinds of Antique Japanese with Kanji. The impression of the weights (thickness) of strokes are different among characters—Hiragana and Latin alphabets are slightly lighter, while Katakana and Kanji are slightly heavier, which gives the unique rhythm and taste in this font. “Zen Antique S” has slightly rounded effect on the corners.