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Doulos SIL Font Download
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Table of Contents for this web page:
Registration Form
License
SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE
Notes to contributors
Font Download
Doulos SIL 4.104 (official release)
Installation and Use
Release History
Related Packages
Other Resources
Registration Form
Thank you for your interest in Doulos SIL.
License
License details:
Doulos SIL is released under the SIL Open Font License - please read it carefully and do not download the fonts unless you agree to the terms of the license:
This Font Software is Copyright (c) 1994-2007, SIL International (
http://scripts.sil.org/).
“Doulos SIL” is a Reserved Font Name for this Font Software. “SIL” is a Reserved Font Name for this Font Software.
This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.0. No modification of the license is permitted, only verbatim copy is allowed. This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at:
http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE
Version 1.0 - 22 November 2005
PREAMBLE
The goals of the Open Font License (OFL) are to stimulate worldwide development of cooperative font projects, to support the font creation efforts of academic and linguistic communities, and to provide an open framework in which fonts may be shared and improved in partnership with others.
The OFL allows the licensed fonts to be used, studied, modified and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. The fonts, including any derivative works, can be bundled, embedded, redistributed and sold with any software provided that the font names of derivative works are changed. The fonts and derivatives, however, cannot be released under any other type of license.
DEFINITIONS
“Font Software” refers to any and all of the following:
- font files
- data files
- source code
- build scripts
- documentation
“Reserved Font Name” refers to the Font Software name as seen by users and any other names as specified after the copyright statement.
“Standard Version” refers to the collection of Font Software components as distributed by the Copyright Holder.
“Modified Version” refers to any derivative font software made by adding to, deleting, or substituting — in part or in whole — any of the components of the Standard Version, by changing formats or by porting the Font Software to a new environment.
“Author” refers to any designer, engineer, programmer, technical writer or other person who contributed to the Font Software.
PERMISSION & CONDITIONS
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of the Font Software, to use, study, copy, merge, embed, modify, redistribute, and sell modified and unmodified copies of the Font Software, subject to the following conditions:
1) Neither the Font Software nor any of its individual components, in Standard or Modified Versions, may be sold by itself.
2) Standard or Modified Versions of the Font Software may be bundled, redistributed and sold with any software, provided that each copy contains the above copyright notice and this license. These can be included either as stand-alone text files, human-readable headers or in the appropriate machine-readable metadata fields within text or binary files as long as those fields can be easily viewed by the user.
3) No Modified Version of the Font Software may use the Reserved Font Name(s), in part or in whole, unless explicit written permission is granted by the Copyright Holder. This restriction applies to all references stored in the Font Software, such as the font menu name and other font description fields, which are used to differentiate the font from others.
4) The name(s) of the Copyright Holder or the Author(s) of the Font Software shall not be used to promote, endorse or advertise any Modified Version, except to acknowledge the contribution(s) of the Copyright Holder and the Author(s) or with their explicit written permission.
5) The Font Software, modified or unmodified, in part or in whole, must be distributed using this license, and may not be distributed under any other license.
TERMINATION
This license becomes null and void if any of the above conditions are not met.
DISCLAIMER
THE FONT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT, PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER RIGHT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE FONT SOFTWARE OR FROM OTHER DEALINGS IN THE FONT SOFTWARE.
Notes to contributors
The release of Doulos SIL version 4.0.14 (Version 4.014) (and any subsequent versions) under the OFL license provides a means for people to contribute to the project. For information on what you're allowed to change or modify, consult the OFL and OFL-FAQ. The OFL-FAQ also gives a very general rationale regarding why you would want to contribute to the project.
Anyone can make their own modified version of Doulos SIL (using a different name), but SIL International will continue to maintain and develop the canonical version of the Doulos SIL fonts. As the package maintainer, we warmly welcome contributions. Here are some things to keep in mind:
- Format: We are open to contributions in various formats, but if you want to maximise the chances of us including your work, please make it available to us (via email or a URL) as either a FontLab database (preferred) or a PostScript Type 1 (or OT-CFF) font.
- Source files: We are not yet making the source files available, because our build system is rather complex and difficult to reproduce. We hope to include an easier process in the future.
- Copyright attribution: If you submit something for inclusion in the main Doulos SIL font, we will ask you to affirm that it is your original work, and ask you to assign the copyright of your work to SIL International. This is to ensure that future releases can be made under improved versions of the OFL without needing to track you down for further permission. This follows the same principle used by the FSF. Keep in mind that we are a not-for-profit organization committed to free/libre and open source software, and that any contributions incorporated in the fonts will always be available under the OFL or a similar license.
- Quality: Because we want to be able to guarantee a high level of quality for the primary Doulos SIL font, we will review submissions carefully. Please don't be discouraged if we do not include a submission for this reason, or ask you to make specific revisions.
- Types of contributions: If you wish to make a contribution - a set of additional glyphs, scripts, code, etc. - please contact us before you do any work to see if it is a contribution we currently need. Every addition adds to the complexity of the project and needs to be carefully planned. This also avoids two people working on the same type of addition at the same time.
- Linux packages: Please contact the upstream maintainer of the various packages -
Nicolas Spalinger - if you want to help package or maintain a package.
- When submissions will be included: We plan to revise the fonts when major updates are needed (eg new versions of Unicode). If you wish to make submissions, contact us on the timing.
Font Download
If you agree to the terms of use (described above), then download the fonts from the following links. Previous versions can be found on the Version page.
Note for Literacy users
There are a number of options for you if you need a literacy font.
- The Andika font is a sans-serif font that is specifically designed for literacy use. Andika can be found here. It does not yet have the complete character/glyph repertoire that Doulos SIL contains.
- You can create your own literacy font based upon the newest version of Doulos SIL with SIL TypeTuner.
- There is an older version of Doulos SIL which is already modified for literacy use (support up to Unicode 4.1). That font can be found here.
Doulos SIL 4.104 (official release)
This version supports Unicode 5.1!
Note
In this font, the 17 of our PUA characters that were added to Unicode 5.1 are accessible by both the PUA and Unicode codepoints. This is the only change in this release. No new characters, glyphs or features were added.
Those characters are:
| PUA | Uni 5.1 | Character name |
| U+F19C | U+A71B | MODIFIER LETTER RAISED UP ARROW |
| U+F19D | U+A71C | MODIFIER LETTER RAISED DOWN ARROW |
| U+F19E | U+A71D | MODIFIER LETTER AFRICANIST DOWNSTEP |
| U+F19F | U+A71E | MODIFIER LETTER AFRICANIST UPSTEP |
| U+F208 | U+2C6D | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SMALL ALPHA |
| U+F21A | U+2C73 | LATIN SMALL LETTER W WITH HOOK |
| U+F21B | U+2C72 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W WITH HOOK |
| U+F245 | U+A72B | LATIN SMALL LETTER TRESILLO |
| U+F246 | U+A72D | LATIN SMALL LETTER CUATRILLO |
| U+F25A | U+A727 | LATIN SMALL LETTER HENG |
| U+F25B | U+2C6E | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M WITH HOOK |
| U+F25F | U+2C71 | LATIN SMALL LETTER V WITH RIGHT HOOK |
| U+F1E7 | U+A788 | MODIFIER LETTER LOW CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT |
| U+F1E9 | U+A789 | MODIFIER LETTER COLON |
| U+F1EA | U+A78A | MODIFIER LETTER SHORT EQUALS SIGN |
| U+F26A | U+A78B | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SALTILLO |
| U+F21D | U+A78C | LATIN SMALL LETTER SALTILLO |
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If you are uncertain what to do with a .zip file, see Decompression Utilities and Downloading & Installation Tips. Within the archive is the font file and documentation. This font can be installed using standard font installation procedures for the given operating-system platform. Note that certain applications may not see the new font immediately. You may have to quit and restart the application for the font to become available. |
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This package contains the same files as DoulosSIL4.104.zip. This installer is only for Windows users. Once the package has been downloaded, you can double-click on it to install the font file and documentation. After installing, you can read the documentation files at . Note that certain applications may not see the new font immediately. You may have to quit and restart the application for the font to become available. |
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This is the Linux Debian package. If you are uncertain what to do with a .deb file, see Decompression Utilities and Downloading & Installation Tips. |
Please see Doulos SIL Font Home for licensing issues, user support, and documentation of this font.
Installation and Use
If you are uncertain what to do with a .zip file, see Decompression Utilities and Downloading & Installation Tips. Within the archive is the font file and documentation.
Otherwise, if you downloaded the .exe package you can double-click on it to install the fonts and documents.
Note that these packages only include the font itself. If you want to use the font to type languages that use special non-European letters, or to type Cyrillic, then you may need a separate keyboard manager.
This font can be installed using standard font installation procedures for the given operating-system platform ( put the font in Windows\Fonts. put the font in /Library/Fonts). There are no additional installation steps required to use Graphite-related functionality. Note that certain applications may not see the new font immediately. You may have to quit and restart the application for the font to become available.
For tips on using the GNU/Linux package, see the Gentium GNU/Linux page.
Release History
16 May 2008 Release of Doulos SIL 4.104.
16 August 2007 Release of Doulos SIL 4.102.
31 January, 2007 Official release of Doulos SIL 4.100.
1 March, 2006 Release of Doulos SIL Literacy version (4.0.14) (Version 4.014)
31 January, 2006 Official release (4.0.14) (Version 4.014)
9 December, 2005 Public beta 2 release (4.0.14) (Version 4.014)
21 October, 2005 Public beta 1 release (4.0.14) (Version 4.014)
22 October, 2004 Maintenance beta release (4.0.12) (Version 4.012)
31 March, 2004 First official release of Doulos SIL (4.0.10 and 4.0.04) (Version 4.010 and Version 4.004)
Related Packages
 | Marking Tone in Unicode and the SIL Corporate PUA Lorna A. Priest, 2007-02-01 Download "PitchContours.v1.pdf", Acrobat PDF document, 515KB [7612 downloads] |
This document gives an overview of most of the ways you can mark tone in Unicode. It also outlines the encoding and implementation of the 9-level pitch contours which were just added to our SIL Unicode Roman fonts.
Some tools and resources for character inputLinks to useful tools for character input.
IPA Unicode KeyboardsThis page contains keyboards created for typing in IPA data.
On Windows, two keyboarding options are available: an IPA Keyman keyboard and keyboards which work through the Windows keyboarding system (MSKLC) for US and UK keyboard layouts.
Installable keyboards for Mac OS X version 10.2, designed to allow entry of Unicode 5.0 IPA characters. Includes Dvorak version.
TECkitThe latest release of TECkit adds support for Unicode version 5.1. TECkit is a low-level toolkit intended to be used by other applications that need to perform encoding conversions (e.g., when importing legacy data into a Unicode-based application).
Mapping FilesThese are currently available TECkit mapping files. These mapping files were created for converting data to Unicode. Some, but not all, will also convert data from Unicode back to the legacy encoding. A few are Unicode to Unicode conversions. These mapping files are for use with TECkit applications.
Other Resources
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