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Abyssinica SIL Font Download

Lorna A. Priest, 2005-05-25; 34954 reads

Table of Contents for this web page:

    License
    Notes to contributors
    Registration Form
    Download Font and Keyboard and Installation Instructions
    Release History
    Related Packages
    Other Resources

License

Note

Abyssinica 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) 2000-2006, SIL International ( http://scripts.sil.org/).

“Abyssinica” 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 FontSoftware, 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 Abyssinica SIL version 1.0 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 Abyssinica SIL (using a different name), but SIL International will continue to maintain and develop the canonical version of the Abyssinica SIL font. 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’re including the FontLab database used in developing the font. The font, however, was not solely built from this FontLab database, so a simple “Generate Font” will not give you an identical result. The database is provided not as canonical source but as an aid to anyone who might find it useful to have access to it. For those who may find them useful, we are also providing the Graphite GDL file (ETKernComb.gdl) and VOLT project files Abyssinica_SIL.vtp, AboveMarks.vtg, Kern.vtl, Mark.vtl).
  • Copyright attribution: If you submit something for inclusion in the Abyssinica 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 Abyssinica 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.

Registration Form

Please list specific languages you plan to use this font with:

    

Any other requests or comments?

    

If you wish to receive announcements about Abyssinica SIL and related fonts (including updates to the fonts), please enter your e-mail address (it will be kept private):

    

Thank you for your interest in Abyssinica SIL.

Download Font and Keyboard and Installation Instructions

If you agree to the terms of use (described above), then download the font from one of the following links.

DownloadsInstallation and Use
Abyssinica SIL 1.0 font release (Windows, Macintosh and Linux)
Lorna A. Priest, 2006-05-25
Download "abyssinicasil1.0.zip", ZIP archive, 716KB [9992 downloads]

If you are uncertain what to do with a .zip file, see Decompression Utilities, 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.
Abyssinica SIL 1.0 font release (Windows font installer)
Lorna A. Priest, 2008-04-02
Download "AbyssinicaSIL1.0.exe", Windows application, 718KB [3255 downloads]

This package contains the same files as AbyssinicaSIL1.0.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 Start / All programs / SIL / Fonts / AbyssinicaSIL.

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.
Abyssinica SIL Unicode Keyman keyboard (ver. 1.1.2)
Lorna A. Priest, 2007-09-28
Download "/AbyssinicaSILKeymanKbd.kmp", Keyman keyboard package, 1MB [2888 downloads]

This package contains the same files as AbyssinicaSIL1.0.zip plus a Keyman keyboard. The Keyman keyboard is version 1.1.2. A few minor changes were made to change PUA codepoints to the correct USV. This version contains a fix for the problem of fast typing reordering keystrokes when using Keyman with TSF. The basic effect of this is to make Keyman do all text input using TSF, rather than a mixture of TSF and ordinary keyboard events. If you use  FieldWorks you should upgrade to this version of the keyboard.

This keyboard was developed for keyboarding the Ethiopic Script. For guidelines on who can use Keyman and for downloading, go to:  http://www.tavultesoft.com. The “Abyssinica SIL Unicode” keyboard is designed to work with the Abyssinica SIL font which is a part of this package. Unless you need to use the Private Use Area (PUA) characters in this font you can use this keyboard with any Ethiopic Unicode font.

If you download this package, you must have Keyman already installed. You can just double-click AbyssinicaSILKeymanKbd.kmp to install the keyboard package and font. Once installed, documentation can be found at Start / All Programs / Abyssinica SIL Unicode.
Abyssinica SIL 1.0 source and font release  (Windows, Macintosh and Linux)
Lorna A. Priest, 2006-06-01
Download "AbyssinicaSIL1.0_Source.zip", ZIP archive, 954KB [2476 downloads]

This package contains the same files as AbyssinicaSIL1.0.zip plus the FontLab, Graphite and VOLT source files.

If you are uncertain what to do with a .zip file, see Decompression Utilities, 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.
Abyssinica SIL keyboard layout for Mac OS X
Jonathan Kew, 2006-06-01
Download "AbyssinicaSIL-keyboard-MacOSX.zip", ZIP archive, 42KB [2650 downloads]

This package contains a Mac OS X keyboard layout for use with the Abyssinica SIL font.

This keyboard layout for Mac OS X supports the same key sequences for Unicode Ethiopic and Private Use Area characters as the Keyman package above. Mac OS X version 10.2 or later is required to use this layout (version 10.4 is recommended). See the ReadMe file in the archive for further information.
Abyssinica SIL keyboard layout for KMFL (Debian)
Nicolas Spalinger, 2008-02-19
Download "kmfl-keyboard-abyssinica-sil_1.2-1_all.deb", Debian Linux Package, 16KB [572 downloads]
This is a debian package for use with KMFL

Release History

2 April 2007 Created Windows font installer (all files are the same)

1 June 2006 Release of Abyssinica SIL keyboard layout for Mac OS X and added AAT source to Abyssinica SIL 1.0 source and font release package

25 May 2006 Release of Abyssinica SIL (1.0)

Related Packages

Tavultesoft Keyman Joan Wardell, 2007-04-23; 106658 reads

Keyman is a keyboard management utility that makes it practical to input many different languages in almost any Windows application. Keyman allows you to have arbitrarily long input sequences and to have diacritics typed after the base character.

Some tools and resources for character input 2009-02-16; 64198 reads

Links to useful tools for character input.

TECkit Jonathan Kew, 2008-04-07; 15901 reads

The 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).

Other Resources

 Ge'ez Script Keyman Keyboards

 The Ethiopic Unicode Resource Page

 GeezWord 2006

 Search the SIL Ethnologue

 Free Adobe Acrobat Reader


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