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Annie Olsen, 2011-09-12; 76387 reads

'Again, thanks from all of us here on the fantastic project you have embarked on.'

Table of Contents for this web page:

    License
    Usage, comments, announcements
    Notes to contributors
    Font Download
    Installation and Use
        Keyboarding

License

Usage, comments, announcements

Notes to contributors

The release of Andika under the SIL Open Font License (OFL) provides a means for people to contribute to this 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 Andika (using a different name), but SIL International will continue to maintain and develop the canonical version of the Andika 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: The source release contains the FontLab source file, but that file does not include the OpenType and Graphite code, as those are inserted after the font is generated from FontLab. This file is included as a source for the PostScript-style cubic curves. You are welcome, however, to open the font file itself to gain access to the smart font code, although most editors will not let you edit that code directly. We will provide a richer set of sources for the full Andika fonts at a later time.
Copyright attribution: If you submit something for inclusion in Andika, 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 Free Software Foundation (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 Andika fonts, 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 - - 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 in the license above), then download the fonts from the following links.

Below the download packages for "Andika" are downloads for a font called "Andika Compact". This font is the same as "Andika" with the exception of a tighter linespacing.

Note

Andika version 1.002 This is a minor update - Removed the VDMX table (to resolve issues related to line-spacing and clipping)

Andika

Andika 1.002 font release - SIL PUA 6.0a (Windows, Macintosh and Linux)
Lorna A. Priest, 2011-09-12
Download "Andika-1.002.zip", ZIP archive, 1017KB [3098 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.

Andika 1.002 font web release - SIL PUA 6.0a (Windows, Macintosh and Linux)
Lorna A. Priest, 2011-09-12
Download "Andika-1.002-web.zip", ZIP archive, 1MB [585 downloads]

This package contains the same files as Andika-1.002.zip plus WOFF fonts and sample web 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 minimal documentation.

Andika 1.002 font developer release - SIL PUA 6.0a (Windows, Macintosh and Linux)
Lorna A. Priest, 2011-09-12
Download "Andika-1.002-developer.zip", ZIP archive, 3MB [322 downloads]

This package contains the same files as Andika-1.002-web.zip plus the FontLab, .otf, Graphite and anchor source files. The source files are from the 1.000 release, so won't reflect the recent changes.

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 minimal documentation.

Andika 1.002 font release - SIL PUA 6.0a (Windows installer)
Lorna A. Priest, 2011-09-12
Download "Andika-1.002.exe", Windows application, 994KB [498 downloads]

This package contains the same files as Andika-1.002.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 / Andika.

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.

Ubuntu download: This font is packaged and available in the SIL software repository for Ubuntu on

http://packages.sil.org. Ubuntu users can subscribe to this software repository and get current versions as well as any updates automatically. See the

detailed instructions about using the SIL software repository for Ubuntu.

Andika Compact (these fonts were created by SIL TypeTuner, by setting the "Line spacing" feature to "Tight", and they cannot be TypeTuned again)

Warning

Any of our Roman fonts that have had the linespacing changed to a tighter setting could potentially have "clipping" of diacritics if there is more than one diacritic above a tall character. This is normally just a screen problem. When the page is printed, the diacritics will print.

Andika Compact 1.002 font:

Download AndikaCompact-1.002.zip

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.

Note

Andika Basic and the 7 Andika Design Review fonts have now been archived, though they are still available here. They will receive no further development or support.

Installation and Use

Detailed hints for downloading, expanding and installing can be found here.

Keyboarding

Andika does not include any keyboarding helps or utilities. If you cannot use the built-in keyboards of the operating system you should install the appropriate keyboard and input method for the characters of the language you wish to use. If you want to enter characters that are not supported by any system keyboard, the Keyman program can be helpful on Windows systems. Also available for Windows is ( MSKLC . For other platforms, KMFL), XKB or Ukelele can be helpful. These are listed here along with other utilities that may be helpful: Some tools and resources for character input.