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Andika — Download

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    Optional comment form and Subscribe to Announce list
    License
    Notes to contributors
    Font Download
        Andika 1.004 (maintenance release)
        Andika 1.002 (official release)
    Installation and Use
        Keyboarding

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License

Andika is released under the SIL Open Font License (OFL). Copyright (c) 2004-2012, SIL International (http://scripts.sil.org/) with Reserved Font Names "Andika" and "SIL".

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.

Andika 1.004 (maintenance release)

The only change in this maintenance release is a change in the Graphite feature identifiers from integers to 4-character alphanumeric tags. This was required because although  Mozilla Firefox has now implemented support for Graphite, feature identifiers only work if they are 4-character alphanumeric tags. If you would like to use these features in Firefox,  this webpage describes how to access font features. The font download contains a document (Andika-features.pdf) which describes the old and new feature identifiers. Existing documents (such as those created by LibreOffice/OpenOffice) which use the old identifiers will need to be changed to use the new identifiers. Future releases will use the new 4-character alphanumeric tags.

Unless you wish to use the font features in  Mozilla Firefox, you should continue using Andika 1.002. Below the download packages for this maintenance release is the official release of "Andika".

Andika 1.002 (official release)

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.

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