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Apparatus SIL

Symbols used for Biblical text apparatus

NRSI team, 2009-06-12; 62546 reads

    Introduction
    Requirements
    Supported character ranges
    Known Issues
    License
    Downloads
    Support

Introduction

The Apparatus SIL fonts are the Unicode version of their predecessor, SIL Apparatus. The design is the same, only the encoding is different. The Apparatus SIL fonts were designed to provide most of the symbols needed to reproduce the textual apparatus found in major editions of Greek & Hebrew biblical texts. The fonts include:

These fonts were based on SIL Charis, a font designed for optimum clarity and compactness when printed at small point sizes. This assures that both Charis SIL and Apparatus SIL can be used together in documents with a consistency of style.

Most lines of text in the apparatus can be reproduced by combining the Greek and Hebrew fonts, transliteration (using a font such as Charis SIL), and the Apparatus SIL font.

Requirements

These fonts utilize OpenType and Graphite technology to provide rendering information needed by application and system software. Usability of the features provided in these fonts will depend on the exact capabilities of your software. Some of the characters are in plane 1 of Unicode and your software will need to be able to display plane 1 characters.

Supported character ranges

Supported character ranges

This pdf displays all the characters in the font. Below the glyph is the Unicode Scalar Value and then below that is the glyph id. It is the USV that you will need for accessing the characters. We do not provide a keyboard for accessing them.

Chart of Appartus SIL characters and codepoints Lorna Priest, 2012-01-04 Download "ApparatusSIL_ViewGlyph.pdf", Acrobat PDF document, 33KB [855 downloads]

Known Issues

• If you have CJK enabled in Regional and Language Options and in your Office 2003 Language Settings, Word 2003 may not properly display the New Testament editorial symbols  U+2E00 ..  U+2E0D.
• U+0308 COMBINING DIAERESIS over U+1d504 MATHEMATICAL FRAKTUR CAPITAL A does not display properly in Uniscribe applications. It displays appropriately in InDesign CS4, The XeTeX typesetting system and in OpenOffice for Graphite.

License

Apparatus SIL is released under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), version 1.1. Copyright (c) 1998-2009, SIL International (http://scripts.sil.org/) with Reserved Font Names "Apparatus" and "SIL".

Downloads

Support

As these fonts and utilities are distributed at no cost, we are unable to provide a commercial level of personal technical support. This is the final release of these fonts.

Please note that these fonts are intended for use by experienced computer users. Installing and using these fonts is not a trivial matter. The most effective technical support is usually provided by an experienced computer user who can personally sit down with you at your computer to troubleshoot the problem.

Before requesting technical support, please:

• Carefully read all the documentation provided with the fonts, including the documentation installed by the installation program.
• Check out all the links on the web pages for these font packages, and read all the information and instructions they contain.
• Review the list of Frequently Asked Questions to see if your question has already been answered. Additional information is also available on the general Font FAQ page.

If that fails to answer your question, or for more information, contact:

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