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Charis SIL Font Versions

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Previous Versions

This page contains versions of Charis SIL previous to the currently released version. See the main download page for current versions, including any beta versions that may be available. That page also contains information on contributors, installation, use, and related packages.

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Thank you for your interest in Charis SIL.

License

License details:

The official release version of Charis SIL, as on the main download page, is released under the SIL Open Font License.

Release History

24 April 2009 Official release of Charis SIL 4.106.

16 May 2008 Official release of Charis SIL 4.104.

16 August 2007 Official release of Charis SIL 4.102.

31 January 2007 Official release of Charis SIL 4.100.

1 March, 2006 Release of Charis SIL Literacy 4.0.02 (Version 4.002).

31 January 2006 Official release of Charis SIL 4.0.02 (Version 4.002).

9 December 2005 Public beta 2 release of Charis SIL 4.0.02 (Version 4.002).

21 October 2005 Public beta 1 release of Charis SIL 4.0.02 (Version 4.002).

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Charis SIL 4.106 (official release)

Current Release:

The current release is not available here. See the main download page.

Charis SIL 4.104 (official release)

Charis SIL 4.104 font release - SIL PUA 5.1 (Windows, Macintosh and Linux)
NRSI staff, 2008-05-12
Download "CharisSIL4.104.zip", ZIP archive, 2MB [21118 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.

Charis SIL 4.104 font release - SIL PUA 5.1 (Windows installer)
NRSI staff, 2008-11-21
Download "CharisSIL4.104.exe", Windows application, 1MB [22425 downloads]

This package contains the same files as CharisSIL4.104.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 Start / All programs / SIL / Fonts / CharisSIL.

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.

Chariss SIL 4.104 font release - SIL PUA 5.1 (Debian package, GNU/Linux)
NRSI staff, 2008-05-20
Download "ttf-sil-charis_4.104-1_all.deb", Debian Linux Package, 2MB [1165 downloads]

This is the Linux Debian package. If you are uncertain what to do with a .deb file, see Decompression Utilities, Downloading & Installation Tips.

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

Charis SIL 4.102 (official release)

This version supports Unicode 5.0!

Note

This font fixes a bug which was in version 4.100: In InDesign and XeTeX (and probably any other application which uses true small caps) the OpenType small cap feature will not work properly, nor will any application-specific fallback mechanism. This release fixes it so that the fallback mechanism will work. This is the only change in this release.

Charis SIL 4.102 font release - SIL PUA 5.0 (Windows, Macintosh and Linux)
NRSI staff, 2008-03-10
Download "CharisSIL4.102.zip", ZIP archive, 2MB [3884 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.

Charis SIL 4.102 font release - SIL PUA 5.0 (Windows installer)
NRSI staff, 2008-03-18
Download "CharisSIL4.102.exe", Windows application, 1MB [2494 downloads]

This package contains the same files as CharisSIL4.102.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 / CharisSIL.

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.

Charis SIL 4.102 font release - SIL PUA 5.0 (Debian package, GNU/Linux)
NRSI staff, 2008-03-10
Download "ttf-sil-charis_4.102-1_all.deb", Debian Linux Package, 2MB [383 downloads]

This is the Debian package. If you are uncertain what to do with a .deb file, see Decompression Utilities, Downloading & Installation Tips.

Please see Charis SIL Font Home for licensing issues, user support, and documentation of this font.

Charis SIL 4.100 (official release)

This version supports Unicode 5.0!

Charis SIL 4.100 font release - SIL PUA 5.0 (Windows, Macintosh and Linux)
NRSI staff, 2007-01-31
Download "CharisSIL4.100.zip", ZIP archive, 2MB [30498 downloads]

Charis SIL 4.100 font release - SIL PUA 5.0 (Windows and other)
NRSI staff, 2007-01-31
Download "CharisSIL4.100.exe", Windows application, 2MB [13455 downloads]

Charis SIL 4.100 font release - SIL PUA 5.0 (Debian package, GNU/Linux)
NRSI staff, 2007-02-08
Download "ttf-sil-charis_4.100-1_all.deb", Debian Linux Package, 2MB [2193 downloads]

Please see Charis SIL Font Home for licensing issues, user support, and documentation of this font.

This official release includes the following changes:

New features:
- Open o alternate (affects: U+1D97 , U+1D53 , U+1D10 , U+0186 , U+0254 )
- Chinantec tones (affects: U+02C8 MODIFIER LETTER VERTICAL LINE, U+02C9 MODIFIER LETTER MACRON, U+02CA MODIFIER LETTER ACUTE ACCENT, U+02CB MODIFIER LETTER GRAVE ACCENT
- 9-level pitches (affects: U+F1F1, U+F1F2, U+F1F3, U+F1F4, U+F1F5, U+F1F6, U+F1F7, U+F1F8, U+F1F9, U+0020 SPACE) See also Pitch Contours document.
Changed features:
- Added U+0493 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GHE WITH STROKE, U+F327 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GHE WITH STROKE AND DESCENDER and U+04FB CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GHE WITH STROKE AND HOOK to “Slant italic specials”
- Added U+F26A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SALTILLO to “Modifier apostrophe alternates”
Design changes:
- Tone bars no longer limited to 3 sequences (new for OT)
- Placement of ogonek on U and u corrected.
- U+02BE MODIFIER LETTER RIGHT HALF RING and U+02BF MODIFIER LETTER LEFT HALF RING (added attachment points)
- U+031A COMBINING LEFT ANGLE ABOVE (removed attachment point)
- U+04AA CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ES WITH DESCENDER (direction of hook corrected)
- U+04AB CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ES WITH DESCENDER (direction of hook corrected)
- U+0427 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER CHE (character has been widened)
- U+04B6 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER CHE WITH DESCENDER (character has been widened)
- U+04B8 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER CHE WITH VERTICAL STROKE (character has been widened)
- U+04CB CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER KHAKASSIAN CHE (character has been widened)
- U+04F4 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER CHE WITH DIAERESIS (character has been widened)
- U+03B2 GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA (added serifs)
- U+1D66 GREEK SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER BETA (added serifs)
- U+1D5D MODIFIER LETTER SMALL BETA (added serifs)
- U+F1E7 MODIFIER LETTER LOW CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT (shifted up)
- U+F1E8 MODIFIER LETTER LOW CARON (shifted up)
- made underlining of text thicker and shifted down
- Fixed bug in GSUB table to work in Pango
- Shifted position (up) of non-spacing diacritics
- U+023C LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH STROKE
- U+1D09 LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED I (changed baseline position)
- U+1D3D MODIFIER LETTER CAPITAL OU (changed attachment point)
- U+03B1 GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA, U+03B2 GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA, U+03B8 GREEK SMALL LETTER THETA and U+03C3 GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA (made italic in the italic and bold/italic faces)
- Improved hinting for U+0447 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER CHE CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER CHE and derivatives
- Minor changes to design of U+0414 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DE, U+0434 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DE, U+041B CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EL, and U+043B CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EL.
- Changed design of some of the Cyrillic italics
  - U+0433 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GHE
  - U+0491 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GHE WITH UPTURN
  - U+0493 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GHE WITH STROKE
  - U+04FB CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GHE WITH STROKE AND HOOK
  - U+F327 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GHE WITH STROKE AND DESCENDER
  - U+04A7 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER PE WITH MIDDLE HOOK
  - U+04B5 CYRILLIC SMALL LIGATURE TE TSE
  - U+0495 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GHE WITH MIDDLE HOOK
Added:
- Latin and Cyrillic Unicode 5.0 characters added and if they were already in SIL's corporate PUA they are double-encoded.
- U+2053
- U+211F
- U+2123
- U+2308
- U+2309
- U+2423
- U+FE20..U+FE23 (positioning of these may not be perfect, use of U+0361 COMBINING DOUBLE INVERTED BREVE and U+0360 COMBINING DOUBLE TILDE is preferred)
- PUA characters:
  - F17B COMBINING ALMOST EQUAL TO BELOW
  - F1F1 MODIFIER LETTER PITCH ONE
  - F1F2 MODIFIER LETTER PITCH TWO
  - F1F3 MODIFIER LETTER PITCH THREE
  - F1F4 MODIFIER LETTER PITCH FOUR
  - F1F5 MODIFIER LETTER PITCH FIVE
  - F1F6 MODIFIER LETTER PITCH SIX
  - F1F7 MODIFIER LETTER PITCH SEVEN
  - F1F8 MODIFIER LETTER PITCH EIGHT
  - F1F9 MODIFIER LETTER PITCH NINE
  - F266 LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH RETROFLEX HOOK AND BELT
  - F267 LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED Y WITH BELT
  - F268 LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL L WITH BELT
  - F269 LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED R WITH LONG LEG AND HOOK
  - F26A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SALTILLO

Charis SIL Literacy 4.0.02 (official release) (Version 4.002)

Charis SIL Literacy 4.0.02 font release - SIL PUA 4.1 (Windows, Macintosh and Linux)
NRSI staff, 2006-02-23
Download "CharisSILLit4.0.02.r1.zip", ZIP archive, 2MB [7845 downloads]

Charis SIL Literacy 4.0.02 font release - SIL PUA 4.1 (Windows and other)
NRSI staff, 2006-02-23
Download "CharisSILLit4.0.02.r1.exe", Windows application, 2MB [4232 downloads]

These fonts are identical to the main Charis SIL fonts, except that the default forms for 'a' and 'g' have been changed to those often preferred by literacy specialists - single-story 'a' and single-bowl 'g'. Note the following:

OpenType and Graphite features may not work as expected, and particularly those that interact with the Literacy Alternates feature.
Diacritic placement may not be ideal in some cases, although we've tried to be sure that this works in most situations.
This font is a one-off special version, and is not likely to be updated alongside future versions of Charis SIL.
This font is also released under the SIL Open Font License, but we strongly encourage you to use the main Charis SIL release as the source for any derivative versions.

If you encounter problems, your best solution is to use the main Charis SIL font release.

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License

License details:

The official release version of Charis SIL, as above and on the main download page, is released under the SIL Open Font License. The fonts below are not redistributable under the OFL, and are intended for testing purposes only.

Charis SIL 4.0.02 (official release) (Version 4.002)

Charis SIL 4.0.02 font release - SIL PUA 4.1 (Windows, Macintosh and Linux)
NRSI staff, 2006-01-31
Download "CharisSIL4.0.02.r1.zip", ZIP archive, 2MB [27054 downloads]

Charis SIL 4.0.02 font release - SIL PUA 4.1 (Windows and other)
NRSI staff, 2006-01-31
Download "CharisSIL4.0.02.r1.exe", Windows application, 2MB [11066 downloads]

Charis SIL 4.0.02 font release - SIL PUA 4.1 (Debian package, GNU/Linux)
NRSI staff, 2006-01-31
Download "ttf-sil-charis_4.002-3_all.deb", Debian Linux Package, 2MB [1655 downloads]

This official release includes the following changes:

Released under SIL Open Font License (OFL) license
Fixed attachment points:
- U+0414 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DE
- U+0434 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DE
- U+041B CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EL
- U+043B CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EL
- U+04C5 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EL WITH TAIL
- U+04C6 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EL WITH TAIL
- U+1D2B CYRILLIC LETTER SMALL CAPITAL EL
- U+F322 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EL WITH HOOK
- U+F323 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EL WITH HOOK
Added characters:
- U+00AD SOFT HYPHEN
- U+203C DOUBLE EXCLAMATION MARK
- U+2213 MINUS-OR-PLUS SIGN
- U+225F QUESTIONED EQUAL TO
- U+2713 CHECK MARK
- U+274D SHADOWED WHITE CIRCLE
Added alternate:
- “Cyrillic shha alternate” (U+04BB CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SHHA)
Changed from spacing character to combining mark:
- U+0334 COMBINING TILDE OVERLAY
Corrected glyph shape:
- U+018E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER REVERSED E
- U+217D SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL ONE HUNDRED

Charis SIL 4.0.02 (public beta 2) (Version 4.002)

Beta Release Note:

This is not the official release of this font although it has been tested internally and is highly functional. This is a public beta release. Please do not redistribute this public beta font.

This public beta includes the following changes:

Smaller diaeresis when used in combination with modifier (superscript) characters (works for OpenType now)
Slant italic specials: (special italic versions of U+007A LATIN SMALL LETTER Z, U+00E3 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH TILDE and U+1EA1 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DOT BELOW were added) (fixed issue: fi, ffi, fl, ffl, ff ligatures now work)
Superscript and Subscript metrics changed (this was a problem in FieldWorks)
Moved “space” to glyph ID 3 to conform to Apple’s font specifications (fixes incorrect line breaks in some OS X applications, and it also fixes incorrect text alignment/justification for certain lines of text in XeTeX)

Charis SIL 4.0.02 font public beta 2 release - SIL PUA 4.1 (Windows, Macintosh and other)
NRSI staff, 2005-12-09
Download "CharisSIL4.0.02.b2.zip", ZIP archive, 3MB [2227 downloads]

Charis SIL 4.0.02 font public beta 2 release - SIL PUA 4.1 (Windows and other)
NRSI staff, 2005-12-09
Download "CharisSIL4.0.02.b2.exe", Windows application, 3MB [1051 downloads]

Please see Charis SIL Font Home for licensing issues, user support, and documentation of this font.

WorldPad 2.0 is now available. The font in Charis SIL 4.0.02 will not work with earlier versions of WorldPad.

Charis SIL 4.0.02 (public beta 1) (Version 4.002)

Beta Release Note:

This is not the official release of this font although it has been tested internally and is highly functional. This is a public beta release. Please do not redistribute this public beta font.

Charis SIL 4.0.02 font public beta 1 release - SIL PUA 4.1 (Windows, Macintosh and other)
NRSI staff, 2005-10-21
Download "CharisSIL4.0.02.zip", ZIP archive, 2MB [1397 downloads]

Charis SIL 4.0.02 font public beta 1 release - SIL PUA 4.1 (Windows and other)
NRSI staff, 2005-10-21
Download "CharisSIL4.0.02.exe", Windows application, 2MB [561 downloads]

Please see Charis SIL Font Home for licensing issues, user support, and documentation of this font.

WorldPad 2.0 is now available. The font in Charis SIL 4.0.02 will not work with earlier versions of WorldPad.