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Special Interest Derivative Unicode Fonts

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These fonts are based on SIL fonts (currently only Charis SIL and Doulos SIL). They have been modified for use with a specific purpose or in a specific region (using SIL TypeTuner) with default glyphs which are used in that part of the world.

As these fonts are based on other fonts, you will need to go to the website for the original fonts if you need the documentation (Charis SIL and Doulos SIL).

Note

These fonts were created by SIL TypeTuner, 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.

    Africa
        Mali
    Americas
    Literacy and Literacy Compact
        Literacy
        Literacy Compact

Africa

Mali

Changes to these fonts:

Renamed the fonts to Charis SIL Mali.
Line spacing metrics are modified to match SIL Mali legacy font line spacing.
Alternate glyphs for the following characters selected:
- U+019D Capital N-left-hook alternate set to lowercase style
- Open o top-serif alternate (U+0186 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER OPEN O, U+0254 LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O)

Charis SIL 4.102 - for Mali projects
Dan Brubaker, 2008-10-02
Download "RF_Mali4.102.zip", ZIP archive, 2MB [395 downloads]

Other Mali resources include mapping files to convert from the SIL Mali standard legacy fonts to Unicode encoding and Keyman keyboards developed for use in Malian languages.

Americas

Changes to these fonts:

Renamed the fonts to Charis SIL AmArea and Doulos SIL AmArea.
Line spacing metrics are modified to match Mexico Branch legacy font line spacing.
Alternate glyphs for the following characters selected:
- 014A Capital eng set to Capital N with tail
- Barred bowl forms are selected
- Chinantec tones selected

Doulos SIL AmArea/Charis SIL AmArea 4.106 - for Americas Area projects
Tim Sissel, 2009-05-11
Download "RF_AmericasArea4.106.zip", ZIP archive, 3MB [254 downloads]

Literacy and Literacy Compact

Literacy

Changes to these fonts:

Renamed the fonts to Charis SIL Literacy and Doulos SIL Literacy.
Literacy alternates feature turned on.

Charis SIL Literacy / Doulos SIL Literacy 4.106 font release - SIL PUA 5.1a (.zip file)
NRSI Team, 2009-05-19
Download "RF_Literacy4.106.zip", ZIP archive, 3MB [264 downloads]

Literacy Compact

Changes to these fonts:

Renamed the fonts to Charis SIL Literacy Compact and Doulos SIL Literacy Compact.
Literacy alternates feature turned on.
Line spacing metrics are modified by setting the "Line spacing" feature to "Tight".

Charis SIL Literacy Compact / Doulos SIL Literacy Compact 4.106 font release - SIL PUA 5.1a (.zip file)
NRSI Team, 2009-05-19
Download "RF_LiteracyCompact4.106.zip", ZIP archive, 3MB [191 downloads]