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* Package name : ttf-sil-andika-basic
Version : 1.0
Upstream Author : Victor Gaultney, Annie Olsen, Julie Remington (SIL
International)
* URL : http://scripts.sil.org/Andika
* License : Open Font License
Description : extended sans serif smart Unicode Latin/Greek font
family
Description:
Andika ("Write!" in Swahili) is a sans serif, Unicode-compliant font
designed especially for literacy use, taking into account the needs of
beginning readers. The focus is on clear, easy-to-perceive letterforms
that will not be easily confused with one another.
A sans serif font is preferred by some literacy personnel for teaching
people to read. Its forms are simpler and less cluttered than some serif
fonts can be. For years, literacy workers have had to make do with fonts
that were available but not really suitable for beginning readers and
writers. In some cases, literacy specialists have had to tediously
cobble together letters from a variety of fonts in order to get the all
of characters they need for their particular language project, resulting
in confusing and unattractive publications. Andika addresses those issues.
Its provides OpenType and Graphite features like smart code for
diacritic placement. It supports recent additions to Unicode and the SIL
PUA, and character assignments are updated to conform to Unicode 5.1
A much more complete character set, comparable to Charis SIL and Doulos
SIL, will be supported in a future version of Andika. This "Basic" font
is intended to provide an Andika with stable letterforms for both
default and alternate glyphs.
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