Package: wnpp
Version N/A; reported 2018-07-20
Severity: wishlist
Greetings,
My team at SIL-NRSI has released a font not in Debian, Alkalami,
that I would like to package for Debian.
Package name : fonts-sil-alkalami
Version : 1.100
Upstream Author : SIL NRSI <fonts@sil.org>
URL : https://software.sil.org/alkalami/
License : OFL-1.1
Section : fonts
Description : Font for Arabic-based writing systems in the Kano region
Alkalami is the local word for the Arabic "qalam", a type of sharpened
stick used for writing on wooden boards in the Kano region of Nigeria
and in Niger, and what gives the style its distinct appearance. The
baseline stroke is very thick and solid. The ascenders and other
vertical strokes including the teeth are very narrow when compared to
the baseline. A generous line height is necessary to allow for deep
swashes and descenders, and the overall look of the page is a very
black, solid rectangle. Diacritics are much smaller in scale, with very
little distance from the main letters.
This font supports the characters known to be used by languages written
with the Kano style of Arabic script, but may not have the characters
needed for other languages.
This font utilizes state-of-the-art font technologies to support complex
typographic issues. Font smarts are implemented using OpenType only. We have
no current plans to support Graphite.
Two fonts are included in this release:
* Alkalami Regular
* Alkalami Light Regular
It builds those binary packages:
fonts-sil-alkalami - Arabic script font for the Kano region
To access further information about this font, please visit the
following URL:
https://software.sil.org/alkalami/
Fabian Greffrath or Daniel Glassey can sponsor this package.
Regards,
Bobby
--
Bobby de Vos
/bobby_devos@sil.org/
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