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README
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Andika
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(see FONTLOG.txt for information on the Psf Test family)
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Thank you for your interest in Andika ("Write!" in Swahili), a
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Unicode-compliant sans serif font designed by SIL International
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primarily for literacy use.
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Andika supports a wide range of Latin and Cyrillic characters.
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Documentation for the font is available on Andika website
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(https://software.sil.org/andika), including details on what ranges are
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supported.
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Andika is released under the SIL Open Font License.
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See the OFL and OFL-FAQ for details of the SIL Open Font License.
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See the FONTLOG for information on this and previous releases.
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See the website (https://software.sil.org/andika) for further documentation.
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Andika FAQ (https://software.sil.org/Andika_FAQ-KI) for frequently
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asked questions and their answers.
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See the SIL Unicode Roman FAQ (https://software.sil.org/fontguide)
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for frequently asked questions and their answers regarding SIL's Roman fonts.
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TIPS
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As this font is distributed at no cost, we are unable to provide a
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commercial level of personal technical support. The font has, however,
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been through some testing on various platforms to be sure it works in most
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situations. In particular, it has been tested and shown to work on Windows
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XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. Graphite capabilities have been tested
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on Graphite-supported platforms.
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If you do find a problem, please do report it to andika@sil.org.
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We can't guarantee any direct response, but will try to fix reported bugs in
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future versions. Make sure you read through the
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SIL Unicode Roman FAQ (https://scripts.sil.org/ComplexRomanFontFAQ).
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Many problems can be solved, or at least explained, through an understanding
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of the encoding and use of the fonts. Here are some basic hints:
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Encoding:
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The fonts are encoded according to Unicode, so your application must support
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Unicode text in order to access letters other than the standard alphabet.
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Most Windows applications provide basic Unicode support. You will, however,
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need some way of entering Unicode text into your document.
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Keyboarding:
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Andika does not include any keyboarding helps or utilities. It uses the
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built-in keyboards of the operating system. You will need to install the
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appropriate keyboard and input method for the characters of the language you
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wish to use. If you want to enter characters that are not supported by any
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system keyboard, the Keyman program (www.tavultesoft.com) can be helpful
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on Windows systems. Also available for Windows is MSKLC
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(https://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/msklc.mspx).
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For other platforms, KMFL (https://kmfl.sourceforge.net/),
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XKB (https://www.x.org/wiki/XKB) or Ukelele (https://scripts.sil.org/ukelele)
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can be helpful.
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If you want to enter characters that are not supported by any system
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keyboard, and to access the full Unicode range, we suggest you use
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gucharmap, kcharselect on Ubuntu or similar software.
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Another method of entering some symbols is provided by a few applications such
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as Adobe InDesign or OpenOffice.org. They can display a glyph palette or input
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dialog that shows all the glyphs (symbols) in a font and allow you to enter
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them by clicking on the glyph you want.
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Rendering:
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This font is designed to work with Graphite or Opentype advanced font
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technologies. To take advantage of the advanced typographic
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capabilities of this font, you must be using applications that provide an
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adequate level of support for Graphite or OpenType. See "Applications
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that provide an adequate level of support for SIL Unicode Roman fonts"
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(https://scripts.sil.org/Complex_AdLvSup).
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CONTACT
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For more information please visit the Andika page on SIL International's
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Computers and Writing systems website:
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https://scripts.sil.org/andika
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Support through the website: https://scripts.sil.org/Support
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