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README
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Abyssinica SIL 2.100
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Thank you for your interest in the Abyssinica SIL font.
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We hope you find it useful!
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Abyssinica SIL provides glyphs for a wide range of Ethiopic and Latin.
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Please read the online documentation to see what ranges are supported.
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Abyssinica SIL is released under the SIL Open Font License.
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Abyssinica SIL is a trademark of SIL International.
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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 AbyssinicaSILFontFeatures.pdf, or the Abyssinica SIL FAQ
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(http://software.sil.org/abyssinica/support/faq/)
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for frequently asked questions and their answers.
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TIPS
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We cannot afford to offer free 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, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.
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If you do find a problem, please do report it to <fonts AT sil DOT 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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Abyssinica SIL FAQ (https://software.sil.org/abyssinica/support/).
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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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Abyssinica SIL can be used with any Unicode Ethiopic keyboarding program.
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However, Keyman is a crossplatform keyboarding system and a number of Ethiopic
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keyboards are available:
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https://keyman.com/keyboards/sil_ethiopic_power_g
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https://keyman.com/keyboards/sil_ethiopic
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https://keyman.com/keyboards/gff_blin
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https://keyman.com/keyboards/gff_geez
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https://keyman.com/keyboards/gff_amharic
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https://keyman.com/keyboards/gff_tigrinya_ethiopia
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https://keyman.com/keyboards/gff_tigrinya_eritrea
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Another method of entering some symbols is provided by a few applications
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such as Adobe InDesign. They can display a glyph palette that shows all the
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glyphs (symbols) in a font and allow you to enter them by clicking on the
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glyph you want.
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Rendering:
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This font is designed to work with either of two advanced font technologies,
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Graphite or OpenType. 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 Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek fonts
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(https://software.sil.org/lcgfonts/support/application-support/).
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INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION
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If you are not sure how to install the fonts, please see:
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https://software.sil.org/lcgfonts/resources/installing-and-using-fonts/ for
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instructions on font installations on various operating systems.
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CONTACT
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For more information please visit the Abyssinica SIL page on SIL International's
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Computers and Writing systems website:
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https://software.sil.org/abyssinica/
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Or send an email to <fonts AT sil DOT org>
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