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Can I trademark a logo that use Source Han Sans?

Hello! Please help me make it clear to understand several questions about license. So I have three question: 1.Can I trademark a logo that uses Source Han Sans or other fonts licensed under SIL? 2.Is...

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Accessing Stylistic Sets for Mondulkiri Fonts

There are no changes when the stylistic sets in Khmer Mondulkiri and Khmer Busra are chosen in InDesign (v18 & v19) and also in LibreOffice (7.5 & 7.6). I do not know of any other Khmer fonts...

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LS Manuscript font

Looking for a font that shows the direction of letter formation (with arrows) and the different strokes needed (with a number). I was told that LS manuscript was that font and that it was an SIL one....

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Greek alpha with macron and breathingd

Hi I’m trying to create initial long alpha with macron, breathing and accent. I can find the characters with macron. Are there any combining characters that I can use to generate the accents /...

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OFL Fonts in social media like Facebook

Hello SIL Team We recommended Source Sans 3 as the new corporate font to our customer. In addition to web and print, it will also be used in Facebook ads and other social media channels. As I...

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Outdated link to license

Hi, apologies if I am posting in the wrong place. Our site has been linking to what we believed was the correct location for the SIL Open Font License 1.1. The link we have been using is...

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Hebrew Vowels without consonants, or with roman letters

For teaching purposes (e.g. talking about the language rather than composing in the language, say for a first year textbook and study aids) I prefer to show the Hebrew vowel patterns without...

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Underlining in non-Latin scripts

Are there functional equivalents to underlining in non-Latin scripts? If so, what are they, and to what extent do SIL fonts support them? 3 posts - 3 participants Read full topic

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MSKLC issues on new 24" ARM Macs / Parallels

Hi folks - I have a new 24" Mac running Parallels, and the MSKLC IPA keyboard is not managing to install properly. Long story, our tech support here is befuddled. Question: noting that there are no...

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Trying to Download IPA-MACkbd.dmg

I am trying to download the IPA-MACkbd.dmg from the old scripts.sil.org site but I keep getting a timeout error. The same is true for the MSKLC keyboard for Windows. Does anyone have a copy of the...

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Request adding a character for Doulos SIL Cipher font

Doulos SIL Cipher font uses hyphen-minus to indicate extend duration of the preceding note by an entire quarter note for Jianpu notations. However this looks relatively shorter, which could cause some...

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Possibility to implement more styles for Doulos SIL font

Seen from Galatia SIL and Khmer Mondulkiri fonts, I think it’s possible to implement Doulos SIL Bold and Italic by make extensive use of OpenType technology, and the font will still be single TTF...

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How to Integrate Custom Fonts into Software Using SIL Tools

Hey guys I am working on a project where I need to add some custom fonts to our software, and I figured the SIL crew would be the best folks to ask for advice! Here’s the deal: Font Integration:...

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Scheherazade New Lam-Alif ligature with Hamza issue

Dear all, There seems to be an issue with the Lam-Alif ligature with Hamza on top of Alif in InDesign: the Hamza appears above the Lam in stead of above the Alif: This does not happen consistently,...

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Andika compact fonts

Someone asked to install Andika compact on a new computer. I looked just now and did not see Andika compact on the Andika download page. Is Andika compact now replaced by Andika NewBasic? 5 posts - 5...

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Sans-serif Font Options for Titles

Hi, We are looking for a sans-serif font to use for the title on hymn page scans. Our current font (Oregon LDO) matches stylistically with the hymn titles seen in hymnals, but it has more limited...

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Diacritic problem with Awami Nastaliq

I’m posting this question verbatim from a help ticket I received for Scripture App Builder. I personally don’t know anything about this but am reaching out for help: The diacritic 08F7 (a small arrow)...

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Spacing modifier breve bug in Andika

In Andika, U+02D8 behaves like a combining mark instead of a modifier letter. 2 posts - 2 participants Read full topic

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How to add PCLT to TTF file

I want to download my TTF file to printer and use it. I found that PCLT is needed in TTF file to convert it to font data for for printer language. PCL5 is installed in my printer, no PostScript....

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Font Rendering Issues on My CapCut Resource Website

Hi everyone, I’m encountering a problem with font rendering on my CapCut-related website, which heavily relies on custom web fonts for its design. The issue is particularly noticeable with some...

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IPA Unicode 6.2(v1.)MAC

I have downloaded the keylayout and dragged it to Keyboard Layouts folder. I restarted my computer. Went to System settings. I could not find International but I found Keyboard and that took me to...

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Scheherazade New: Double ANGLE Quotation Marks are ROUND

If I type a quotation with Scheherazade fonts with the Double Angle Quotation Marks (the French guillemets, U+00AB, U+00BB) in Word, they look fine with the old font (first line), but with...

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A printing (rather than handwriting) alternative to Andika

As modern websites and mobile phones increasingly adopt sans-serif rather than serif fonts, an open-source sans-serif font that supports advanced typography (OpenType, Apple Advanced Typography and...

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Suggestion for font downloads

Would it be possible to have included in the font download package a script or installer file which will install all the fonts in the package? I just updated my Gentium PLus from 6.1 to 6.2, this...

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Commercial use font

Hello, I want to use Google font under Open font license and already read the license and the FAQ. Because of my first language is not English and It’s quite hard to understand some context. Please...

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