Can an OFL font stop being OFL and become a paid font?
Hello! Please help me make it clear to understand several question about license. So I have two question: Can an OFL font at some point cease to comply with the OFL license and become, for example,...
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Waqf signs do not combine after certain characters
The Waqf signs (U+06D6 - U+06DC) do not combine with the previous letter if the preceding character is U+06DF (small high rounded zero) or U+06E2 (small high meem isolated form). The problem is...
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Doubled madda breaks combining characters
The two maddas (U+089E and U+089F), when used between combining characters, break the combining of the base letters. Error is specific to MS Word 365 for Scheherazade New. Browers show correctly....
View ArticleGentium book plus : word 19 does not generate bold in pdfs
Gentium book plus in word 2019 documents. Neither bold or nor the bold part of bolditalic renders in pdfs generated from within word 2019 using either foxit or word’s save as pdf. Problem is isolated...
View ArticleCan 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...
View ArticleAccessing 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...
View ArticleLS 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....
View ArticleGreek 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 /...
View ArticleOFL 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...
View ArticleOutdated 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...
View ArticleHebrew 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...
View ArticleUnderlining 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
View ArticleMSKLC 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...
View ArticleTrying 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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How To Start a Conversion Project for Multinational Software
Hello everyone I am currently working on a project that involves finding software for many languages; and I would appreciate some help and thoughts from someone with experience in this area. We want...
View ArticleRequest 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...
View ArticlePossibility 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...
View ArticleLicense and web site-logo
I created my website logo with “bitter” font. When creating my logo, I changed the color of the bitter font and the spacing of its letters. In addition, there is a visual in the logo along with the...
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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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