| WSIS STOCKTAKING & PARTNERSHIPS : ACTIVITY DETAILS |
| Entity: |
SIL International website of the entity |
| Activity: |
Font development for support of minority languages website of the activity |
| Activity description: | SIL has been involved in developing fonts that specifically handle the special needs of the lesser-known languages of the world. Over the past three years, we have developed, improved, or collaborated on fonts for the following scripts: Fonts released: Arabic: Scheherazade and Lateef Tai Viet: Tai Heritage Roman/Cyrillic/Greek: Doulos, Charis (for typesetting), Andika (for literacy), Gentium Updated fonts: Myanmar: Padauk - updated encoding Dai Banna: Dai Banna SIL - updated for Unicode Ethiopic: Abyssinica - updated for Unicode Limbu: Namdhinggo SIL - enhanced Contributed to: N'Ko: Conakry Work in progress: Tifinagh Devanagari |
| Contact: | Send a message to the contact for this activity |
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| Title | Available languages and formats | |
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| Entity from: International |
| Geographical coverage of the activity: International |
| WSIS action lines related to this activity:
Theme 8. Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content |
| Related MDGs:
MDG 1. Eradicate poverty and hunger MDG 2. Achieve Universal Primary Education MDG 3. Promote gender equality & empower women MDG 4. Reduce child mortality MDG 5. Improve maternal health MDG 6. Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases MDG 7. Ensure environmental sustainability |
| Activity type: Project |
| Time scale: Ongoing |
| Partners: Conakry font: Michael Everson of Evertype, Script Encoding Initiative Padauk font: Payap University |