Abyssinica SIL is based on Ethiopic calligraphic traditions.

One font from this typeface family is included in the Abyssinica SIL release (no bold or italic version available or planned):

  • Abyssinica SIL Regular

Type Samples

Type samples showing some of the inventory of glyphs can be found here:
Abyssinica SIL Type Sample.

A sample from one page is shown below.

Abyssinica SIL Sample - Ethiopic syllables
Abyssinica SIL Sample – Ethiopic syllables