Release v5.000 Font Subsets
This release includes Regional Font Subsets for Charis SIL, Doulos SIL, Gentium Plus and Andika (v5.000).
These fonts contain both OpenType and Graphite smart font rendering. This is the first release of the subset fonts where Graphite is included.
Each regional font only contains the characters (and glyphs) that are known to be used in that region of the world. For more information on our subsets see the SIL Font Subsets page.
Our font subset packages also contain .woff versions of our fonts. These are especially useful in the context of mobile phone and web usage. Further information on how to use .woff fonts can be found here: Using SIL Web Fonts.
Download the release packages from the Download Page.
Known Issues in the Subsets
- U+0327 COMBINING CEDILLA and U+0328 COMBINING OGONEK do not consistently position properly under some characters (such an U+014A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER ENG) in Graphite, but they do in OpenType. This should not generally be a problem as the characters affected do not usually require cedilla or ogonek.
An alternate form of U+0306 COMBINING BREVE should render in a Cyrillic style when it is combined with Cyrillic characters. The alternate works in OpenType, but not in Graphite.
The glyphs for the following characters are missing the base “O” or “U” in Charis SIL Bold Italic:
- U+1EDA LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH HORN AND ACUTE
- U+1EDC LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH HORN AND GRAVE
- U+1EDE LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH HORN AND HOOK ABOVE
- U+1EE0 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH HORN AND TILDE
- U+1EE2 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH HORN AND DOT BELOW
- U+1EE8 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH HORN AND ACUTE
- U+1EEA LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH HORN AND GRAVE
- U+1EEC LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH HORN AND HOOK ABOVE
- U+1EEE LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH HORN AND TILDE
- U+1EF0 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH HORN AND DOT BELOW
- The glyphs for the following characters are missing the base “U” in Charis SIL Italic:
- U+1EE9 LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH HORN AND ACUTE
- U+1EEB LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH HORN AND GRAVE
- U+1EED LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH HORN AND HOOK ABOVE
- U+1EEF LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH HORN AND TILDE
- U+1EF1 LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH HORN AND DOT BELOW