{"id":757,"date":"2022-02-16T13:03:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T13:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/charis\/?p=757"},"modified":"2022-02-16T13:06:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T13:06:34","slug":"release-6-101-typetuner-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/charis\/release-6-101-typetuner-web\/","title":{"rendered":"Charis SIL Release 6.101 TypeTuner Web"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a maintenance release primarily focused on making the v6 fonts available on TypeTuner Web<\/em>. This enables us to also provide v6 versions of many special-purpose modified fonts, including Literacy<\/em> and Compact<\/em> versions.<\/p>\n

Both desktop and web fonts are provided in a single, all-platforms package on the Download page<\/a>. Special-purpose fonts are available from a dedicated page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

New<\/h4>\n
    \n
  • The fonts now support SIL TypeTuner<\/em>. Customized fonts can be created at TypeTuner Web<\/em> (https:\/\/scripts.sil.org\/ttw\/fonts2go.cgi)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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    New locl<\/code> OpenType feature that supports Macedonian (MKD\/mk) Cyrillic alternates<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  • \n

    Serbian and Macedonian alternates are also available through a new OpenType feature (cv84) for applications that do not support language-specific locl<\/code> features<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Characters have been added to support Unicode versions up to 14.0.0 (more to be added in future releases):<\/p>\n

      \n
    • U+A7C4 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH PALATAL HOOK<\/li>\n
    • U+A7C5 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH HOOK<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF00 LATIN SMALL LETTER FENG DIGRAPH WITH TRILL<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF01 LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED SCRIPT G<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF02 LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL TURNED G<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF03 LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED K<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF05 LATIN SMALL LETTER LEZH WITH RETROFLEX HOOK<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF07 LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED ENG<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF09 LATIN SMALL LETTER T WITH HOOK AND RETROFLEX HOOK<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF0A LATIN LETTER RETROFLEX CLICK WITH RETROFLEX HOOK<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF0B LATIN SMALL LETTER ESH WITH DOUBLE BAR<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF0C LATIN SMALL LETTER ESH WITH DOUBLE BAR AND CURL<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF0D LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T WITH CURL<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF0E LATIN LETTER INVERTED GLOTTAL STOP WITH CURL<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF0F LATIN LETTER STRETCHED C WITH CURL<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF10 LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL TURNED K<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF11 LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH FISHHOOK<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF12 LATIN SMALL LETTER DEZH DIGRAPH WITH PALATAL HOOK<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF13 LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH BELT AND PALATAL HOOK<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF14 LATIN SMALL LETTER ENG WITH PALATAL HOOK<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF15 LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED R WITH PALATAL HOOK<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF16 LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH FISHHOOK AND PALATAL HOOK<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF17 LATIN SMALL LETTER TESH DIGRAPH WITH PALATAL HOOK<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF19 LATIN SMALL LETTER DEZH DIGRAPH WITH RETROFLEX HOOK<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF1A LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH STROKE AND RETROFLEX HOOK<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF1B LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH RETROFLEX HOOK<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF1C LATIN SMALL LETTER TESH DIGRAPH WITH RETROFLEX HOOK<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF1D LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH RETROFLEX HOOK<\/li>\n
    • U+1DF1E LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CURL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Improved<\/h4>\n
        \n
      • The special-purpose modified fonts have been updated to be based on the current version. These are available at https:\/\/software.sil.org\/lcgfonts\/download\/ and include Literacy<\/em> and Compact<\/em> versions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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        U+02DE MODIFIER LETTER RHOTIC HOOK position improved with modifier vowels:<\/p>\n

          \n
        • U+02B8 MODIFIER LETTER SMALL Y<\/li>\n
        • U+1D53 MODIFIER LETTER SMALL OPEN O<\/li>\n
        • U+1D5A MODIFIER LETTER SMALL TURNED M<\/li>\n
        • U+1DBA MODIFIER LETTER SMALL TURNED V<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • Design improved for these characters:\n
            \n
          • U+0184 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER TONE SIX<\/li>\n
          • U+0185 LATIN SMALL LETTER TONE SIX<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
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            The small caps feature (smcp) now supports more characters<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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            The spacing of Serbian italic alternates has been improved<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Changed encoding<\/h4>\n
              \n
            • The following characters were in the SIL PUA but have now been given Unicode assignments. The SIL PUA characters are now deprecated:\n
                \n
              • U+A7C6 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH PALATAL HOOK (was U+F234)<\/li>\n
              • U+10783 MODIFIER LETTER SMALL AE (was U+F1A1)<\/li>\n
              • U+1078F MODIFIER LETTER SMALL CLOSED REVERSED OPEN E (was U+F1A4)<\/li>\n
              • U+10791 MODIFIER LETTER SMALL RAMS HORN (was U+F1B5)<\/li>\n
              • U+10795 MODIFIER LETTER SMALL H WITH STROKE (was U+F1BC)<\/li>\n
              • U+107A0 MODIFIER LETTER SMALL TURNED Y (was U+F1CE)<\/li>\n
              • U+107A2 MODIFIER LETTER SMALL O WITH STROKE (was U+F1AB)<\/li>\n
              • U+107A3 MODIFIER LETTER SMALL CAPITAL OE (was U+F1AE)<\/li>\n
              • U+107B2 MODIFIER LETTER SMALL CAPITAL Y (was U+F1B4)<\/li>\n
              • U+1088E NABATAEAN LETTER FINAL KAPH (was U+F1A3)<\/li>\n
              • U+1DF04 LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL L WITH BELT (was U+F268)<\/li>\n
              • U+1DF06 LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED Y WITH BELT (was U+F267)<\/li>\n
              • U+1DF08 LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED R WITH LONG LEG AND RETROFLEX HOOK (was U+F269)<\/li>\n
              • U+1DF18 LATIN SMALL LETTER EZH WITH PALATAL HOOK (was U+F235)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                This is a maintenance release primarily focused on making the v6 fonts available on TypeTuner Web. This enables us to also provide v6 versions of many special-purpose modified fonts, including Literacy and Compact versions. Both desktop and web fonts are provided in a single, all-platforms package on the Download page. Special-purpose fonts are available from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/charis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/charis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/charis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/charis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/charis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/charis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":759,"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/charis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757\/revisions\/759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/charis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/charis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/charis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}