We are pleased to release version 3.000 of the Ruwudu font family. The font package is available for download from the Download page.

Four weights for this typeface family are included:

  • Ruwudu Regular
  • Ruwudu Medium
  • Ruwudu SemiBold
  • Ruwudu Bold

The full range of weights is accessed in different ways depending on the application. See the FAQ for details.

Changes

New

  • Added 3 weights — Medium, SemiBold, and Bold
  • Added OpenType language support for Hausa
  • Added characters:
    • U+0870 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH ATTACHED FATHA
    • U+0872 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH RIGHT MIDDLE STROKE
    • U+0874 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH ATTACHED KASRA
  • Added mirrored glyph:
    • 2248 ALMOST EQUAL TO

Improved

  • Updated space characters to match industry standards (emspace, enspace, etc.)
  • Adjust width for some mathematical symols
    • 003C LESS-THAN SIGN
    • 003E GREATER-THAN SIGN
    • 00AC NOT SIGN
    • 00D7 MULTIPLICATION SIGN
    • 00F7 DIVISION SIGN
    • 2248 ALMOST EQUAL TO
    • 2264 LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO
    • 2265 GREATER-THAN OR EQUAL TO

Both desktop and web fonts are provided in a single, all-platforms package on the Download Page.

Known issues

Because we reduced the line spacing for this font, there is the possibility of interline collisions which might require manual intervention. This would be most likely to occur in languages which use multiple jeem-like characters sequentially in one word. In this case, turning off the stacking behaviour of jeem-like characters (ss07) for one word could fix the interline collision.