SVG sample of Charis SIL

PNG sample of Charis SIL

Charis SIL is a serif typeface developed by SIL International. It is based on Bitstream Charter, one of the first fonts designed for laser printers. The font is available in four weights: roman, bold, italic, and bold italic (unlike the similar Doulos SIL, which is available only in roman). This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... SIL International is a worldwide non-profit organization whose main purpose is to study, develop and document lesser-known languages in order to expand linguistic knowledge, promote literacy and aid minority language development. ... Doulos SIL is a serif typeface developed by SIL International. ...

Its goal is to "provide a single Unicode-based font family that would contain a comprehensive inventory of glyphs needed for almost any Roman- or Cyrillic-based writing system, whether used for phonetic or orthographic needs." Because of technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is an alphabet used for several East and South Slavic languages; (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ...

Charis SIL supports Graphite, OpenType, and AAT technologies for advanced rendering features. Along with Doulos SIL, it is licensed under the SIL Open Font License [OFL]^[1], and can be downloaded free of charge^[2]. Graphite is a programmable Unicode-compliant smart-font rendering system developed by SIL International. ... OpenType is a scalable computer font format initially developed by Microsoft, later joined by Adobe Systems. ... Apple Computer has been attentive to the typefaces used in its marketing, operating systems and industrial design. ... SIL International is a worldwide non-profit organization whose main purpose is to study, develop and document lesser-known languages in order to expand linguistic knowledge, promote literacy and aid minority language development. ...

Sources

References

1. ^ See the OFL page on sil.org
2. ^ Download page on sil.org

External links

• Smart Unicode typefaces released under free license, Newsforge article on Charis SIL and its release as open source.

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