README 
Abyssinica SIL
====================

Thank you for your interest in the Abyssinica SIL font.
We hope you find it useful!

Abyssinica SIL provides glyphs for a wide range of Ethiopic and Latin.
Please read the online documentation to see what ranges are supported. 

Abyssinica SIL is released under the SIL Open Font License.
Abyssinica SIL is a trademark of SIL International.
	
See the OFL and OFL-FAQ for details of the SIL Open Font License.
See the FONTLOG for information on this and previous releases.

For further information about this font, including Unicode ranges
supported, OpenType font features and how to use them, 
and licensing, please see the documentation on the website 
(http://software.sil.org/abyssinica/) or in the documentation 
subfolder of this font package.

TIPS
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We cannot afford to offer free technical support. The font has, however, 
been through some testing on various platforms to be sure it works in most
situations. In particular, it has been tested and shown to work on Windows 
XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

If you do find a problem, please do report it to <fonts AT sil DOT org>.
We can't guarantee any direct response, but will try to fix reported bugs in
future versions. Make sure you read through the 
Abyssinica SIL FAQ (https://software.sil.org/abyssinica/support/).

Many problems can be solved, or at least explained, through an understanding
of the encoding and use of the fonts. Here are some basic hints:

Encoding: 
The fonts are encoded according to Unicode, so your application must support
Unicode text in order to access letters other than the standard alphabet.
Most Windows applications provide basic Unicode support. You will, however,
need some way of entering Unicode text into your document.

Keyboarding:
Abyssinica SIL can be used with any Unicode Ethiopic keyboarding program. 

However, Keyman is a crossplatform keyboarding system and a number of Ethiopic 
keyboards are available:
https://keyman.com/keyboards/sil_ethiopic_power_g
https://keyman.com/keyboards/sil_ethiopic
https://keyman.com/keyboards/gff_blin
https://keyman.com/keyboards/gff_geez
https://keyman.com/keyboards/gff_amharic
https://keyman.com/keyboards/gff_tigrinya_ethiopia
https://keyman.com/keyboards/gff_tigrinya_eritrea

Another method of entering some symbols is provided by a few applications
such as Adobe InDesign. They can display a glyph palette that shows all the
glyphs (symbols) in a font and allow you to enter them by clicking on the
glyph you want.

Rendering:
This font is designed to work with either of two advanced font technologies, 
Graphite or OpenType. To take advantage of the advanced typographic 
capabilities of this font, you must be using applications that provide an
adequate level of support for Graphite or OpenType. 

CONTACT
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For more information please visit the Abyssinica SIL page on SIL International's
Computers and Writing systems website:
https://software.sil.org/abyssinica/

Or send an email to <fonts AT sil DOT org>

