Alibata
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Download Alibata font

The font has been updated to make input simpler.

This font should work in Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux running an X server properly configured to support Truetype fonts (such a feature is usually included in all major distributions)

  • To display a graph with no kudlit, type the corresponding lowercase Roman consonant.
    i.e., m should display
  • To display a graph with a cross kudlit, type the corresponding lowercase Roman consonant followed by an equal sign (=)
    i.e., b= should display
  • To display a graph with a kudlit on top, type the corresponding lowercase Roman consonant followed by an apostrophe (')
    i.e., s' should display
  • To display a graph with a kudlit below it, type the corresponding lowercase Roman consonant followed by a comma (,)
    i.e., g, should display
  • To display nga, type the grave accent mark (`)
  • To display ng, type the grave accent mark (`) followed by an equal sign (=)
  • To display nge-ngi, type the grave accent mark (`) followed by an apostrophe (')
  • To display ngo-ngu, type the grave accent mark (`) followed by a comma (,)

This font is copyrighted © 1998, 2006 by Victor Ganata. It was created by scanning my own writing with a Mustek CG-6000 hand scanner, converting the bitmap into curves using CorelTrace, then editing and exporting as Truetype using CorelDraw 4. They were later cleaned up using Fontographer 4.1. The font was revised with FontForge, an open-source full-featured font editing tool that only runs under X. I am releasing this font under the GNU Lesser General Public License.

 
 
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