Abyssinica SIL Font. Download @font-face. Basic Foreign Serif Ethiopic Unicode.
Basic Latin
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- Download Abyssinica SIL font for PC/Mac for free, take a test-drive and see the entire character set. Moreover, you can embed it to your website with @font-face support.
Keyman for Amharic | አማርኛ ይጻፉ
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Other Ethiopic keyboards and languages
Abyssinica Sil Keyboard Layout
- SIL Ethiopic Power-G - compatible with Power Geez
Type in other Ethiopic languages such as:
Frequently Asked Questions
- Which font should I use in Microsoft Word and other programs on Windows?Keyman Desktop Ethiopic packages come with the following Ge'ez fonts, which we recommend you use:
Find other supported Ge'ez fonts on your computer by using the Font Helper tool.Abyssinica SIL Ethiopic Fantuwua Ethiopic Hiwua Ethiopic Jiret Ethiopic Tint Ethiopic WashRa Ethiopic Wookianos Ethiopic Yebse Ethiopic Yigezu Bisrat Goffer Free Serif - What transcription method do the keyboards use? The keyboards use the SERA (System for Ethiopic Representation in ASCII) method for transcribing the Ge'ez script into Latin characters. SERA uses the following principles:
- A letter for every keystroke.
- Keystrokes with intuitive phonetic associations. For example —
Typing selam produces: ሰላም
Typing TienaysTlN produces: ጤናይስጥልኝ - Ge'ez default punctuation with Western default space. (Ge'ez space ' ፡ ' available with SHIFT + SPACEBAR )
- Western default number.
- What is the difference between Tigrigna (Eritrea) and Tigrigna (Ethiopia)? The two Tigrigna keyboards differ slightly. Tigrigna (Ethiopia) includes three sets of characters which are not in Tigrigna (Eritrea) — ሥ , ኅ , ፅ — as well as the single character ኧ . The two keyboards also differ on the punctuation they offer:
Typing , ,, ,,, ; ;; : :: :- ?? Tigrigna (Eritrea) result ፡ , ፣ ; ፡ ። ፦ ፧ Tigrignia (Ethiopia) result ፣ ፥ , ፤ ; ፡ ። ፦
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