Charis SIL

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Charis SIL is a glyphic 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).

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."

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].

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links

• Smart Unicode typefaces released under free license, Linux.com article on Charis SIL and its release as open source.
• Using IPA fonts with Mac OS X: The Comprehensive Guide, a guide to setting up and using Charis SIL and the International Phonetic Alphabet characters on Mac OS X