Tifinagh font in a handwriting style
Project homepage: https://software.sil.org/akatab/
Description
Akatab is a complete Unicode font for rendering Tifinagh characters in the
Tamahaq, Tamashek, and Tawallammat languages. Akatab ("writing") is designed
to reflect a handwriting style and even the "writing in sand" effect.
This font uses state-of-the-art OpenType font technology to provide accurate
typography, including the formation of bi-consonant ligatures. Variations of
characters are included in the font to meet personal and regional
preferences. Documentation included with the font package shows these
variants and how to access them.
Historically, this writing system has been written in both right-to-left and
left-to-right orientations. Akatab has all the necessary characters and
technical features to write in both directions.
Inclusion of basic Latin repertoire is provided as a convenience, e.g., for
use in menus or for displaying markup in text files. This font is not
intended for extensive Latin script use.
Package information
- Ports path
- fonts/sil-fonts/akatab
- Package architecture
- *
- Maintainer
- Anthony J. Bentley <bentley@openbsd.org>
- Categories
- fonts
- Available flavors
- None listed
Ports list build and test dependencies as well as runtime dependencies. pkg_add selects those needed for installation.