Andika (typeface)

Andika /ænˈdiːkə/, from the word for write! in Swahili, is a sans-serif typeface developed by SIL International for the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic scripts. It is designed for literacy programs and beginning readers, but also has support for IPA transcription and a large number of diacritics. The font offers four family members: roman, bold, italic, and bold italic.

Andika
CategorySans-serif
Designer(s)Victor Gaultney
Commissioned bySIL International
Date released2008
LicenseSIL Open Font License
VariationsAndika, Andika Compact, Andika New Basic,
Sample
Websitesoftware.sil.org/andika/

Andika supports OpenType, and AAT technologies for advanced rendering features. It is licensed under the SIL Open Font License (OFL),[1] and can be downloaded free of charge.[2]

Version 6.000 of the font, with over 3,800 glyphs are included, including stylistic variants and ligatures.[3] Stylistic variants include primer-style forms of letters such as a, g and t. The Andika New Basic variant has a reduced number of characters and a significantly smaller file size.

References
  1. OFL information page on sil.org
  2. Download page on sil.org
  3. "Character Set Support - Andika". software.sil.org. Archived from the original on 2015-12-19.
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