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Andika

Andika (, from the verb root for 'to write' in Swahili) is a sans-serif typeface developed by SIL International for the Latin and Cyrillic scripts.

About Andika

Andika (, from the verb root for 'to write' in Swahili) is a sans-serif typeface developed by SIL International for the Latin 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 supports OpenType and AAT technologies for advanced rendering features. It is licensed under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), and can be downloaded free of charge. Version 6.2 of the font includes over 3,800 glyphs, including stylistic variants and ligatures. Stylistic variants include alternate forms of letters such as a, g and t and the digit 4. The Andika New Basic variant has a reduced number of characters and a significantly smaller file size. Variant forms of many characters can be chosen in supporting word-processors.

From the Wikipedia article “Andika (typeface)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Using Andika in a book

Test this typeface at both text and display sizes before committing; print a sample page at final size.

Commercial typefaces require a licence that covers embedding in PDFs and ebooks; check the foundry's licence before you publish.

Free alternatives on Google Fonts

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