An overview of Tamazight Fonts —where to get them and how to integrate them with your projects.
What are Tamazight Fonts?
This project contains the binary font files of Tifinagh an abjad used to write the Berber languages or Amazigh languages. Each font-family contains the .ttf and .otf and .woff font files.
Tifinagh layout:(Tifinaghe, Neo-Tifinagh and modern Tuareg letters attested)Latin layout:(Berber in Latin characters)
See more about other layout Basic Tifinagh,Extended Tifinagh ....
List of Fonts
This is the list of fonts contained in the project
Font name | Font description | Font preview |
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Tamazight Tifinaghe | Tamazight Tifinaghe - which contains the .ttf & .woff |
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Tamazight Tifinaghe wfus | Tamazight Tifinaghe wfus - which contains the .ttf & .woff | |
Tamazight Latin | Tamazight Latin - which contains the .ttf & .woff | |
Tamazight Latin wfus | Tamazight Latin wfus - which contains the .ttf & .woff |
other fonts coming soon!
Getting the Fonts
The fonts are available in several formats and are suitable for different types of projects and platforms, for developers in their apps, and for designers in their mockups or prototypes.
You can download all Tamazight Fonts in a simple ZIP snapshot from https://github.com/happy05dz/tamazight-fonts/archive/master.zip Sync With Git.
How to install a font under Windows?
Extract the files you have downloaded. Under Windows 10/8/7/Vista Select the font files (.ttf, .otf) then Right-click > Install Under any version of Windows Place the font files (.ttf, .otf) into the Fonts folder, usually C:\Windows\Fonts or C:\WINNT\Fonts (can be reached as well by the Start Menu > Control Panel > Appearance and Themes > Fonts).
How to install a font under Linux?
Copy the font files (.ttf or .otf) to fonts:// in the File manager. Or: Go into the /home folder, in the menu select View > Show Hidden Files, you will see the hidden folder .fonts (if not, create it) then copy the font files there. Or: (under some Linux versions - Ubuntu for example) Double-click the font file > "Install font" button in the preview window.
How to install a font under Mac OS?
Under any version of Mac OS X: Put the files into /Library/Fonts (for all users), or into /Users/Your_username/Library/Fonts (for you only).
How to use a font for a web site?
For those looking to self host the web font, some additional setup is necessary. Host the font in a location, for example https://example.com/tamazight-tifinaghe.woff
and add the following CSS rule:
@font-face {
font-family: "tamazight-tifinaghe";
src: url("tamazight-tifinaghe.woff") format('woff');
}
p .tamazight-tifinaghe{
font-family: tamazight-tifinaghe;
font-size: 20px;
}
Using the fonts in HTML
<p class="tamazight-tifinaghe">azul falwn<p>
you can find a demo here >>
Helpful tools
This is a list of helpful tools :
Tamazight Keybord OnlineThis online Tamazight keyboard follows the easy-to-use Tifinagh keyboard layout. This online Tamazight keyboard was created using html & css & javascript which is still undergoing final testing before its official release. Read more >>
Tamazight Keybord for windowsThis Windows Tamazight keyboard follows the easy-to-use Tifinagh keyboard layout. Read more >>
Bug reports and improvement requests
If you find a problem with a font file, or have a request for future development of a font project, please create a new issue in this project's issue tracker.
To-do list
- There will be a new improved Regular, a Light, and a Bold.
- Creating other fonts.
- Creating Tamazight fonts and Tools for android.
- & more ...