How to Install and Uninstall fonts-sil-alkalami Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "fonts-sil-alkalami" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install fonts-sil-alkalami on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "fonts-sil-alkalami" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall fonts-sil-alkalami on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fonts-sil-alkalami package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: fonts-sil-alkalami
Architecture: all
Version: 1.200-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/fonts
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 842
Filename: pool/universe/f/fonts-sil-alkalami/fonts-sil-alkalami_1.200-1_all.deb
Size: 633460
MD5sum: 913429a7fe6d446453e23ffe2d8bd946
SHA1: caa6d62207cf7592c67cec9d13557077167ecb7b
SHA256: c818afe675139d41e42739a6faa293905e59bc7906f946e1df6c4ca8c5203155
SHA512: 475b182f3dca7b0191f29cd6814b603e116abe00aa675381bce49fb6b7fd695bc63eb53c565e2e6837c41d2e0f0351619fdd8ea17e6a211906b653a907cecadb
Homepage: https://software.sil.org/alkalami
Description-en: Font for Arabic-based writing systems in the Kano region
Alkalami is the local word for the Arabic "qalam", a type of sharpened stick
used for writing on wooden boards in the Kano region of Nigeria and in Niger,
and what gives the style its distinct appearance. The baseline stroke is very
thick and solid. The ascenders and other vertical strokes including the teeth
are very narrow when compared to the baseline. A generous line height is
necessary to allow for deep swashes and descenders, and the overall look of
the page is a very black, solid rectangle. Diacritics are much smaller in
scale, with very little distance from the main letters.
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This font supports the characters known to be used by languages written with
the Kano style of Arabic script, but may not have the characters needed for
other languages.
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This font utilizes state-of-the-art font technologies to support complex
typographic issues. Font smarts are implemented using OpenType only. There
are no current plans to support Graphite.
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Two fonts are included in this release:
* Alkalami Regular
* Alkalami Light Regular
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Webfont versions and HTML/CSS examples are also available.
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The full font sources are publicly available at
https://github.com/silnrsi/font-awami
An open workflow is used for building, testing and releasing.
Description-md5: e5025e168e6ed75519cbee5131137d7d