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

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "fonts-sil-andika" package

Learn how to install fonts-sil-andika on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall fonts-sil-andika on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: fonts-sil-andika
Architecture: all
Version: 5.000-3
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: 2658
Breaks: ttf-sil-andika (<< 5.000-developer-3)
Replaces: ttf-sil-andika (<< 5.000-developer-3)
Filename: pool/universe/f/fonts-sil-andika/fonts-sil-andika_5.000-3_all.deb
Size: 1638396
MD5sum: f38094b92cbc15e3733be1556f0192e6
SHA1: e51ce112513d1cb58641c35c2f81d2af45fccb0d
SHA256: 9203cd056aa1466796d21210694ddfa755799544db35da09603344889f206b78
SHA512: ddc321172785e9e9cce48e8f2122a7561dee61fd37d9b19b5559c3814d1a95a652c8ed9a82ee70bd47e036e4326724be5f101c66b2969e638dc5f3254b8eaa6b
Homepage: https://software.sil.org/andika
Description-en: extended smart Unicode Latin/Greek font family for literacy
Andika ("Write!" in Swahili) is a sans serif, Unicode-compliant font
designed especially for literacy use, taking into account the needs of
beginning readers. The focus is on clear, easy-to-perceive letterforms that
will not be easily confused with one another.
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A sans serif font is preferred by some literacy personnel for teaching
people to read. Its forms are simpler and less cluttered than some serif
fonts can be. For years, literacy workers have had to make do with fonts
that were available but not really suitable for beginning readers and
writers. In some cases, literacy specialists have had to tediously cobble
together letters from a variety of fonts in order to get the all of
characters they need for their particular language project, resulting in
confusing and unattractive publications. Andika addresses those issues.
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After receiving many insightful comments on the Design Review and Basic fonts,
Andika's final letterforms have been refined with alternate shapes still
available for some characters. This font now contains the same character set
as Charis SIL and Doulos SIL.
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Andika provides OpenType and Graphite features like smart code for diacritic
placement and supports recent additions to Unicode and the SIL PUA, and
character assignments are updated to conform to Unicode 5.1
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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-andika
An open workflow is used for building, testing and releasing.
Description-md5: 0d8eea2deff7ae2348b5ddfbd732633d
Task: ubuntustudio-fonts