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

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "fonts-sil-andika-compact" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install fonts-sil-andika-compact on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall fonts-sil-andika-compact on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: fonts-sil-andika-compact
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: 2100
Filename: pool/universe/f/fonts-sil-andika-compact/fonts-sil-andika-compact_5.000-3_all.deb
Size: 1101148
MD5sum: a88df5a396e5815133118e9450182620
SHA1: 4a1d9d72b501091a6787c43b48c1862b5183e47e
SHA256: 68abbbdc00584bd50f7a47bbd38d88f48635209bf14942dc73c6f7d8d82b5cb1
SHA512: 51765bfadaa35cbf84ec2edb3b2e7086c7771b325af9bf0747155d28331de2d96a96475b636170141df1e3e0851e78ec5170eb4357e7a21199e41c271e2f8ff8
Homepage: https://software.sil.org/andika/
Description-en: Smart Unicode Latin/Greek fonts for literacy (tight spacing version)
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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See the FONTLOG for information on this and previous releases.
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This is the compact version to allow more flexibility with diacritics.
Description-md5: 2bae59cbb481271404bfa4e49ff6780c