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Introduction

The fonts shown on this page cover the Inuktitut Syllabary subset of the Canadian Syllabics Unicode block.

Font Samples

font sample * font information
Sample of Aboriginal Sans at 24pt Aboriginal Sans    [ show all samples ]  (absans8_51.ttf from absans.zip)
Note: Extensive coverage of Latin characters with diacritics
Source: Free download from LanguageGeek.com
Stats: Version 8.51 2004 has 4,858 glyphs and 105 kerning pairs
Support: Canadian Syllabics (all syllabaries, all characters), Cherokee, Latin, Vietnamese
OpenType Layout Tables: Latin
Sample of Aboriginal Serif at 26pt Aboriginal Serif    [ show all samples ]  (abserif4_5.ttf from abserif.zip)
Note: Extensive coverage of Latin & Cyrillic characters with diacritics as well as Canadian Syllabic characters that were omitted from the Unicode Standard (encoded in the private use area).
Source: Free download from LanguageGeek.com
Stats: Version 1.000 2004 initial release has 4,998 glyphs and 3 kerning pairs
Support: Canadian Syllabics (all syllabaries, all characters), Cherokee, Cyrillic (all or most of range), Latin, Vietnamese
OpenType Layout Tables: Latin
Sample of AiPaiNutaaq at 26pt AiPaiNutaaq    [ show all samples ]  (aipainutaaq.ttf, aipainutaaq bold.ttf, aipainutaaq italic.ttf, and aipainutaaq bold italic.ttf from aipainutaaq.zip)
Source: Free download from WATS.ca.
Stats: Version 1.1 has 398 glyphs and 3,884 kerning pairs
Support: Canadian Syllabics (Inuktitut Syllabary only), Latin
Sample of Ballymun RO at 26pt Ballymun RO    [ show all samples ]  (ballrn__.ttf, ballrb__.ttf, ballri__.ttf, and ballrbi_.ttf from ballrn66.zip)
Source: Free download from Multilingual E-Data Solutions.
Stats: Version 0.66 has 1,334 glyphs and 1,565 kerning pairs
Support: Canadian Syllabics (all syllabaries, all characters), Cyrillic (Russian and other Slavic languages), Greek, Latin
Sample of CBSUCAS at 30pt CBSUCAS    [ show all samples ]  (cbsuOT.otf [and cbsuTT.ttf] from cbsucas.zip)
Source: Free download from Jeff Klassen's webpage.
Stats: Version 1.000 has 735 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Canadian Syllabics (all syllabaries, all characters), Latin
Sample of Code2000 at 28pt Code2000    [ show all samples ]  (code2000.ttf)
Source: Download this shareware font ($5) from James Kass's webpage.
Stats: Version 1.16 has 61,864 glyphs and 239 kerning pairs
Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Baluchi, Kirghiz, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek), Armenian, Bengali, Braille, Canadian Syllabics (all syllabaries, all characters), Cherokee, Chinese (Bopomofo only, including Extended), Cirth, Coptic, Cyrillic (all or most of range), Devanagari, Ethiopic (including supplement and extended blocks), Ewellic, Georgian (Mkhedruli and Asomtavruli), Greek (including polytonic and Coptic characters), Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hebrew, IPA, Japanese (Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji/Han Ideographs including Extension A), Klingon, Korean (Hangul only), Lao, Latin, Limbu, Mongolian, N'Ko, Ogham, Phaistos, Runic, Syriac, Tamil, Telugu, Tengwar, Thaana, Thai, Tifinagh, Vietnamese, Yi
OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Buhid, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Han Ideographic, Hangul, Hangul Jamo, Hebrew, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latin, Malayalam, Mongolian, Myanmar, N'Ko, Tamil, Telugu, Thai
Sample of Euphemia CAS at 22pt Euphemia CAS    [ show all samples ]  (Euphemia UCAS Regular version.ttf, Euphemia UCAS Bold version.ttf, and Euphemia UCAS Italic version.ttf from version Euphemia UCAS.zip)
Source: Free download from Tiro Typeworks.
Stats: Version 2.660 2004 has 865 glyphs and 389 kerning pairs
Support: Canadian Syllabics (all syllabaries, all characters), Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Latin
Sample of Everson Mono Unicode at 30pt Everson Mono Unicode    [ show all samples ]  (evermono.ttf)
Source: Shareware from Everson Mono.
Stats: Version 4.1.3 2003-02-13 has 4,899 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Armenian, Canadian Syllabics (all syllabaries, all characters), Cherokee, Cyrillic (all or most of range), Georgian (Mkhedruli and Asomtavruli), Greek (including polytonic and Coptic characters), Hebrew, Japanese (Hiragana and Katakana only), Latin, Ogham, Runic, Vietnamese
Sample of Kayases at 26pt Kayases    [ show all samples ]  (Kayases.ttf)
Source: Free download from LanguageGeek.com
Stats: Version 001.000 has 1,155 glyphs and 17,786 kerning pairs
Support: Canadian Syllabics (all syllabaries, all characters), Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Canadian Syllabics, Latin
Sample of Kisiska at 20pt Kisiska    [ show all samples ]  (kisiska.otf)
Note: Download site lists the following languages in conjunction with this font: Moose Cree, East Cree, Inuktitut, Naskapi, Eastern Ojibway, Plains Cree, Swampy Cree, Woods Cree, and Western Ojibway
Source: Free download from LanguageGeek.com
Stats: Version OTF 1.100 ... has 801 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Canadian Syllabics (Cree and Inuktitut Syllabaries), Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Latin
Sample of Masinahikan at 27pt Masinahikan    [ show all samples ]  (Masinahikan_h.ttf, Masinahikan_h_Semi.ttf, and Masinahikan_h_Bold.ttf from Masinahikan.zip)
Source: Free download from LanguageGeek.com
Stats: Version 1.000 2005 initial release has 981 glyphs and 2,983 kerning pairs
Support: Canadian Syllabics (Cree and Inuktitut Syllabaries), Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Canadian Syllabics, Latin
Sample of NunacomU at 28pt NunacomU    [ show all samples ]  (Nunacomu.ttf)
Source: Free download from Multilingual E-Data Solutions.
Stats: Version 0.6 has 341 glyphs and 135 kerning pairs
Support: Canadian Syllabics (Inuktitut Syllabary only), Latin
Sample of OskiBlackfoot at 20pt OskiBlackfoot    [ show all samples ]  (oskiblackfoot5.ttf, oskiblackfootbold5.ttf, oskiblackfootitalic5.ttf, and oskiblackfootbolditalic5.ttf from oskiblackfoot.zip)
Note: A Blackfoot language font - although it covers all Canadian syllabaries with the exception of those characters labeled as South-Slavey (U+1485 to U+1488).
Source: Free download from LanguageGeek.com
Stats: Version 1.000 2003 initial release has 1,701 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Canadian Syllabics (all syllabaries, all characters), Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Latin
Sample of OskiDakelh at 22pt OskiDakelh    [ show all samples ]  (oskidakelh1.ttf, oskidakelhbold1.ttf, oskidakelhitalic1.ttf, and oskidakelhbolditalic1.ttf from oskidakelh.zip)
Note: A Dakelh (Carrier Dene) language font.
Source: Free download from LanguageGeek.com
Stats: Version 1.000 2004 (initial release) has 948 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Canadian Syllabics (all syllabaries, all characters), Latin
Sample of OskiDene <em>fonts</em> at 20pt OskiDene fonts    [ show all samples ]  (regular, bold, italic, and bold italic)
There are four OskiDene fonts:
  1. OskiDeneA for Chipewyan-A
  2. OskiDeneB for Beaver
  3. OskiDeneC for North Slavey, Dogrib, and Chipewyan-C
  4. OskiDeneS for South Slavey

Source: Free download from LanguageGeek.com
Support: Canadian Syllabics (all syllabaries, all characters), Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Canadian Syllabics (default, zz01), Latin
Sample of OskiEast at 20pt OskiEast    [ show all samples ]  (oskie1.ttf, oskiebold1.ttf, oskieitalic1.ttf, and oskiebolditalic1.ttf from oskieast.zip)
Note: Download site lists the following languages in conjunction with this font: Moose Cree, East Cree, Inuktitut, Naskapi, and Eastern Ojibway.
Source: Free download from LanguageGeek.com
Stats: Version 1.000 2003 initial release has 1,700 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Canadian Syllabics (all syllabaries, all characters), Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Latin
Sample of OskiWest at 20pt OskiWest    [ show all samples ]  (oskiw1.ttf, oskiwbold1.ttf, oskiwitalic1.ttf, and oskiwbolditalic1.ttf from oskiwest.zip)
Note: Download site lists the following languages in conjunction with this font: Plains Cree, Swampy Cree, Woods Cree, and Western Ojibway.
Source: Free download from LanguageGeek.com
Stats: Version 1.000 2003 initial release has 1,700 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Canadian Syllabics (all syllabaries, all characters), Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Latin
Sample of Pigiarniq at 26pt Pigiarniq    [ show all samples ]  (Pigiarniq Regular.ttf, Pigiarniq Bold, and Pigiarniq Italic.ttf)
Note: Unassigned U+1400 codepoint is mapped to the Inukshuk symbol (the stone person).
Source: Free download from Tiro Typeworks.
Stats: Version 1.2 has 485 glyphs and 480 kerning pairs
Support: Canadian Syllabics (Inuktitut Syllabary only), Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Latin (default, Turkish)
Sample of Pigiarniq Heavy at 24pt Pigiarniq Heavy    [ show all samples ]  (Pigiarniq Heavy.ttf)
Note: Unassigned U+1400 codepoint is mapped to the Inukshuk symbol (the stone person).
Source: Free download from Tiro Typeworks.
Stats: Version 1.2 has 422 glyphs and 425 kerning pairs
Support: Canadian Syllabics (Inuktitut Syllabary only), Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Latin (default, Turkish)
Sample of Pigiarniq Light at 26pt Pigiarniq Light    [ show all samples ]  (Pigiarniq Light.ttf)
Note: Unassigned U+1400 codepoint is mapped to the Inukshuk symbol (the stone person).
Source: Free download from Tiro Typeworks.
Stats: Version 1.2 has 422 glyphs and 425 kerning pairs
Support: Canadian Syllabics (Inuktitut Syllabary only), Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Latin (default, Turkish)
Sample of Rotinonhsonni Sans at 24pt Rotinonhsonni Sans    [ show all samples ]  (rotinonhversion.ttf [regular], rotinonhbversion.ttf [bold], rotinonhiversion.ttf [italic], and rotinonhbiversion.ttf [bold italic] from RotinonhSans.zip)
Source: Free download from LanguageGeek.com
Stats: Version 8.007 2006 has 4,960 glyphs and 106 kerning pairs
Support: Canadian Syllabics (all syllabaries, all characters), Cherokee, Latin, Vietnamese
OpenType Layout Tables: Latin
Sample of Uqammaq at 28pt Uqammaq    [ show all samples ]  (Uqammaq Regular.ttf and Uqammaq Bold.ttf from Uqammaq_win_ttf.zip)
Note: Unassigned U+1400 codepoint is mapped to the Inukshuk symbol (the stone person).
Source: Free download from Tiro Typeworks.
Stats: Version 1.0 has 414 glyphs and 812 kerning pairs
Support: Canadian Syllabics (Inuktitut Syllabary only), Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Latin (default, Turkish)
Sample of Uqammaq Heavy at 24pt Uqammaq Heavy    [ show all samples ]  (Uqammaq Heavy.ttf from Uqammaq_win_ttf.zip)
Note: Unassigned U+1400 codepoint is mapped to the Inukshuk symbol (the stone person).
Source: Free download from Tiro Typeworks.
Stats: Version 1.0 has 410 glyphs and 798 kerning pairs
Support: Canadian Syllabics (Inuktitut Syllabary only), Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Latin (default, Turkish)
Sample of Uqammaq Light at 28pt Uqammaq Light    [ show all samples ]  (Uqammaq Light.ttf from Uqammaq_win_ttf.zip)
Note: Unassigned U+1400 codepoint is mapped to the Inukshuk symbol (the stone person).
Source: Free download from Tiro Typeworks.
Stats: Version 1.0 has 410 glyphs and 798 kerning pairs
Support: Canadian Syllabics (Inuktitut Syllabary only), Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Latin (default, Turkish)
 

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