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<h1 class="title">Charis - Frequently Asked Questions</h1>
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<p>Many questions can be answered by consulting the following FAQ
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pages. Here are a few sample questions answered in each FAQ:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://software.sil.org/fonts/faq">SIL fonts in
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general</a>
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<ul>
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<li><em>How can I type...?</em></li>
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<li><em>How can I use font features?</em></li>
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<li><em>Will you add support for character...?</em></li>
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<li><em>Will you add support for script...?</em></li>
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<li><em>WIll you help me...?</em></li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><a href="https://software.sil.org/lcgfonts/faq">SIL’s Latin,
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Cyrillic, and Greek fonts</a>.
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<ul>
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<li><em>How can I type IPA symbols?</em></li>
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<li><em>How do I use both a single-story and double-story 'a' in
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italic?</em></li>
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<li><em>Why don’t my diacritics position properly?</em></li>
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<li><em>Why is the line spacing so much looser than other
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fonts?</em></li>
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<li><em>I’ve updated my font to the latest version and some letters
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have become black boxes with white letters - why?</em></li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><a href="https://openfontlicense.org/ofl-faq">The SIL Open Font
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License (OFL-FAQ)</a>
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<ul>
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<li><em>Can I use this font for...?</em></li>
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<li><em>Can I modify the font and then include it in...</em></li>
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<li><em>If I use the font on a web page do I have to include an
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acknowledgement?</em></li>
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<li>The full OFL-FAQ.txt is also included in the font package.</li>
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</ul></li>
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</ul>
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<p>Here are a few of the most frequently asked questions
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specifically regarding Charis:</p>
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<h4
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id="why-did-you-change-the-font-family-name-to-only-charis"><em>Why
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did you change the font family name to only Charis?</em></h4>
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<p>The version 7 reduction of default line spacing and addition of
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kerning would have caused most documents that used Charis SIL to
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reflow. This would have caused significant pain for users who wanted
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to use the new version but also had large collections of existing
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documents that would reflow. Changing the name to only Charis allows
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both old and new font families to be installed at the same time and
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eases the transition to the new version.</p>
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<h4 id="why-did-you-stop-producing-compact-versions"><em>Why did you
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stop producing Compact versions?</em></h4>
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<p>Improvements to both these fonts and industry font technology has
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reduced the need for <em>Compact</em> versions. The reduced default
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line spacing in v7 enables many users of <em>Compact</em> variants
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to switch to using the standard fonts, and allows documents to be
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shared without requiring special fonts. If tight or loose line
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spacing is needed the best solution is to use the standard fonts and
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explicitly set the line spacing in your application. If the
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application does not allow user-specified line spacing the <a
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href="https://software.sil.org/lcgfonts/download/">v6.2 Compact
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fonts remain available</a>. Please also contact the app developer to
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request that they give users better control over line spacing.</p>
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<h4 id="where-are-the-literacy-versions"><em>Where are the Literacy
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versions?</em></h4>
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<p>We have not prepared ‘pre-tuned’ <em>Literacy</em> versions of
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the version 7 fonts. The standard fonts include the literacy forms,
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which can be turned on in many applications and on web pages using
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OpenType stylistic sets (<code>ss01</code>, <code>ss11</code>,
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<code>ss12</code>) — see <a
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href="https://software.sil.org/fonts/features">Using Font
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Features</a> and <a
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href="https://software.sil.org/fonts/webfonts">Using SIL Fonts on
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Web Pages</a>. If your application does not allow you to control
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these features the <a
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href="https://software.sil.org/lcgfonts/download/">v6.2 Literacy
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fonts remain available</a>. Please also contact the app developer to
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request that they give users access to OpenType stylistic sets.</p>
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<h4
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id="is-there-a-guide-to-the-many-versions-of-charis-and-its-variants"><em>Is
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there a guide to the many versions of Charis and its
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variants?</em></h4>
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<p>Yes! See the <a href="versions.html">Versions</a> page.</p>
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<h4
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id="why-does-my-application-not-show-the-bold-weight-in-font-menus-and-dialogs"><em>Why
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does my application not show the Bold weight in font menus and
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dialogs?</em></h4>
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<p>Some applications will list all the weights but leave out Bold.
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To access the Bold you need to choose Regular and turn on Bold using
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the application’s UI controls such as a “B” button. See our <a
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href="https://software.sil.org/fonts/axis-based-fonts/">Font Help
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Guide on Axis-Based Font Families</a> for more information.</p>
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<h4 id="why-do-i-sometimes-get-a-fake-bold"><em>Why do I sometimes
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get a fake Bold?</em></h4>
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<p>If you choose a weight other than Regular (such as Medium), and
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then use application controls to turn on Bold, some applications
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will make a “fake” Bold rather than use one of the real ones in the
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font (SemiBold, Bold). This is because only Regular has an
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associated Bold counterpart. This is a technical limitation with
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some apps and OSes. If you are using a weight other than Regular for
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text and want to make a word or phrase stand out, you will need to
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select the text and apply one of the heavier weights manually. See
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our <a href="https://software.sil.org/fonts/axis-based-fonts/">Font
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Help Guide on Axis-Based Font Families</a> for more information.</p>
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<h4
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id="why-does-the-font-have-some-greek-characters-but-not-all"><em>Why
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does the font have some Greek characters, but not all?</em></h4>
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<p>Although Charis includes some Greek characters, it is not
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intended to provide general support for the Greek language. The
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Greek characters that are included are there to support various
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notational systems (linguistic, logical, mathematical). Other fonts,
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such as <a href="https://software.sil.org/gentium">Gentium</a>,
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provide complete Greek script support.</p>
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<h4 id="will-you-add-full-greek-script-support"><em>Will you add
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full Greek script support?</em></h4>
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<p>We have no plans to do that, however the <a
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href="https://openfontlicense.org_web">OFL licensing</a> allows
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anyone to add Greek support and freely distribute the font to
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others. It is even possible to <a href="developer.html">contribute
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that work back to the project</a> and share it with others.</p>
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<h4 id="isnt-charis-just-a-copy-of-charter"><em>Isn’t Charis just a
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copy of Charter?</em></h4>
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<p>Charis is very closely based on the design of Bitstream Charter.
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However the glyphs were completely redrawn based only on visual
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reference to Charter. There are some significant design differences
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in the serif structure, proportions, diacritics, and Cyrillic. The
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design was also adjusted and extended to cover a much wider range of
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characters and publishing needs.</p>
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<p>This guide is from the <a href="https://software.sil.org/charis/" title="" class="active">Charis project</a> version 7 and is copyright © 1997-2025 SIL Global.</p>
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