Alkalami

Font Technology

Static font

1 weight, 1 style

How To Use Alkalami

To use Alkalami in your web project, either search Google Fonts and use their embed code or host the font on your server and use the CSS below. Note: fonts served by Google Fonts may be missing some OpenType features that are available in the original font.

Download Alkalami

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Alkalami';
  src: url('<YOUR SERVER PATH>Alkalami-Regular.ttf') format(woff2);
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: normal;
}

Description

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. Learn more at github.com/silnrsi/font-alkalami . To contribute, see github.com/silnrsi/font-alkalami .

Designer

SIL International

SIL International works with local communities to develop language solutions that expand possibilities for a better life. A small team specializes in developing fonts for world scripts including Arabic, Burmese, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Ethiopic, Greek, Gunjala Gondi, Hebrew, Latin, Lepcha, Miao, New Tai Lue, Tai Viet, Tifinagh, and Yi.

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OpenType Features

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Proportional numbers

Related Fonts

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Alkalami regular

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

0123456789

We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep. Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, sounds, and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments will hum about mine ears.

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proportional-nums

0123456789 0123456789

Arbitrary Fractions

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1/2 1/3 2/3 3/4 5/8 15/16 1234/5678

Fractions

default css
font-feature-settings: "frac" 1

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