Pigiarniq Inuktitut Font
November 12th, 2007
Designer: Tiro Typeworks
Client: Government of Nunavut
Date: Unknown
With only 0.01 people per 1km2 of land, Nunavut is one of the least populated regions in the world; however the 28,000 citizens that live throughout Nunavut speak at least 4 different languages (French, English, Innuinaqtun and Inuktitut). For this reason, the government of Nunavut officially adopted a clean sans-serif font by Tiro Typeworks that enables its people to use all four languages in a uniform manner. Featuring five variants as well as glyphs for all major Inuit characters, the font is freely available for download from the Government of Nunavut’s web site. Keep in mind that the character mappings are atypical, so your mileage may vary.
-John Ryan
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1. Andrea | November 12th, 2007 at 07:16
I think that Tiro Typeworks created it:
http://tiro.com/syllabics/resources/syllabic_resources.html
2. John R | November 12th, 2007 at 08:07
Great, thanks Andrea.
j
3. FORTPORT » Aborigin&hellip | March 18th, 2010 at 09:41
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