1 | FONTLOG
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2 | Gentium font family
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3 | ========================
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4 |
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5 |
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6 | This file provides detailed information on the Gentium family of fonts. This
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7 | information should be distributed along with the Gentium fonts and any
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8 | derivative works.
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9 |
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10 |
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11 | Basic Font Information
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12 | ----------------------
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13 |
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14 | Gentium ("belonging to the nations" in Latin) is a Unicode typeface family
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15 | designed to enable the many diverse ethnic groups around the world who use
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16 | the Latin script to produce readable, high-quality publications. The design
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17 | is intended to be highly readable, reasonably compact, and visually
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18 | attractive. Gentium has won a "Certificate of Excellence in Typeface Design"
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19 | in two major international typeface design competitions: bukva:raz! (2001),
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20 | TDC2003 (2003).
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21 |
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22 | Gentium provides glyphs for a wide range of Latin and Greek characters. The
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23 | additional 'extended' Latin letters are designed to naturally harmonize with
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24 | the traditional 26 ones. Diacritics are treated with careful thought and
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25 | attention to their use. Gentium also supports both ancient and modern Greek,
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26 | including a number of alternate forms. It currently supports the following
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27 | ranges of Unicode 3.0 (completely unless noted):
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28 |
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29 | Range Description
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30 | U+0020-U+007F Basic Latin
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31 | U+00A0-U+00FF Latin-1 Supplement
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32 | U+0100-U+017F Latin Extended-A
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33 | U+0180-U+021F Latin Extended-B
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34 | U+0222-U+0233 Latin Extended-B (continued)
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35 | U+0250-U+02AD IPA Extensions
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36 | U+02B0-U+02FF Spacing Modifier Letters
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37 | U+0300-U+036F Combining Diacritical Marks
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38 | U+0370-U+03D5 Greek (not including archaic or Coptic)
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39 | U+1E00-U+1EFF Latin Extended Additional
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40 | U+1F00-U+1FFF Greek Extended
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41 | U+2000-U+203A General Punctuation (partial)
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42 | U+2070-U+209F Superscripts and Subscripts
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43 | U+20A0-U+20CF Currency Symbols (partial)
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44 | U+2100-U+214F Letterlike Symbols (only a couple)
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45 |
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46 | Gentium Regular also includes some Cyrillic glyphs, but they are only early
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47 | drafts. A future version will include a completely revised set, including
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48 | italic, and will expand the support for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic to Unicode
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49 | 4.1.
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50 |
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51 |
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52 | ChangeLog
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53 | ---------
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54 | (This should list both major and minor changes, most recent first.)
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55 |
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56 | 28 Nov 2005 (Victor Gaultney) Gentium version 1.02
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57 | - Changed licensing to the SIL Open Font License
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58 | - Included FontLab source files
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59 | - Fixed some duplicate PostScript glyphs names
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60 | - Fixed italic angle
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61 |
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62 | 19 Sep 2003 (Victor Gaultney) Gentium version 1.01
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63 | - Maintenance release focused on changing internal font
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64 | - Information to reflect the changeover to an SIL project
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65 | - There is only one bug fix - the Greek mu PS name was changed to try and fix
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66 | a display/printing problem. There is still no manual hinting
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67 |
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68 | 16 Sep 2002 (Victor Gaultney) Gentium version 1.00
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69 | - First public release
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70 | - No manual hinting is included in this version. Some has been done - with
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71 | good results - but is not yet complete enough.
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72 |
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73 |
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74 | Information for Contributors
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75 | ----------------------------
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76 |
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77 | The main point of version 1.02 is to enable modification via the OFL and to
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78 | establish a means for people to contribute to the project. For information
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79 | on what you're allowed to change or modify, consult the OFL and OFL-FAQ. The
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80 | OFL-FAQ also gives a very general rationale regarding why you would want to
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81 | contribute to the project.
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82 |
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83 | Anyone can make their own modified version of Gentium (using a different
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84 | name), but SIL International will continue to maintain and develop the
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85 | canonical version of the Gentium fonts. As the package maintainer, we warmly
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86 | welcome contributions. Here are some things to keep in mind:
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87 |
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88 | Format: We are open to contributions in various formats, but if you want to
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89 | maximise the chances of us including your work, please make it available to
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90 | us (via email or a URL) as either a FontLab database (preferred) or a
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91 | PostScript Type 1 (or OT-CFF) font.
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92 |
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93 | Source files: For the first time, we're including FontLab databases used in
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94 | developing the fonts. The current fonts, however, were not solely built from
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95 | this FontLab database, so a simple "Generate Font" will not give you an
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96 | identical result. These databases are provided not as canonical source but
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97 | as an aid to anyone who might find it useful to have access to the
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98 | PostScript-style curves before they were turned into TrueType ones. BTW -
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99 | although only two databases are provided, they contain all the Alt glyphs.
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100 | In the future we may be making our 'source' available in three formats:
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101 | OpenType (TrueType), OT-CFF, and FontLab.
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102 |
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103 | Copyright attribution: If you submit something for inclusion in the main
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104 | Gentium fonts, we will ask you to affirm that it is your original work, and
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105 | ask you to assign the copyright of your work to SIL International. This is
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106 | to ensure that future releases can be made under improved versions of the
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107 | OFL without needing to track you down for further permission. This follows
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108 | the same principle used by the FSF. Keep in mind that we are a
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109 | not-for-profit organization committed to free/libre and open source
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110 | software, and that any contributions incorporated in the fonts will always
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111 | be available under the OFL or a similar license.
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112 |
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113 | Quality: Because we want to be able to guarantee a high level of quality for
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114 | the primary Gentium fonts, we will review submissions carefully. Please
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115 | don't be discouraged if we do not include a submission for this reason, or
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116 | ask you to make specific revisions.
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117 |
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118 | What types of contributions are welcomed now (some more than others):
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119 | - Old style figures
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120 | - Small caps (although we would want such done for *all* caps, not just A-Z)
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121 | - Specifications for smart Greek code (write us about this)
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122 | - Coptic
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123 | - Historic/Archaic Cyrillic
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124 | - Glyphs used for ancient Greek text study (but not alphabetic ones, like
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125 | the digamma)
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126 | - Mathematical glyphs
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127 | - OpenType code and glyphs for on-the-fly fraction creation
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128 | - Additional scripts (Armenian, etc.?), and any needed OT/Graphite/AAT code
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129 | - Other things that we may have once told you we didn't have time to do :-)
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130 |
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131 | What is not needed at this point:
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132 | - Revisions to the basic letters or their spacing
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133 | - Cyrillic revisions or additions. These are already in process
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134 | - Other weights (Bold, Bold italic). We already have some work done on this
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135 | - Alphabetic Ancient Greek glyphs (digamma, etc.). These are done and are
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136 | waiting for the next release
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137 | - Unicode 4.1 additions for Latin. We have these already in the pipeline
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138 | - General Latin/Cyrillic OpenType/Graphite/AAT code - we already have this
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139 | (see our Doulos SIL project)
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140 | - Kerning - there is some in place
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141 | - Hinting - although if you could offer to do some hinting, let us know :-)
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142 |
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143 | So why didn't we include some of this in this release? The only change for
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144 | 1.02 is the new licensing model. We thought that it was important to get a
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145 | revised font out before we had completed the next big revision. We also
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146 | didn't want to hold up release until we had everything neat and tidy :-)
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147 |
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148 | When submissions will be included: We hope to have a revised version of the
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149 | Regular and Italic fonts (including full Cyrillic) completed by mid-2006. To
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150 | do this we will need submissions early in the year. Other weights will
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151 | follow after that.
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152 |
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153 | WARNINGS: The details of the source files and build procedures will be
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154 | changing radically before the next release, so do not spend too much time
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155 | working on systems that depend on the current FontLab database information.
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156 | Also - the Cyrillic glyphs in the regular font are very early prototypes and
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157 | will be changing completely. So don't bother to modify them!
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158 |
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159 |
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160 | Acknowledgements
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161 | ----------------
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162 | (Here is where contributors can be acknowledged. If you make modifications
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163 | be sure to add your name (N), email (E), web-address (W) and description
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164 | (D). This list is sorted by last name in alphabetical order.)
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165 |
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166 | N: Victor Gaultney
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167 | E: victor_gaultney@sil.org
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168 | W: http://www.sil.org/~gaultney/
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169 | D: Original Designer of Latin, Greek and Cyrillic glyphs
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170 |
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171 | The Gentium project is maintained by SIL International.
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172 |
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173 | For more information please visit the Gentium page on SIL International's
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174 | Computers and Writing systems website:
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175 | http://scripts.sil.org/gentium
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176 |
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177 | Or send an email to <gentium AT sil DOT org>
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