- What kind of fonts do
RIT develop?RIT designs, engineers, develops, maintains and distributes traditional orthography typefaces for Malayalam script. All the fontsRIT develops follows the definitive script of Malayalam, particularly preserving the elegant curves of reph and u/uu-kar forms of consonant–vowel conjuncts. - What is Malayalam script?
Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken primarily in Kerala, a southern state in India. Malayalam script (മലയാളലിപി) is derived from Brahmi script, following alphasyllabary (abugida) writing system.
- What is ‘definitive script’?
‘Definitive script’ (സമഗ്രലിപി) defines following properties of the character set in a font:
- All the valid characters (vowels, consonants and conjuncts) are included in the definitive script
- No invalid combination/character shapes are included in the definitive script
- Reph and u/uu-kar forms always conjoin with the base character. രേഫം (ര ചിഹ്നം), ഉ/ഊ ചിഹ്നങ്ങൾ എന്നിവ എല്ലായ്പോഴും അടിസ്ഥാന അക്ഷരത്തോടു ചേര്ന്നിരിക്കും.
- When a conjunct form is not available in a font (such as ‘limited character set’ fonts), the character should still form valid reph/u/uu-kar shapes.
- What license do the
RIT fonts use?RIT fonts are licensed generously under theOFL — Open Font License. - Can I freely download, use and share
RIT fonts with others?Yes —
OFL permits free use for personal and commercial purpose and distribute to others. - Can I use the
RIT fonts for commercial work?Yes — you may use and/or embed the
RIT fonts in commercial works like books, designs etc. - I’m developing a font — can I use glyphs from the
RIT fonts?Yes — you may use glyphs from
RIT fonts, and your font must also be licensed underOFL . - Can I sell the
RIT fonts?No — you may not sell the
RIT fonts themselves as required byOFL . It is permitted to includeRIT fonts in other softwares though. - We are a media/publishing house who want to use
RIT fonts. DoesRIT provide any commercial support?Yes — please contact us.