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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#999999'>Annapurna SIL</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#999999;background:white'>, a new font for Devanagari script<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'><img width=235 height=61 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC5DAA.272177B0" alt="http://sil.org/sil/news/2011/photos/annapurna-font_002.jpg"></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>(August 2011) SIL’s Non-Roman Script Initiative (NRSI) is pleased to announce the release of the</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <i>Annapurna SIL Regular</i> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>and</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <i>Annapurna SIL Bold </i></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>fonts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>Named for a section of the Himalayas in North Central Nepal,</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <i>Annapurna SIL</i> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>is a font for the Devanagari script, which is used to write more than 120 Indo-Aryan languages of South Asia.</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <i>Annapurna SIL</i> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>provides a Unicode-based font family with support for these diverse languages. The calligraphic design reflects the familiar stroke contrast of a broad pen nib, which is commonly used for handwriting Devanagari. The font was designed to be highly readable, reasonably compact and visually attractive, suitable for producing high-quality publications.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://sil.org/sil/news/2011/annapurna-font.htm">http://sil.org/sil/news/2011/annapurna-font.htm</a><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>