Sligeach (Irish name for Sligo) font is a revived version of a Gaelic font (Fry font) used in some books. The font is mainly adapted from * A practical grammar of the Irish language* (by Owen Connellan in 1844), and the name is named from the linguist's birthplace.
The font is referenced from:
- A Practical Grammar of the Irish Language (Owen Connellan, 1844, main source)
- Focloir Gaoidhilge - Sacs-bearla, or an Irish - English dictionary (Thomas De Vere Coneys, 1849).
There are three version of it:
- Sligeach Original.ttf : the small u is like v, and it doesn't contain some ligatures (eg. ea, rr) listed in A Practical Grammar of the Irish Language, p.13.
- Sligeach Round u.ttf : the small u is round, like roman-type u, and it doesn't contain some ligatures (eg. ea, rr) listed in APGIL, p.13.
- Sligeach Ligature.ttf : the small u is like v, and it contains all ligatures (including ea, rr) listed in APGIL, p.13.
It contains some punctuations(:;*,.?!‘’“”'-), but contains no numbers and without jkqvxwyz.
- 0.1.0 (2020-03-22): add basic characters
- 0.1.0.1 (2020-03-22, Sligeach Ligature.ttf only) - add ligature ao
| Contraction for | Picture | How to type (Unicode) |
|---|---|---|
| ae |  |
æ (U+00E6) |
| an |  |
ā (U+0101) |
| agus |  |
⁊ (U+204A) |
| acht or cht |  |
s̄ (s + U+0304) |
| go |  |
ḡ (s + U+0304) |
| gur |  |
g᷒ (s + U+1DD2) |
| na |  |
ṉ (U+1E49) |
| nn |  |
n̄ (n + U+0304) |
| Contraction for | Picture | How to type | Notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| ar |  |
ar | ligaturized only between spaces (eg. " ar ") |
| air |  |
air | ligaturized only between spaces (eg. " air ") |
| ao |  |
ao | |
| ea |  |
ea | |
| rr | |
rr | |
| si |  |
si | |
| ui |  |
ui | |
| .i. |  |
.i. |
- ar & air are only ligaturized after some non-space characters and space(s).
- The font height is too high.