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Alphabet & Base Characters
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Figures, Punctuation & Symbols
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
! ? . , : ; … — – · • @ # % & * ( ) [ ] { } / \ | " " ' ' « » ‹ › ¡ ¿
£ € $ ¢ ¥ © ® ™ † ‡ § ¶ ° ′ ″
¹ ² ³ | µ | 1/2 3/4 1/4 | H₂O | 10² | Nº 42
Pan-African Latin
Yoruba · Hausa · Igbo · Twi · Wolof · Swahili · Zulu · Xhosa · Ewe · FulaAfricanist / SIL Hook & Modifier Letters
Pan-Nigerian Alphabet — Dot Below
Tonal Diacritics on African Vowels (Yoruba)
Hausa Specific
Real Language Samples
YORUBA
Ẹni tó bá fẹ́ kọ́ èdè Yorùbá gbọdọ̀ mọ àwọn ohùn àti àmì ohùn rẹ̀.
HAUSA
Ƙasar Najeriya tana da yawancin harsuna da al'adu daban-daban.
IGBO
Asụsụ Igbo bụ otu n'ime asụsụ ndị Naịjịrịa na-asụ.
SWAHILI
Lugha ya Kiswahili inasemwa na watu wengi barani Afrika Mashariki.
ZULU
Isizulu sinolimi olukhulunywayo eNingizimu Afrika.
South American Latin
Spanish · Portuguese · Quechua · Guaraní · Aymara · NahuatlSpanish Core
Portuguese Core
Indigenous (Quechua, Guaraní, Aymara)
Real Language Samples
SPANISH
Benjamín pidió una bebida de kiwi y fresa; Noé, sin vergüenza, la más exquisita champaña del menú.
PORTUGUESE (BR)
À beira do rio, José viu o açúcar caindo na água fria da manhã de São Paulo.
GUARANÍ
Ñe'ẽ guaraní oĩ Paraguay, Brasil ha Argentina-pe.
QUECHUA
Runasimim kay pachapi ayllukuna rimananku.
Western European Latin
French · German · Spanish · Portuguese · Italian · Nordic · Turkish · Welsh · IrishFrench
German
Nordic (Danish · Norwegian · Swedish · Finnish · Icelandic)
Turkish Common misses
Welsh Often missing
Irish (Gaeilge) — Síneadh fada
Real Language Samples
FRENCH
Voix ambiguë d'un cœur qui, au zéphyr, préfère les jattes de kiwis.
GERMAN
Zwölf Boxkämpfer jagen Viktor quer über den großen Sylter Deich.
TURKISH
Pijamalı hasta yağız şoföre çabucak güvendi. İyi iş çıkardı.
WELSH
Ŷl y tŷ, roedd y dŵr yn llifo i lawr y stryd ym Môn.
ICELANDIC
Kæmi ný öxi hér ykist þjófum nú bæði víl og ádrepa.
Diacritic Stacking Stress Test
Critical for Yoruba · Vietnamese-adjacent orthographiesLARGE — CHECK MARK COLLISION, VERTICAL CLEARANCE, STACKING ORDER
ASCENDER CLEARANCE — MARKS MUST CLEAR TALL GLYPHS
bḍḥẓ — fẹ́ kọ́ — hụ́ — lị́
RUNNING TEXT — MULTI-STACK IN CONTEXT
Ẹni tó bá fẹ́ kọ́ èdè Yorùbá gbọdọ̀ mọ àwọn ohùn.
Ọlọ́run ń bọ̀ wá fún àwọn ẹni tó ní ìgbàgbọ́.
Ẹ jẹ́ ká gbádùn ìmọ̀ àti ẹ̀kọ́ ní gbogbo ìgbà.
Kerning & Spacing Pairs
Arrows & Mathematics
Simple Arrows
Implication & Return Arrows
Basic Operators
Currency, Micro & Superior Figures
In-Context Spacing Check
a + b = c · x ≠ y · ±δ · A × B · p ÷ q · n → ∞
£12.99 · µm · x² · a³ · footnote¹ · CO² · 10µg
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Ligatures
Standard · Discretionary · Historic · Precomposed Unicode
Standard Ligatures
liga / calt
On by default — must be designed
offset · affluent · difficult · offload · fifty · affidavit · scaffold · suffix · effect · fjord · daffodil
Discretionary Ligatures
dlig
Off by default — ideal for bold display
Expected for a display bold: at minimum st, ct, sp, Th, Qu.
strict · contact · distinct · The · Queen · stack · attention · quartz · glyph
Precomposed Unicode Ligature Characters
hlig / Unicode
Must be drawn, not fallback boxes
f-Ligature + Diacritic Collision Test Common failure point
The f-crossbar must not clip diacritics on î ï í ì ĩ ı when a ligature fires.
fî fï fí fì fĩ fı — fÎ fÏ
déficit · naïf · officier · bénéfice · fiançailles · fîmes · naïve · afín
Real Text — Mixed Sizes
The Caribbean, a constellation of islands and coastlines where every language of the Atlantic world left its mark — Spanish, French, English, Dutch, Creole, Yoruba, Arawak — shaped into something entirely new.
Ntre les îles de la Caraïbe, on trouve une richesse linguistique extraordinaire. Des mots d'origine africaine, amérindienne et européenne se mêlent pour créer des langues créoles d'une beauté singulière. Chaque île porte en elle l'histoire des peuples qui l'ont habitée.
En las costas del Caribe, el español convive con el creole haitiano, el papiamento de Curazao y el inglés jamaicano. Cada lengua lleva consigo siglos de historia: la diáspora africana, la colonización europea y la resistencia indígena. Las tildes, las eñes y los acentos son cicatrices y orgullos de cada pueblo.
Upcoming Releases
Planned glyph sets not yet designed — for reference onlyThe following glyph sets are documented here as a design roadmap. None are active in this proof sheet. Each group will be added to the appropriate proof section upon completion.
Additional Weights & Styles
SFY Carib v1.0 ships as Bold 700 only. Planned weight expansion:
Small Caps smcp / c2sc
Full A–Z small cap alphabet + accented small caps for all three language regions. OpenType features smcp (lowercase → small caps) and c2sc (caps → small caps).
Codepoints: U+1E9E area + PUA or via smcp substitution. Diacritic small caps for á é í ó ú à è ì ò ù ä ö ü ñ and full Pan-African set.
Small Figures & Number Sets sups / sinf / onum / tnum / frac
Planned number figure sets:
Extended Arrows U+21A9–U+21FF
Beyond the 15 arrows currently designed (10 directional + ⇐ ⇒ ⇔ ↩ ↵):
Extended Mathematics U+2200–U+22FF · U+03xx Greek
Planned beyond the current basic operator set. Includes legacy Mac Roman / Windows-1252 math glyphs:
Vietnamese Latin U+1E00–U+1EFF extended
Full precomposed double-diacritic set. 134 additional glyphs across 5 vowel families with horn and circumflex + all 5 tones:
Unicode Range Index
All characters exercised in this proof sheet and the Unicode ranges they fall in:
Basic Latin U+0020–U+007E |
Latin-1 Supplement U+00A0–U+00FF |
Latin Extended-A U+0100–U+017F |
Latin Extended-B U+0180–U+024F |
IPA Extensions U+0250–U+02AF |
Spacing Modifier Letters U+02B0–U+02FF |
Combining Diacritical Marks U+0300–U+036F |
Greek & Coptic U+0370–U+03FF |
Latin Extended Additional U+1E00–U+1EFF |
Arrows U+2190–U+21FF |
Mathematical Operators U+2200–U+22FF |
Geometric Shapes U+25A0–U+25FF |
Alphabetic Presentation Forms U+FB00–U+FB06 (precomposed ligatures)