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Bringing Ol Chiki to the digital world
- Author(s):
- Subhashish Panigrahi (see profile) , Pooja Saxena
- Date:
- 2016
- Group(s):
- Open Educational Resources
- Subject(s):
- Language and languages, Language and languages--Writing, Indigenous peoples
- Item Type:
- Conference paper
- Conf. Title:
- Typography Day 2016
- Conf. Org.:
- Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology
- Conf. Loc.:
- Bangalore
- Conf. Date:
- 27 February 2016
- Tag(s):
- Ol Chiki script, typeface design, minority script, Santali language, Typography, Language, Writing systems
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/fxth-8555
- Abstract:
- Can a typeface turn the fate of an indigenous language around by making communication possible on digital platforms and driving digital activism? In 2014, a project was initiated with financial support from the Access to Knowledge programme at The Center for Internet and Society, Bangalore to look for answers to this question. The project’s goal was to design a typeface family supporting Ol Chiki script, which is used to write Santali, along with input methods that would make typing in Ol Chiki possible. It was planned that these resources would be released under a free license, with the hope to provide tools to Santali speakers to read and write in their own script online.
- Notes:
- Project Ol chiki was a two folded project—the first part was to create a freely-licensed typeface for the Ol Chiki writing system of the Santali language and the second one was to create input tools and Open Educational Resources for native users. More at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project_Ol_chiki. An online version of the paper is also available at http://typoday.in/2016/spk_papers/Pooja_Saxena_Shubhasis%20Panigrahi_TypographyDay-2016.pdf (ISBN 978-81-931260-3-5).
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- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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