Table 3. Differences between typographic projects
Project
Language(s)
Status
Pending
Design
Yukatek
Maya
Round variant.
Other variants of the
family (italics, bold, etc.).
Technical and
programming details for
public use.
Steve Ross
Xallitic
Multilingüe
Round variant.
Other variants of the
family (italics, bold, etc.).
Technical and
programming details for
public use.
José Manuel
López Rocha
Ayuuk
Ayuuk/Mixe
Family with three
variants for editorial
applications.
It is not for public use.
José Manuel
López Rocha
People: Typography
for the Wounaan
people
wounaan
Typographic family
concluded with
experimental graphic
extensions and open
access.
It has characteristics useful
for the Wounaan language.
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LIN
Four languages
of the Oto-
Mangue family.
Round variant with
adaptation of specific
letters and digraphs.
Development of the
keyboard for access to
the typography.
Complementary variants
for
the
typographic
family.
José Manuel
López Rocha
The LIN project developed by Manuel López Rocha with the participation of speakers of four
variants of the Otomí and the INALI, contemplated the design of a regular variant for four languages
of the Oto-Mangue family: Ñhähñu, Tlahuica, Mazahua and Matlatzinca, besides counting with the
possibility of adapting to Nahuatl, Maya, and other languages that do not require special letters or
diacritics.
One of the characteristics of this project is that it has a free license in mind, so the archive can
be modified according to the needs of each language: diacritics, spacing, combinable, etc.
Logical keyboards development for writing in indigenous languages
To promote the habit and culture of writing, it is not enough to have a typography supporting
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