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# Annapurna SIL - Font Features

Annapurna SIL is a Graphite and OpenType-enabled font family that supports the Devanagari script. It includes a number of optional user-selected features that may be useful or required for particular uses or languages. These Graphite and OpenType features are primarily specified using four-letter tags (e.g. 'cv04' or 'ss04') to display variant characters or specific behavior. Certain apps, such as web browsers, can also use language tags to display all the language-specific variants and behaviors.

This document lists all the language and user-selected features in Annapurna SIL. For more information on how to access these features in specific environments and applications, see Using Font Features.

This page uses web fonts (WOFF2) to demonstrate font features and should display correctly in all modern browsers. For a more concise example of how to use Annapurna SIL as a web font see Annapurna SIL Webfont Example. For detailed information see Using SIL Fonts on Web Pages.

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## Language-specific features

Affects: U+091D U+096B U+096E U+096F

Language | Test sequences | OpenType/Graphite tag
--- | --- | ---
Default | झ झ् झ़ झ़् झ्र झ़्र ५ ८ ९ | `none`
Nepali | झ झ् झ़ झ़् झ्र झ़्र ५ ८ ९ | `NEP / ne`
Newari | झ झ् झ़ झ़् झ्र झ़्र ५ ८ ९ | `NEW / new`

## User-selected feature list

### Character Variants and Stylistic Sets

#### Jha alternates

Affects: U+091D

Feature | Sample | Feature setting
--- | --- | ---
Standard | झ झ् झ़ झ़् झ्र झ़्र | `cv01=0 or ss01=0`
Nepali style | झ झ् झ़ झ़् झ्र झ़्र | `cv01=1 or ss01=1`
Newari style | झ झ् झ़ झ़् झ्र झ़्र | `cv01=2 or ss02=1`

#### Kra alternate

Affects: U+0915 U+0930

Feature | Sample | Feature setting
--- | --- | ---
Standard | क्र क़्र | `cv03=0 or ss03=0`
Open style | क्र क़्र | `cv03=1 or ss03=1`

#### Tra alternate

Affects: U+0924 U+0930

Feature | Sample | Feature setting
--- | --- | ---
Standard | त्र त़्र | `cv04=0 or ss04=0`
Closed style | त्र त़्र | `cv04=1 or ss04=1`

#### Shra alternate

Affects: U+0936 U+0930

Feature | Sample | Feature setting
--- | --- | ---
Standard | श्र श़्र | `cv05=0 or ss05=0`
Sha style | श्र श़्र | `cv05=1 or ss05=1`

#### Ukar nukta position

Affects: U+0941 U+0942 U+093C

Feature | Sample | Feature setting
--- | --- | ---
Standard | कु़ कू़ क्कु़ क्कू़ | `cv06=0 or ss06=0`
Outside | कु़ कू़ क्कु़ क्कू़ | `cv06=1 or ss06=1`

#### Ekar nukta position

Affects: U+0947 U+093C

Feature | Sample | Feature setting
--- | --- | ---
Standard | के़ | `cv07=0 or ss07=0`
Above bar | के़ | `cv07=1 or ss07=1`

#### Digit five alternate

Affects: U+096B

Feature | Sample | Feature setting
--- | --- | ---
Standard | ५ | `cv08=0 or ss08=0`
Nepali style | ५ | `cv08=1 or ss08=1`

#### Digit eight alternate

Affects: U+096E

Feature | Sample | Feature setting
--- | --- | ---
Standard | ८ | `cv09=0 or ss09=0`
Nepali style | ८ | `cv09=1 or ss09=1`

#### Digit nine alternates

Affects: U+096F

Feature | Sample | Feature setting
--- | --- | ---
Standard | ९ | `cv10=0 or ss10=0`
Nepali style | ९ | `cv10=1 or ss10=1`
Newari style | ९ | `cv10=2 or ss11=1`

#### Visarga with connecting bar

Affects: U+0903

Feature | Sample | Feature setting
--- | --- | ---
Standard | ः | `cv12=0 or ss12=0`
With bar | ः | `cv12=1 or ss12=1`

#### Glottal stop - no connecting bar

Affects: U+097D

Feature | Sample | Feature setting
--- | --- | ---
Standard | ॽ | `cv13=0 or ss13=0`
No bar | ॽ | `cv13=1 or ss13=1`

#### Dya and Hya alternates

Affects: U+0926 U+0939 U+094D U+092F

Feature | Sample | Feature setting
--- | --- | ---
Standard | द्य द्य्‍ द्य़ द्य़्‍ द्य्र द्य़्र ह्य ह्य्‍ ह्य़ ह्य़्‍ ह्य्र ह्य़्र | `cv14=0 or ss14=0`
Open Ya | द्य द्य्‍ द्य़ द्य़्‍ द्य्र द्य़्र ह्य ह्य्‍ ह्य़ ह्य़्‍ ह्य्र ह्य़्र | `cv14=1 or ss14=1`

#### Archaic forms

Affects: U+0905 U+0906 U+0913 U+0914 U+0923 (U+0915 U+0937)

Feature | Sample | Feature setting
--- | --- | ---
Standard | अ आ ओ औ ण ण्‍ क्ष क्ष्‍ | `cv15=0 or ss15=0`
Archaic form | अ आ ओ औ ण ण्‍ क्ष क्ष्‍ | `cv15=1 or ss15=1`

#### Ra Ukar with Nukta ligatures

Affects: U+0930 U+0931 U+0941 U+093C

Feature | Sample | Feature setting
--- | --- | ---
Standard | रु़ ऱु़ रू़ ऱू़ | `cv16=0 or ss16=0`
Ligature form | रु़ ऱु़ रू़ ऱू़ | `cv16=1 or ss16=1`

#### Cha alternate

Affects: U+091B U+094D

Feature | Sample | Feature setting
--- | --- | ---
Standard | छ छ् | `cv17=0 or ss17=0`
With tail or no stem | छ छ् | `cv17=1 or ss17=1`

#### Headstroke alternates

Affects: U+A8FB

Feature | Sample | Feature setting
--- | --- | ---
Standard | ꣻ कꣻम | `cv21=0`
Discrete | ꣻ कꣻम | `cv21=1`
Narrow | ꣻ कꣻम | `cv21=2`
Filler (zero advance width) | ꣻ कꣻम | `cv21=3`

#### JainOm alternate

Affects: U+A8FD

Feature | Sample | Feature setting
--- | --- | ---
Standard | ꣽ | `cv22=0`
Extended headstroke | ꣽ | `cv22=1`

## Default behavior

Many font features in Annapurna SIL common to both OpenType and Graphite rendering engines working behind the scenes to display the proper shaping of Devanagari characters, such as half forms and conjuncts, and to correctly position diacritics or marks. Others features (listed below) are used to create a more pleasing look. These features are always “on”.

### Stacking conjunct compression

If there is a matra below a stacking conjunct, this feature compresses the conjunct which raises the matra above the descender height line. Otherwise, they could clash with matras or signs above the bar on the following line. In the test sequence below, note the first conjunct (without a matra) is normal height.

Affects: U+0915 U+0916 U+0917 U+0918 U+0919 U+091A U+091F U+0920 U+0921 U+092E U+0932 U+0939

Feature | Sample | Feature setting
--- | --- | ---
Conjunct compression | क्क क्कु क्कू क्कु़ क्कू़ | Contextual Alternate 'calt'

### Fractions

Note: The Ligature feature is included in the font since some OpenType applications use it instead of the Fractions feature setting.

Affects: U+0967 U+0968 U+0969 U+096A U+2044

Feature | Sample | Feature setting
--- | --- | ---
No ligature (using ZWNJ) | १⁄‌२ १⁄‌४ ३⁄‌४ | None
Fractions | १⁄२ १⁄४ ३⁄४ | Fractions 'frac' or Ligature 'liga'

### Latin punctuation

The Latin characters in Annapurna SIL are derived from the Charis SIL font. However, the exclamation and question marks were redrawn to fit the style of the Annapurna Devanagari glyphs and are used by default. But they will switch to the Charis style punctuation when preceded by a Latin character. This is accomplished by use of the Contextual Alternates OpenType feature.

Affects: U+0021 U+003F

Feature | Sample | Feature setting
--- | --- | ---
Devanagari style | test क्र! test क्र? | Default
Latin style | test kra! test kra? | Contextual Alternate 'calt'
Mixed styles | नमस्ते! Namaste! | Contextual Alternate 'calt'