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Current Versions

This package contains the fonts, documentation, webfonts (WOFF and WOFF2) and example files. Full source archives are available on Github.

See Version history for a list of the changes made in this version of the font. Since the changes for version 7 are so extensive we have summarized the most important ones in Version 7 Changes. Please read this before you upgrade from earlier versions.

Andika is also available through the TypeTuner Web service, which allows you to choose among the smart font features and download a font with those features preset. This enables them to work in many applications that do not make use of Graphite or OpenType Stylistic Sets.

Andika Six

Andika Six is renamed version of Andika v6.200 with no other changes. Andika version 7 includes metrics changes that could cause lines, paragraphs, and pages to reflow. Because of this we wanted to provide a font that reproduced the exact metrics and behavior of Andika v6.200 and could be installed at the same time as the newest Andika (v7 and beyond). Andika v7 is still the best font for most people to use. But if you have documents prepared with Andika v6.200 and need to preserve the spacing, you can install Andika Six, change the doc to use it instead of Andika, and avoid any issues with reflow. Then you can use Andika v7 for new documents and benefit from the many improvements in this and future versions.

Andika Variants and Versions

There are many font families based on the Andika design, as summarized in this table. Current versions are in bold. Additional information is provided in later sections.

Compact versions

The Andika version 7 fonts do not have Compact variants. Most users should use the version 7 fonts and adjust line spacing explicitly within the application if necessary. If your application does not allow control over line spacing, you can use the version 6.200 Andika Compact fonts, which remain available. If you need any of the new version 7 features or characters, but also need them supported in a compact version please contact us.

Special-purpose modified variants

Modified versions of the Andika version 6.200 fonts are available that have been ‘tuned’ to turn on certain features by default. These are available for some regions. These remain at version 6.200 and have not been updated to Andika version 7. If you need any of the new features or characters in this version, but also need them supported in the special-purpose modified fonts please contact us.

Version 5 subsets

In the past, special subset versions of Andika version 5 were created for specific uses. Those fonts still work and remain available. These are limited versions of the fonts that support only the characters needed for a particular area or use. Subsets are available for Africa, Americas, Asia/Pacific, Europe/Eurasia, Vietnam, Phonetic, Cyrillic (Basic) and Cyrillic Extended. With the exception of the Phonetic font, the font subsets are intended for orthographic use only. We have not put anything in the other subsets for phonetic, transliteration, or transcription use. For those purposes, use the Phonetic subset. We do not intend to update these fonts, however they may still work. We do not, however, recommend their use. In almost all cases the standard fonts are a better choice. Font size is less of a concern than it was years ago, particularly with improved compression technologies such as woff2.

Previous Versions

A detailed list of changes for each version of the fonts is on the Version history page. Previous versions can be downloaded from our Previous Versions archive.