LankaSymbols is a free and open source project maintained by Mooniak with the support of the community. See CONTRIBUTORS
- Download the fonts
- Use the following chart to find the symbol you want to use and copy and paste the icon from TEXT column in the symbols chart.
- Or use the
Glyphpanel in your application to use any symbol.
Add the following inside <head> and use the correct string from the HTML column in the symbols chart below.
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/mooniak/lankasymbols@main/docs/webfonts/lankasymbols.css">
!IMPORTANT: This project is still in early development and things keep changing. Do not use for production websites.
Project uses Unicode standard Private User Area. We have simple guidelines on how we assign code points to symbols for now.
| RANGE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
E000–E215 |
|
E216–E42A |
|
E42B–E63F |
|
E640–E854 |
|
E855–EA69 |
|
EA6A–EC7E |
|
EC7F–EE93 |
Official and brands |
EE94–F0A8 |
Typographic symbols |
F0A9–F2BD |
Historical cultural symbols |
F2BE–F4D2 |
Historical cultural symbols – Border |
F4D3–F6E7 |
Cultural symbols |
F6E8–F8FC |
Cultural symbols – Borders |
This is an open source project. If you would like to contribute by drawing a few symbols please get in touch on Github issues
- Fork the Github project or download the source files.
- Download TruFont, FontForge or any other font editor that can edit
.ufofiles. - Open the
LankaSymbols.ufofile insidesources/with your font editor. - Add a new glyph and name it
lks-<SOMETHING>Look at existing names to get an idea. - Draw your new symbol inside the glyph.
- Don't worry about the UNICODE value, maintainers will sort it out.
- Fork the Github project or download the source files.
- Find the template files inside
docs/templates, make a copy of the file format and version that works for you. - Rename the file
lks-<SOMETHING>Look at existing symbol names to get an idea. - Draw your new symbol. When you are ready to submit save the file as a
.epsor.svg
- Submit your file using Github issues
- Attach your
.ufo,.epsor.svgfile in the issue. - Please include a description and an image of the actual symbol as well.
- Include your name and details, so we can assign credits to you:)
- Send a pull request. Also include all the info as above.
This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at: http://scripts.sil.org/OFL