Dollar Manuscript Lao

Narrow, elevated proportions retaining the foundation's original stroke details.

ພາສາລາວງາມ

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Font details

Writing system

Lao

Design

Manuscript

Glyphs

162

Mapped characters

101

Licence

SIL Open Font License 1.1

Foundation

Phetsarath

Outline method

Solid from licensed foundation

Weight

Requested 400; foundation 400; native

Treatment

Solid

Treatment strength

1

Stroke width

Vertical stems x0.945; horizontal stems x1.08

Contrast

Source vertical-to-horizontal stem ratio x0.8750

Terminals

Inherited

Spacing

Source advances preserved; bearings adjusted to retain origins

Marks

Combining marks and tiny details retain the foundation outlines

Hinting

Source TrueType instructions removed; renderer autohinting

Units per em

2048

Writing style

Artistic ink

Foundation design

Phetsarath

Design class

Experimental variant

Coverage

Full source repertoire retained; script-specific coverage and fluent-reader review required.

Creative mood

Quiet and contemplative

Writing tradition

Modern lettering study; no named historical hand claimed

Visual treatment

Solid

Historical basis

Contemporary artistic interpretation of the credited foundation, not a historical reconstruction.

Artistic intent

Quiet and contemplative

Coverage and use

Character coverage is inherited from the licensed foundation. The specimen is a sample, not a promise of complete language support. Check the included coverage and provenance files for your project.

A licensed derivative, not independently hand-drawn outlines.

Automated shaping proofs do not replace review by a fluent reader.

Full source repertoire retained; script-specific coverage and fluent-reader review required.

OpenType-only derivative. Original Graphite/AAT tables omitted: feat, morx. OpenType GSUB/GPOS retained and tested.

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