Tigrinya Fonts

Both ANSI and UTF-8 are character encoding formats. ANSI is a Microsoft-specific standard mainly used to encode Latin alphabets, whereas UTF-8 is an implementation of Unicode that supports more than 128,000 characters.

Unicode is a universal character encoding standard. It defines how individual characters are represented in web pages, text files, and documents.

There are different types of Unicode encoding, with UTF-8 and UTF-16 being the most common. UTF-8 is widely used on the web and is the default encoding standard in many software programs.

UTF-8 encoding can use up to four bytes to represent a character. For English letters, UTF-8 uses one byte. European (Latin), Hebrew, and Arabic characters typically use two bytes. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other Asian characters use three bytes, while certain special symbols may require four bytes.

To type Tigrinya on your keyboard, you have several options. First, you can download Unicode fonts from the links above, install them on your system, then open any text editor such as Microsoft Word, select the Tigrinya font you installed, and start typing.

Alternatively, you can use our online Tigrinya typing tool which allows you to type in English and get Tigrinya (Ge'ez) text without installing any fonts.

For modern sites: Noto Sans Ethiopic (clean, 9 weights, perfect for body text).

For formal content: Noto Serif Ethiopic (elegant serif design).

For classical/religious texts: Abyssinica SIL (traditional calligraphy).

Unicode: Modern standard, works everywhere (Windows, Mac, Linux, mobile). Recommended!

ANSI: Older encoding with compatibility issues. Not recommended.

Always choose Unicode or Google Fonts for better compatibility.

For Windows: Download the font file (.ttf or .otf), right-click on it, and select "Install" or "Install for all users". The font will be available in all your applications immediately.

For Mac: Download the font file, double-click to open it in Font Book, then click the "Install Font" button. The font will be available system-wide.

For Linux: Download the font file and copy it to the ~/.fonts directory (create it if it doesn't exist). Then run fc-cache -f -v in terminal to refresh the font cache.

After installation, you can use the Tigrinya font in any application like Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, Adobe Photoshop, or web browsers.

Yes! All fonts are 100% free under SIL Open Font License.

Use in websites, apps, logos, books - no royalties required.

For books/long texts: Noto Serif Ethiopic or Abyssinica SIL.

For business docs: Noto Sans Ethiopic (9 weights for hierarchy).

For religious/classical texts: Abyssinica SIL (traditional calligraphy).

Use 10-12pt minimum for comfortable reading.

Ge'ez (Ethiopic script) is the writing system for Tigrinya, Amharic, and other Ethiopian/Eritrean languages. One of the world's oldest alphabets (4th century CE).

It's an abugida (each character = consonant + vowel). 33 consonants × 7 vowels = 230+ characters.

All fonts here support the complete Ethiopic Unicode range. Tigrinya is the official language of Eritrea.