What is Graphite?

Graphite is a “smart font” system developed specifically to handle the complexities of lesser-known languages of the world.

• What is Graphite?
• Why was Graphite developed?
• Graphite and OpenType

Using Graphite

The following are links to existing Graphite-enabled resources:

• Applications that suppport Graphite
• Graphite fonts
• Graphite in Mozilla Firefox

Developing a Graphite font

Any TrueType font can have Graphite support added. The process involves describing the behavior using the Graphite Description Language (GDL), and compiling a new version of the font using the Graphite compiler.

• Why should I add Graphite support to my font?
• How to develop a Graphite font
• Graphite compiler
• Graide
• GDL tutorial
• GDL documentation

Adding Graphite to your application

Graphite provides an API that allow you to hook the Graphite engine into the text layout routines of an application you are developing.

• Graphite engine API
• System documentation