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Playwrite ZA Guides: Version Version 1.003 added
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name: "Playwrite ZA Guides"
designer: "TypeTogether, Veronika Burian, José Scaglione"
license: "OFL"
category: "HANDWRITING"
date_added: "2024-11-27"
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name: "Playwrite ZA Guides"
style: "normal"
weight: 400
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post_script_name: "PlaywriteZAGuides-Regular"
full_name: "Playwrite ZA Guides Regular"
copyright: "Copyright 2023 The Playwrite Project Authors (https://github.com/TypeTogether/Playwrite)"
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subsets: "menu"
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repository_url: "https://github.com/TypeTogether/Playwrite"
commit: "0bd52a3a13b6f3492820c746fa4bfa5196005306"
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display_name: "Playwrite South Africa Guides"
minisite_url: "https://primarium.info/countries/south-africa"
primary_language: "en_Latn"
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Copyright 2023 The Playwrite Project Authors (https://github.com/TypeTogether/Playwrite)

This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at:
https://openfontlicense.org


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<p>
Playwrite South Africa Guides is a single-weight font designed to harmonize seamlessly with its companion, <a href="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Playwrite+ZA">Playwrite South Africa</a>. This font includes guideline markers on the baseline, x-height, ascenders, and descenders, providing a visual aid for primary school children. These guides help young learners grasp the proportions of letterforms and assist them in drawing letters with confidence and accuracy.
</p>
<p>
Through its website, the Department of Basic Education produces and distributes
documents that outline curricula, educational goals and guidelines,
implementation notes, and assessment policies. The Curriculum Assessment Policy
Statements (CAPS) outlines the steps and objectives for handwriting instruction
and specifies that students learn motor skills in Grade R, and unjoined upper
and lowercase letters in Grade 1. They then gain speed and proficiency in Grade
2, and proceed to cursive writing. The document does not, however, prescribe
any handwriting models that should be used for teaching.
</p>
<p>
Despite the absence of a recommended model, teachers, specialized publishers,
and educational resource providers have converged on their choice of fonts for
handwriting education. Geometric “ball and stick” letters are used for the
first stage of instruction, and a very slanted continuous cursive style is used
thereafter.
</p>
<p>
To contribute, see
<a href="https://github.com/TypeTogether/Playwrite/">
github.com/TypeTogether/Playwrite</a>.
</p>
<hr />
<img src="Playwrite-South-Africa-Guides_1.png" />

<h4>Playwrite South Africa Guides characteristics</h4>

<p>
Guidelines are present in all characters except for those used for letter spacing. To create a versatile font for teachers designing practice sheets that feature guidelines without corresponding letters, the underscore is used as a key character. It replaces the glyph shape with the guidelines and matches the width of the letter space.
</p>
<p>
Find the detailed characteristics of this country's Model in <a href="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Playwrite+ZA/about#playwrite-south-africa-Guides_characteristics">Playwrite South Africa.</a>
</p>
<img src="Playwrite-South-Africa-Guides_3.png" />
<h4>Family name in font menus</h4>
<p>
Playwrite South Africa Guides appears in font menus with a two-letter country code
‘ZA’, <strong>Playwrite ZA Guides</strong>, and features a single Regular weight.
<br />
The download .zip file includes the static font for this guided version.
</p>
<img src="Playwrite-South-Africa-Guides_2.png" />

<h3>Playwrite fonts for schools</h3>
<p>
The Playwrite school fonts are based on the findings of Primarium, a
groundbreaking educational effort that documents the history and current
practice of handwriting models taught to primary school students worldwide.
This typographic engine serves teachers, educators, and parents by generating
localized libre fonts. These Playwrite fonts are complemented by
<a href="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Playpen+Sans"> Playpen Sans</a>, an
informal and fun typeface designed for annotations, instructions, and student
notes – that also includes emojis.
</p>
<p>
For more information about the Primarium project, visit
<a href="https://primarium.info/">primarium.info</a> and to learn more about
handwriting education in South Africa, see
<a href="https://primarium.info/countries/south-africa/">
primarium.info/countries/south-africa</a>.
</p>
<hr />

<h4>How to install the fonts?</h4>

<p>
<strong>Windows:</strong> Download the font file to your computer. Navigate to
where you saved the font file and double-click it to open. Click the "Install"
button at the top of the font preview window. The font is now installed and
ready to be used across your apps.
</p>
<p>
<strong>macOS:</strong> After downloading the font file to your Mac,
right-click it in Finder and select "Open With" > "Font Book". Then, click
"Install Font" in the font preview window that pops up. The font is now
installed and ready to be used across your apps.
</p>

<h4>How to use the fonts in apps?</h4>

<p>
The Playwrite font family uses complex OpenType features to generate connected
writing. Some common applications require these features to be manually
activated.
</p>
<p>
Note: This font family doesn't include Bold or Italic styles, so please avoid
applying them in text editors. If you use the common 'B' and 'I' buttons, you
will automatically generate low-quality styles.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Google Docs and Slides:</strong> From the font selector drop-down, go to "More Fonts"
and search for the desired font name, in this case, "Playwrite ZA Guides", and click OK.
If some text is already selected, the font choice will apply.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Microsoft Word:</strong> Go to Format in the Menu bar, select Font, and
then the Advanced tab. Activate "Contextual Alternates" and "Kerning for fonts
below" to apply these settings to all text sizes.
</p>
<p>
<strong>LibreOffice:</strong> In macOS, to select the different styles, go to
Format in the Menu bar, select Character, and use the Typeface menu.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Adobe InDesign:</strong> Open the Paragraph Panel and select Adobe
"World-Ready Paragraph Composer" from the contextual menu.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Adobe Illustrator:</strong> Navigate to Preferences > Type, check the
"Show Indic Options" box, and close preferences. Then open the Paragraph Panel
and select "Middle Eastern Composer" from the contextual menu.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Adobe Photoshop:</strong> Access the Paragraph Panel, then choose
"World-Ready Layout" from the contextual menu.
</p>
<p>
The above instructions are also available in
<a href="https://www.primarium.info/Playwrite_installation_notes.pdf">
PDF format here</a>.
</p>
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