Many North American Indigenous languages are written with the Latin alphabet, but contain accents or characters that are not supported by most Latin fonts. Nisg̱a’a is one of those languages.
Nisg̱a’a contains some characters that are not included in the usual character set for Latin-based languages—for example, the g in Nisg̱a’a should have a line below, which is not supported in most fonts. If you view this site in a font other than my intended font, Stornoway, the line below likely won’t be there.
The team at Partners and Hawes got in touch with me about adding language support for the Nisg̱a’a Nation to an existing typeface. They had chosen ABC Ginto Nord to use in a project promoting Nisg̱a’a tourism but needed to be able to support the Nisg̱a’a language on the website and in promotional materials. We contacted the designer of the original typeface and they agreed to let me create a custom version of Ginto Nord for this project.
You can read more about Setting Indigenous Words With Respect here.
