Kerning is often used to give a better presentation of characters which might otherwise have too much space between them. In typesetting Ethiopic texts (in a variety of languages), there are some standard pairs of fidels which often looked like they are too far apart. This is a list of 279+ pairs which needed kerning in the Abyssinica SIL
font. This list should be useful as a starting point for others who develop Ethiopic fonts. Because the amount of kerning varies by the typeface, this document does not specify the amount of kerning required.
Suggested kerning pairs
| Pairs | Unicode Scalar Values |
|---|
| ሂሚ | U+1202 U+121A |
| ሂማ | U+1202 U+121B |
| ሂብ | U+1202 U+1265 |
| ሂት | U+1202 U+1275 |
| ሂኅ | U+1202 U+1285 |
| ሂዒ | U+1202 U+12D2 |
| ሂዔ | U+1202 U+12D4 |
| ሂጊ | U+1202 U+130A |
| ሂግ | U+1202 U+130D |
| ሆሇ | U+1206 U+1207 |
| ሆሒ | U+1206 U+1212 |
| ሆሥ | U+1206 U+1225 |
| ሆረ | U+1206 U+1228 |
| ሆቃ | U+1206 U+1243 |
| ሆይ | U+1206 U+12ED |
| ሆጋ | U+1206 U+130B |
| ሆፈ | U+1206 U+1348 |
| ሆⶅ | U+1206 U+2D85 |
| ሆⶋ | U+1206 U+2D8B |
| ሆⶏ | U+1206 U+2D8F |
| ሇለ | U+1207 U+1208 |
| ሇሒ | U+1207 U+1212 |
| ሇሓ | U+1207 U+1213 |
| ሇሥ | U+1207 U+1225 |
| ሇረ | U+1207 U+1228 |
| ሇቃ | U+1207 U+1243 |
| ሇቑ | U+1207 U+1251 |
| ሇጋ | U+1207 U+130B |
| ሇⶋ | U+1207 U+2D8B |
| ሇⶏ | U+1207 U+2D8F |
| ለኸ | U+1208 U+12B8 |
| ለኽ | U+1208 U+12BD |
| ሉሥ | U+1209 U+1225 |
| ሉቃ | U+1209 U+1243 |
| ሉደ | U+1209 U+12F0 |
| ሉጋ | U+1209 U+130B |
| ሊሚ | U+120A U+121A |
| ሊማ | U+120A U+121B |
| ሊሞ | U+120A U+121E |
| ሊሳ | U+120A U+1233 |
| ሊሽ | U+120A U+123D |
| ሊቀ | U+120A U+1240 |
| ሊቅ | U+120A U+1245 |
| ሊቑ | U+120A U+1251 |
| ሊቚ | U+120A U+125A |
| ሊብ | U+120A U+1265 |
| ሊት | U+120A U+1275 |
| ሊች | U+120A U+127D |
| ሊኅ | U+120A U+1285 |
| ሊና | U+120A U+1293 |
| ሊን | U+120A U+1295 |
| ሊኖ | U+120A U+1296 |
| ሊኸ | U+120A U+12B8 |
| ሊኹ | U+120A U+12B9 |
| ሊኺ | U+120A U+12BA |
| ሊኻ | U+120A U+12BB |
| ሊኽ | U+120A U+12BD |
| ሊኾ | U+120A U+12BE |
| ሊዒ | U+120A U+12D2 |
| ሊዔ | U+120A U+12D4 |
| ሊገ | U+120A U+1308 |
| ሊጊ | U+120A U+130A |
| ሊግ | U+120A U+130D |
| ሊጭ | U+120A U+132D |
| ሊፋ | U+120A U+134B |
| ሌሽ | U+120C U+123D |
| ሌን | U+120C U+1295 |
| ሌኸ | U+120C U+12B8 |
| ሌኹ | U+120C U+12B9 |
| ሌኺ | U+120C U+12BA |
| ሌኻ | U+120C U+12BB |
| ሌኽ | U+120C U+12BD |
| ሌኾ | U+120C U+12BE |
| ሌዒ | U+120C U+12D2 |
| ሌዔ | U+120C U+12D4 |
| ሌግ | U+120C U+130D |
| ልሚ | U+120D U+121A |
| ልማ | U+120D U+121B |
| ልሽ | U+120D U+123D |
| ልኅ | U+120D U+1285 |
| ልን | U+120D U+1295 |
| ልኸ | U+120D U+12B8 |
| ልኹ | U+120D U+12B9 |
| ልኺ | U+120D U+12BA |
| ልኻ | U+120D U+12BB |
| ልኽ | U+120D U+12BD |
| ልኾ | U+120D U+12BE |
| ልዒ | U+120D U+12D2 |
| ልዔ | U+120D U+12D4 |
| ልዩ | U+120D U+12E9 |
| ልገ | U+120D U+1308 |
| ልጊ | U+120D U+130A |
| ልግ | U+120D U+130D |
| ሒሂ | U+1212 U+1202 |
| ሒሞ | U+1212 U+121E |
| ሒሳ | U+1212 U+1233 |
| ሒሽ | U+1212 U+123D |
| ሒኅ | U+1212 U+1285 |
| ሒና | U+1212 U+1293 |
| ሒን | U+1212 U+1295 |
| ሒኖ | U+1212 U+1296 |
| ሒኸ | U+1212 U+12B8 |
| ሒኹ | U+1212 U+12B9 |
| ሒኺ | U+1212 U+12BA |
| ሒኻ | U+1212 U+12BB |
| ሒኽ | U+1212 U+12BD |
| ሒኾ | U+1212 U+12BE |
| ሒዒ | U+1212 U+12D2 |
| ሒዔ | U+1212 U+12D4 |
| ሒገ | U+1212 U+1308 |
| ሒጊ | U+1212 U+130A |
| ሒግ | U+1212 U+130D |
| ሒፋ | U+1212 U+134B |
| ሕን | U+1215 U+1295 |
| መሒ | U+1218 U+1212 |
| መሥ | U+1218 U+1225 |
| መረ | U+1218 U+1228 |
| መቃ | U+1218 U+1243 |
| መድ | U+1218 U+12F5 |
| መጋ | U+1218 U+130B |
| ሚት | U+121A U+1275 |
| ሚዛ | U+121A U+12DB |
| ማል | U+121B U+120D |
| ማሥ | U+121B U+1225 |
| ሜን | U+121C U+1295 |
| ምለ | U+121D U+1208 |
| ምል | U+121D U+120D |
| ምሒ | U+121D U+1212 |
| ምሓ | U+121D U+1213 |
| ምሥ | U+121D U+1225 |
| ምረ | U+121D U+1228 |
| ምሪ | U+121D U+122A |
| ምራ | U+121D U+122B |
| ምቃ | U+121D U+1243 |
| ምታ | U+121D U+1273 |
| ምያ | U+121D U+12EB |
| ምደ | U+121D U+12F0 |
| ምድ | U+121D U+12F5 |
| ምዶ | U+121D U+12F6 |
| ምጋ | U+121D U+130B |
| ምጠ | U+121D U+1320 |
| ምፈ | U+121D U+1348 |
| ምⶅ | U+121D U+2D85 |
| ምⶋ | U+121D U+2D8B |
| ምⶏ | U+121D U+2D8F |
| ሞታ | U+121E U+1273 |
| ሤዔ | U+1224 U+12D4 |
| ሥመ | U+1225 U+1218 |
| ሥረ | U+1225 U+1228 |
| ሥራ | U+1225 U+122B |
| ሥጋ | U+1225 U+130B |
| ሥጢ | U+1225 U+1322 |
| ሥፈ | U+1225 U+1348 |
| ረሃ | U+1228 U+1203 |
| ረመ | U+1228 U+1218 |
| ሩጊ | U+1229 U+130A |
| ራን | U+122B U+1295 |
| ራኽ | U+122B U+12BD |
| ራይ | U+122B U+12ED |
| ሲቅ | U+1232 U+1245 |
| ሲት | U+1232 U+1275 |
| ሲና | U+1232 U+1293 |
| ሲኹ | U+1232 U+12B9 |
| ሲዒ | U+1232 U+12D2 |
| ሲዔ | U+1232 U+12D4 |
| ሲጥ | U+1232 U+1325 |
| ሲፍ | U+1232 U+134D |
| ሸመ | U+1238 U+1218 |
| ሺቅ | U+123A U+1245 |
| ሺት | U+123A U+1275 |
| ሺና | U+123A U+1293 |
| ሺዒ | U+123A U+12D2 |
| ሺጥ | U+123A U+1325 |
| ሺፍ | U+123A U+134D |
| ቀረ | U+1240 U+1228 |
| ቃያ | U+1243 U+12EB |
| ቚኹ | U+125A U+12B9 |
| ቡቃ | U+1261 U+1243 |
| ቢተ | U+1262 U+1270 |
| ቢቱ | U+1262 U+1271 |
| ቢቲ | U+1262 U+1272 |
| ቢቴ | U+1262 U+1274 |
| ቢት | U+1262 U+1275 |
| ቢቶ | U+1262 U+1276 |
| ቢዒ | U+1262 U+12D2 |
| ቢጥ | U+1262 U+1325 |
| ቢፍ | U+1262 U+134D |
| ቤት | U+1264 U+1275 |
| ቤዔ | U+1264 U+12D4 |
| ቪቅ | U+126A U+1245 |
| ቪት | U+126A U+1275 |
| ቪና | U+126A U+1293 |
| ቪጥ | U+126A U+1325 |
| ታሥ | U+1273 U+1225 |
| ታኡ | U+1273 U+12A1 |
| ታደ | U+1273 U+12F0 |
| ትኹ | U+1275 U+12B9 |
| ኋላ | U+128B U+120B |
| ኒሻ | U+1292 U+123B |
| ኒት | U+1292 U+1275 |
| ናኢ | U+1293 U+12A2 |
| ንራ | U+1295 U+122B |
| ንኡ | U+1295 U+12A1 |
| ኖሊ | U+1296 U+120A |
| ኖኢ | U+1296 U+12A2 |
| ኛታ | U+129B U+1273 |
| ኡን | U+12A1 U+1295 |
| ኡኸ | U+12A1 U+12B8 |
| ኡኻ | U+12A1 U+12BB |
| ኡኽ | U+12A1 U+12BD |
| ኢና | U+12A2 U+1293 |
| ኢኖ | U+12A2 U+1296 |
| ኢኸ | U+12A2 U+12B8 |
| ኢኹ | U+12A2 U+12B9 |
| ኢኽ | U+12A2 U+12BD |
| ኢኾ | U+12A2 U+12BE |
| ኢዒ | U+12A2 U+12D2 |
| ኢዔ | U+12A2 U+12D4 |
| ኣኸ | U+12A3 U+12B8 |
| ኣኹ | U+12A3 U+12B9 |
| ኣኺ | U+12A3 U+12BA |
| ኣኻ | U+12A3 U+12BB |
| ኣኽ | U+12A3 U+12BD |
| ኣኾ | U+12A3 U+12BE |
| እሽ | U+12A5 U+123D |
| እን | U+12A5 U+1295 |
| እኽ | U+12A5 U+12BD |
| እግ | U+12A5 U+130D |
| ኩኹ | U+12A9 U+12B9 |
| ኪተ | U+12AA U+1270 |
| ኪቱ | U+12AA U+1271 |
| ኪቲ | U+12AA U+1272 |
| ኪቴ | U+12AA U+1274 |
| ኪት | U+12AA U+1275 |
| ኪቶ | U+12AA U+1276 |
| ኪች | U+12AA U+127D |
| ኪና | U+12AA U+1293 |
| ኪን | U+12AA U+1295 |
| ኪዊ | U+12AA U+12CA |
| ኪጥ | U+12AA U+1325 |
| ኪጭ | U+12AA U+132D |
| ኹኢ | U+12B9 U+12A2 |
| ኹኣ | U+12B9 U+12A3 |
| ኹደ | U+12B9 U+12F0 |
| ኺት | U+12BA U+1275 |
| ኾኢ | U+12BE U+12A2 |
| ዉን | U+12C9 U+1295 |
| ዉኻ | U+12C9 U+12BB |
| ዋያ | U+12CB U+12EB |
| ውቃ | U+12CD U+1243 |
| ውያ | U+12CD U+12EB |
| ዒሽ | U+12D2 U+123D |
| ዚኸ | U+12DA U+12B8 |
| የፈ | U+12E8 U+1348 |
| ያዶ | U+12EB U+12F6 |
| ደት | U+12F0 U+1275 |
| ድሒ | U+12F5 U+1212 |
| ጉሥ | U+1309 U+1225 |
| ጊሩ | U+130A U+1229 |
| ጊት | U+130A U+1275 |
| ጊዒ | U+130A U+12D2 |
| ጋም | U+130B U+121D |
| ጋሥ | U+130B U+1225 |
| ጢት | U+1322 U+1275 |
| ጢን | U+1322 U+1295 |
| ጢዒ | U+1322 U+12D2 |
| ጢፋ | U+1322 U+134B |
| ጨቒ | U+1328 U+1252 |
| ጪት | U+132A U+1275 |
| ጽሓ | U+133D U+1213 |
| ፈሞ | U+1348 U+121E |
| ፖረ | U+1356 U+1228 |
| ፖጨ | U+1356 U+1328 |
| ⶄቇ | U+2D84 U+1247 |
| ꬂኹ | U+AB02 U+12B9 |
| ꬂዒ | U+AB02 U+12D2 |
| ꬂዔ | U+AB02 U+12D4 |
| ꬄዔ | U+AB04 U+12D4 |
| ꬒኸ | U+AB12 U+12B8 |
