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{{needs work|VERY preliminary, and so many fonts need to get their information filled out and get at least a little description, if possible check what history there is to the font etc.}}

Many '''fonts''' have been created for [[Toki Pona]] and its original [[writing system]]s, with varying feature sets.

Many '''{{w|Computer font|fonts}}''' have been created for [[Toki Pona]] and its original [[writing system]]s, with varying feature sets. For the purpose of this article, only {{w|SFNT}} fonts are considered (fonts that have a file that is installable on modern computers - like TTF, OTF - or a file that can be embedded on a website - including WOFF, WOFF2).

==Key==

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5x5 {{tp|sitelen pona}} is a minimalist pixelated font. Due to the limitations of the font-making program {{w|Fontstruct}}, the {{tp|sitelen pona}} glyphs take on space in the Unicode blocks designated Latin characters, sharing codepoints with {{tp|sitelen pona kiwen}}, {{tp|sitelen pona kiwen nanpa tu}}, {{tp|sitelen pona pi palisa mute}}, and {{tp|sitelen pona}} 7x7.

As the name suggests, any sitelen pona character is made out of blocks that fit into a box of 5 times 5 blocks. To do so, it sometimes relies on alternate versions of the glyphs. Of all computer-installable pixel fonts, it achieves the lowest amount of blocks

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===Toki Pona Bubble fonts===

{{font|Toki Pona Bubble

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~~{{font|Toki Pona Bubble|author=Jordan W Martin|license=personal use only|system=sitelen pona|ligature=yes|range=ku suli|style=Outlines~~|start=2022-02-03<ref name="bubblereddit">[https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/sjos4j/toki_pona_poster_and_font_available/ Reddit]</ref>}}

|author=Jordan W Martin

{{font|Toki Pona Bubble (color)|author=Jordan W Martin|license=personal use only|system=sitelen pona|ligature=yes|range=ku suli|style=Colors|start=2022-02-03<ref name="bubblereddit" />}}

|license=personal use only

|system=sitelen pona

|ligature=yes

|range=ku suli

|style=Outlines

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|start=2022-02-03<ref name="bubblereddit">[https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/sjos4j/toki_pona_poster_and_font_available/ Reddit]</ref>}}

{{font|Toki Pona Bubble (color)|

author=Jordan W Martin

|license=personal use only

|system=sitelen pona

|ligature=yes

|range=ku suli

|style=Colors

|start=2022-02-03<ref name="bubblereddit" />}}

Toki Pona Bubble exists as two fonts: One has each character outlined with patterns inside as a lineart version and the other has all the characters colored in yellow, red, blue or green, with the outline and the pattern in a darker shade.

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====TokiTengwar====

{{font|TokiTengwar

|start=2005-04-30

|system=Tengwar

|author=Bryant J. Knight

|range=the Toki Pona alphabet, plus punctuation

This font is an adaptation of the {{w|Tengwar}} alphabet known from {{w|J.R.R. Tolkien}}'s {{w|The Lord of the Rings}} universe, to allow typing toki pona words. Below are some useful tips for typing:

* <code>A</code> puts the vowel marker "a" further to the left, which is useful to put it over consonant glyphs

* <code>q</code> serves as a stem for vowels without a preceding consonant

* syllable-final "-n" can be typed with either <code>N</code> or <code>M</code>

* <code>`</code> adds a paragraph marker

* <code>,</code> adds an interpunct

===={{tp|sitelen nasin luka}}====

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===={{tp|tama ka Tumu}}====

{{font|{{tp|tama ka Tumu}}

{{font|{{tp|tama ka Tumu}}|system={{tp|titi pula}}|range=All {{tp|tuki tiki}} words, except lapi, plus liti|cartouche=yes|ligature=yes|mono=yes|author=ka Tumu & ka Ke Tami & Kelsey Higham|style=handwritten|license=OFL|start=2023-01-13}}

|system={{tp|titi pula}}

|range=All {{tp|tuki tiki}} words, except lapi, plus liti

|cartouche=yes

|ligature=yes

|mono=yes

|author=ka Tumu & ka Ke Tami & Kelsey Higham

|style=handwritten

|license=OFL

|start=2023-01-13}}

To make this font, jan Ke Tami vectorized ka Tumu's glyph drawings (hence the name "likeness of ka Tumu"). When it was made, the word {{tp|liti}} had been made, which was later replaced by {{tp|lapi}} - this replacement is yet to be reflected in the font.