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This is a list of '''variant glyphs''' in {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}}.

==Flexible glyphs==
Many {{tp|sitelen pona}} characters are not static, and aren't supposed to be drawn the same way every time.

;{{tp|akesi, pipi, soweli}} ({{sp|akesi pipi soweli}})
:The amount of legs is sometimes reduced, especially in combined glyphs to reduce glyph density. Especially {{tp|akesi}} is commonly written with two strokes for legs ({{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv92';">akesi</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}) instead of three ({{sp|akesi}}).

;{{tp|jaki}} ({{sp|jaki}})
:Any scribble, usually in a single stroke dense with overlaps and (mostly) curvy lines. For example, scribbles submitted by community members to be added to {{tp|linja lipamanka}}:

{{Indent|{{sp|font="linja lipamanka"|jaki1 jaki2 jaki3 jaki4 jaki5 jaki6 jaki7 jaki8 jaki9 jaki10 jaki11}}}}

;{{tp|ko}} ({{sp|ko}})
:Any blobby closed shape. For example, blobby closed shapes submitted by community members to be added to {{tp|linja lipamanka}}:

{{Indent|{{sp|font="linja lipamanka"|ko ko1 ko2 ko3 ko4 ko5 ko6}}}}

;{{tp|ku}} ({{sp|ku}})
:The symbol representing Toki Pona on the cover of {{tp|[[lipu ku]]}} can range anywhere from a simple dot to a full Toki Pona symbol.

{{Indent|{{sp|ku1 ku2 ku3 ku4 ku5 ku6 ku7}}}}

;{{tp|mi, sina, ona}} ({{sp|mi sina ona}})
:These may be written either with a curved stroke ({{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'ss19';">mi sina ona</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}) or a straight stroke ({{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'ss18';">mi sina ona</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}).

;{{tp|lete, kin}} ({{sp|lete kin}})
:The rotation of the asterisk shape is not important. In some cases it may be written with four intersecting lines instead of three, and in {{tp|kin}} some people reduce the asterisk to an ''X'' shape.

;{{tp|linja, kon, telo, pakala, mun}} ({{sp|linja kon telo pakala mun}})
:May be mirrored.

;{{tp|ni}} ({{sp|ni}})
:May point to the part of the text that {{tp|ni}} is referencing; left, up, right, down ({{spt|&#xF1941;&zwj;&larr; &#xF1941;&zwj;&uarr; &#xF1941;&zwj;&rarr; &#xF1941;&zwj;&darr;|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}), or other directions, instead of the standard downwards arrow. In handwriting, it may be drawn in an extended manner, pointing toward the relevant reference. A right-facing arrow ({{sp|ni>|font="linja lipamanka"}}) is often used in linking {{tp|ni}} statements. It may also be extended horizontally ({{sp|ni>(--)|font="linja lipamanka"}} {{sp|ni<(--)|font="linja lipamanka"}}). 

==Alternative glyphs==
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For various reasons, people have designed new glyphs for words that already have them. The Esperanto edition of {{lipu pu|en}} includes drawings of some of these.

In many [[sitelen pona fonts|{{tp|sitelen pona}} fonts]] with [[ASCII transcription]], glyphs different from the font's standard glyph can be typed by appending a number to the end of a word, such as <code>{{tok|kala}}1</code>. The default variants and list of supported alternative glyphs are not consistent between fonts, so this is not a consistent method to identify glyph variants. The added numbers may also interfere with {{w|screen reader}}s.

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" | Word
! colspan="2" | {{tp|sitelen pona}}
! rowspan="2" | Notes
! rowspan="2" style="width:0;" | Included in {{tp|pu Epelanto}}?
|-
! Earlier
! Later
|-
! {{tp|a}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'ss16';">a</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'ss17';">a</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| rowspan="4" style="text-align: start;" | Diagonal punctuation stem. In some cases the stem is drawn very short, almost like a diacritic.
|-
! {{tp|kin}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'ss16';">kin</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'ss17';">kin</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
|-
! {{tp|n}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'ss16';">n</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'ss17';">n</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
|-
! {{tp|o}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'ss16';">o</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'ss17';">o</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
|-
! {{tp|akesi}}
| {{sp|akesi}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv92';">akesi</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| style="text-align:start;" | Only 2 strokes for legs.
| {{yes|[[File:Akesi alt - sitelen pona tan lipu pu pi toki Epelanto.png|24x24px]]}}
|-
! {{tp|epiku}}
| style="background: #ececec;" | {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv91';opacity:0.5;">epiku</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv92';">epiku</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| style="text-align: start;" |
'''Obsolete:'''<ref group="lower-roman" name="obsolete">Obsolete glyphs are still likely to be encountered because the new glyph is relatively recent. However, the new glyph is still most widely accepted.</ref> Upwards arrow, now more often used for directional {{tp|ni}}.<br/>
'''Later:''' {{tp|pona}} with emitters.
|-
! {{tp|jaki}}
| colspan="2" | {{sp|jaki}}
| style="text-align: start;" | May be [[#Flexible glyphs|any scribble]]. Four different variations are included in the Esperanto translation of {{tp|lipu pu}}.
|{{yes|[[File:Jaki alts - sitelen pona tan lipu pu pi toki Epelanto.png|x24px]]}}
|-
! {{tp|kala}}
| {{sp|kala}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv80';">kala</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| style="text-align: start;" | Two dots for eyes to match the other animal glyphs.
|-
! {{tp|kokosila}}
| style="background: #ececec;"| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv94';opacity:0.5;">kokosila</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv93';">kokosila</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| style="text-align: start;" |
'''Obsolete:'''<ref group="lower-roman" name="obsolete" /> Star, representing the {{lang|eo|''{{w|Verda Stelo}}''}}.<br/>
'''Later:''' {{tp|toki}} with diagonal slash.
|-
! rowspan="2" | {{tp|lanpan}}
| style="background: #ececec;" | {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv97';opacity:0.5;">lanpan</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| rowspan="2" | {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv95';">lanpan</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| style="text-align: start;" | '''Obsolete:'''<ref group="lower-roman" name="obsolete" /> Turned {{tp|pana}}.
|-
| style="background: #ececec;" | {{sp|1=<span style="opacity:0.5;">lanpan2</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| style="text-align: start;" |
'''Obsolete:'''<ref group="lower-roman" name="obsolete" /> Top end is a hooklike curve.<br/>
'''Later:''' Top end has a circle representing a head, similar to {{tp|jo}}.
|-
! {{tp|majuna}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv98';">majuna</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv99';">majuna</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| style="text-align: start;" |
'''Earlier:''' Turned {{tp|sin}}.<br/>
'''Later:''' Five rays up similar to a lotus flower.
|-
! {{tp|meli}}
| {{sp|meli}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv81';">meli</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
|rowspan="2" style="text-align: start;" | Derived from the planetary [[gender]] {{w|Gender symbol|symbols}}, possibly by analogy with {{tp|tonsi}} (from the {{w|transgender symbol}}). These alternatives avoid physical stereotypes.<br />Uncommon due to [[gendern't]] philosophy, which avoids {{tp|meli}} and {{tp|mije}} regardless of glyph choice.
|-
! {{tp|mije}}
| {{sp|mije}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv82';">mije</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
|-
! {{tp|meso}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv89';">meso</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv90';">meso</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| style="text-align: start;" |
'''Earlier:''' 2 vertical lines with dot between.<br/>
'''Later:''' {{sp|ante}} with dot between strokes. (Less common)
|-
! {{tp|moli}}
| {{sp|moli}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv93';">moli</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
|style="text-align: start;" | Low line for mouth instead of circle for head. Often used in pixelated fonts due to space constraints.
|-
! {{tp|namako}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv87';">namako</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv88';">namako</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| style="text-align: start;" |
'''Earlier:''' {{tp|sin}} with an extra ray below.<br/>
'''Later:''' Hot pepper with [[emitters]] above.
| {{yes|[[File:Namako 2 - sitelen pona tan lipu pu pi toki Epelanto.png|24x24px]]}}
|-
! {{tp|olin}}
| {{sp|olin}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv83';">olin</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| style="text-align: start;" | {{tp|pilin}} with emitters above
|-
! rowspan="2"|{{tp|sewi}}
| rowspan="2"|{{sp|sewi}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv84';">sewi</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| style="text-align: start;" | '''Earlier:''' Derived from Arabic {{lang|ar|اللّٰه}} ({{lang|ar-Latn|allāh}}). Sometimes used only when {{tp|sewi}} is used to mean "God" or "holy, divine".<br/>
'''Later:''' Turned {{tp|anpa}}. Commonly called "secular {{tp|sewi}}". Sometimes used only when {{tp|sewi}} is used to mean "up, above".
| {{yes|[[File:Sewi alt - sitelen pona tan lipu pu pi toki Epelanto.png|24x24px]]}}
|-
|
| style="text-align: start;" | It has been suggested elsewhere to use other religious symbols, with the possible downside of being less legible.<ref name="soko-weka"/>
|-
! rowspan="2" | {{tp|soko}}
| rowspan="2" | {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv89';">soko</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| {{sp|soko2|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: start;" | '''Earlier:''' A mushroom with a thick stem (increasingly uncommon)<br/>
'''Later:''' The stem simplified to a vertical line. Can be seen with or without a horizontal stroke for an {{w|Annulus (mycology)|annulus}}. These later variants are meant to avoid confusion with {{tp|mama}}.
| rowspan="2" {{yes|includes only [[File:Soko - sitelen pona tan lipu pu pi toki Epelanto.png|24x24px]]}}
|-
| {{sp|soko|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
|-
! {{tp|uta}}
| {{sp|uta}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv85';">uta</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
|style="text-align: start;" | Dotless. Can create ambiguity with {{sp|moku}} (otherwise {{tp|moku}}; here confusable with {{tp|luka uta}}). However, this ambiguity is not more than that which already exists with {{sp|pali}} and {{sp|kepeken}} (normally read as {{tp|ilo}} and {{tp|kepeken}} respectively, but technically possible to read as {{tp|luka ijo}} and {{tp|luka ilo}}).
|-
! {{tp|wile}}
| {{sp|wile}}
| {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv86';">wile</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}
|style="text-align: start;" | Closed to become a turned heart or {{tp|pilin}}. While the separation of the line endings varies in handwriting, this alternative is most likely influenced by {{tp|[[sitelen pona pona]]}} (a font and derivative script). Most differences in {{tp|sitelen pona pona}} are rejected by {{tp|sitelen pona}} users, but some occasionally slip in when writers want to introduce oddities.
|}

'''Notes:'''
<references group="lower-roman" />

Fonts such as {{tp|[[sitelen seli kiwen]]}} also support {{w|OpenType}} character variants and stylistic sets, which can be enabled:
* In {{w|Microsoft Word}}, in the Font dialog box &rarr; Advanced &rarr; Stylistic sets.
** In many versions of Word, the Font dialog box is directly accessed from the Ribbon &rarr; Home tab &rarr; Font group, in the lower right corner.
** In other recent versions, you can use Tell me &rarr; search for "Font Settings".
* In {{w|CSS}}, with the <code>font-feature-settings</code> property.<ref>font-feature-settings. [https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/CSS/font-feature-settings font-feature-settings]. ''MDN Web Docs''. Retrieved 7 November 2023.</ref>

==Mirrored glyphs==
{{Start section|Nonstandard}}
{{tp|sitelen pona}} is uncommonly written from {{w|right to left}}. There is no set practice for doing so. Some speakers recommend that all glyphs should be mirrored vertically, so that, for example, the glyph for {{tp|soweli}} ({{sp|soweli}}) faces left (<span style="display:inline-block;transform:scaleX(-1);">{{spt|soweli}}</span>).

{{tp|[[linja sike]]}} includes experimental mirrored glyphs for {{tp|e, li, pi, tan}} (visually <span style="display:inline-block;transform:scaleX(-1);">{{spt|e}}</span><span style="display:inline-block;transform:scaleX(-1);">{{spt|li}}</span><span style="display:inline-block;transform:scaleX(-1);">{{spt|pi}}</span><span style="display:inline-block;transform:scaleX(-1);">{{spt|tan}}</span>) at codepoints U+EC9B&ndash;U+EC9E.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d8kUIAVlB-JNgK3LWr_zVCuUOZTh2hF7CfC6xQgxsBs/preview {{tok|linja sike}} documentation]. ''Google Docs''. Retrieved 24 October 2023.</ref>
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==References==
<references>
  <ref name="soko-weka">{{cite Discord|name={{tok|soko weka}}|username=vanapiton|url=//discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/828474497865744444/985414857446801458|message type=Informal poll|channel={{tok|sona-kulupu}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|retrieved=6 November 2023}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Concerning the {{tok|sitelen pona}} glyph for {{tok|sewi}}, which of these (choose all that apply)...
|-
!rowspan="2"|Option<br/><small>(Multiple allowed)</small>
!colspan="2"|Votes<br/><small>({{abbr|<var>n</var>|Sample size}} = 75)</small>
|-
!Do you like the usage of:
!Do you use in your {{tok|nasin}}:
|-
!Arabic {{tp|sewi}}
|73
|72
|-
!Secular {{tp|sewi}}
|48
|22
|-
!Other religious symbols
|8
|2
|-
!Other
|2
|3
|}
</ref>
</references>
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