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[[File:Linja pona.svg|thumb|200px|"{{tp|linja pona}}" written in the {{tp|linja pona}} font]]▼
| {{tp|linja pona}}
[[File:Kijetesantakalu (linja pona).svg|thumb|200px|{{tp|kijetesantakalu}} glyph shown in {{tp|linja pona}}]]▼
| image = Linja pona specimen.svg
| system = {{tp|sitelen pona}}
| range = {{tp|ku suli}}, plus 3 {{tp|ku lili}}
| style = Uniform line weight
| author = {{tok|[[jan Same]]}}, David A. Roberts
| license = OFL
| cartouche = yes
| ligature = yes
| long pi = yes
}}
'''{{tp|linja pona}}'''{{aside|{{lit|good line}}}} is a uniform line weight {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} {{w|typeface}} created by
==History==
▲'''{{tp|linja pona}}''' is a uniform line weight {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} {{w|typeface}} created by David A. Roberts and expanded on by {{tok|jan Same}}, with several major versions released from 2016 to 2021. It has influenced other {{tp|sitelen pona}} fonts in glyph design and feature set. Most notably, {{tp|[[linja sike]]}} used the {{tp|linja pona}} glyphs as a base. It was the first font to include glyphs beyond the characters featured in {{tp|[[lipu pu]]}}.
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In December 2016, {{tok|jan Same}} announced the release of {{tp|linja pona}}, created with the help of the {{tp|sitelen pona}} font by {{tok|jan Wesi}}. To write compound glyphs, the space between the two words had to be omitted. To use cartouches, square brackets and underscores before each glyph had to be used.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/sitelen/permalink/1213011375419912/|title=toki!|website=Facebook|author=James Flear|date=2016-12-03|access-date=2024-01-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/vHFzm|title={{tok|LINJA PONA}} FONT|website=Imgur|author={{tok|jan Same}}|username=janSame|date=2016-12-03|access-date=2024-01-03}}</ref>
On 18 March 2017, {{tok|jan Same}} released {{tp|linja pona}} version 2. Several new compound glyphs were introduced as well as a new system of writing them—now to write a compound, a hyphen has to be put between the two words. The {{tp|[[monsuta]]}} glyph was slightly modified and new ways of typing {{tp|[[a]]}}, {{tp|[[e]]}}, and {{tp|[[o]]}} were introduced.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/groups/sitelen/permalink/1327034427350939/</ref><ref>http://musilili.net/linja-pona/</ref>
On 11 April 2017, {{tok|jan Same}} released {{tp|linja pona}} version 3.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/groups/sitelen/permalink/1351269838260731/</ref>
On 12 January 2019, {{tok|jan Tepu}} created {{tp|linja pona}} version 4, wanting to merge his updates with {{tok|jan Same}}'s version 3. He "updated the font to use OpenType features to dynamically compose compound glyphs, rather than relying on including precomposed glyphs in the font. As a result, this version allows over 6,000 new compound glyphs".<ref>https://github.com/janSame/linja-pona/pull/7</ref><ref>https://github.com/davidar/linja-pona</ref><ref>https://davidar.github.io/linja-pona/nimi</ref>
==Design==
{{tp|linja pona}}'s goal is to be "a standard font that was simple and that could be read easily at different sizes"<ref>{{cite web|url=//musilili.net/linja-pona|title=linja pona {{!}} musi lili|trans-title=|language=tok|author=|username=|date=|website={{tp|musi lili}}|publisher=|access-date=2023-12-22|quote=With {{tok|linja pona}}, I wanted to create a standard font that was simple and that could be read easily at different sizes.}}</ref>—"the {{w|Arial}} of {{tok|sitelen pona}}"<ref>{{cite web|author=jan Same|username=u/jan-Same|date=20 May 2020|url=https://reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/gn8r6k/linja_pona_font_update/fr9jt5z|title={{tok|linja pona}} font update|website=r/tokipona|publisher=Reddit|access-date=2024-02-08}}<blockquote>Thank you! With {{tok|linja pona}}, I tried to make the Arial of {{tok|sitelen pona}}.<br/>An uniform simple design that could be easily read whatever the size.</blockquote></ref>. However, according to {{tok|[[lipamanka]]}} in 2024, {{tp|linja pona}} has come to be "considered a very stylized font".<ref>{{cite Discord|url=//discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/1214937592135684186/1214969355863990342|thread=resource list|channel={{tok|lipu}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|author={{tok|[[lipamanka]]}}|username=|access-date=2024-05-01|quote=}}</ref> It is visually similar to {{w|geometric sans-serif}} fonts, such as {{w|Century Gothic}}.
{{tp|linja pona}} [[pu vs. linja pona|heavily diverges]] from the proportions in {{tp|pu}}. It alters many glyphs to better fill the square bounding box and feature larger {{w|Counter (typography)|counters}}. For example, the loops in the [[pronoun]] and {{tp|[[lape]]}} glyphs take up most of the space; the glyph for {{tp|[[palisa]]}} is also quite wide. This may have been intended to ease legibility, to facilitate [[scaled glyph]]s, or to create a smoother {{w|type color}}. To some speakers,{{who?}} these changes actually make glyphs harder to recognize and distinguish.{{citation needed|date=2024-05-01}}
<gallery heights="60" widths="60">
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Ona - linja pona.svg|{{tp|ona}} in {{tp|linja pona}}
Lape - linja pona.svg|{{tp|lape}} in {{tp|linja pona}}
Palisa - linja pona.svg|{{tp|palisa}} in {{tp|linja pona}}
</gallery>
==Influence==
[[File:Kijetesantakalu (linja pona).svg|thumb|200px|The {{tp|sitelen pona}} glyph for {{tp|[[kijetesantakalu]]}} was designed by {{tp|linja pona}} contributor {{tok|[[jan Same]]}} in the style of the font, which used it unmodified. It has become an [[Mascots#kijetesantakalu|icon of the community]].]]
{{tp|linja pona}} helped to create and popularize some or all of the non-{{tp|pu}} glyphs included, such as that of {{tp|[[kijetesantakalu]]}}. Other examples include {{tp|[[kin]]}}, {{tp|[[kipisi]]}}, {{tp|[[leko]]}}, {{tp|[[monsuta]]}}, {{tp|[[namako]]}}, {{tp|[[oko]]}}, and {{tp|[[tonsi]]}}, as well as rarer words, such as {{tp|[[apeja]]}} and {{tp|[[pake]]}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=//drive.google.com/file/d/1DEGCo4_D7xtok27wggOLLgLb94pUp8aM|title={{tok|linjapona}}3-5OTF.ttf|author=|username=|date=|website=Google Drive|publisher=|access-date=2023-12-22|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=//web.archive.org/web/20210713085459/http://musilili.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/LinjaPona3-6nimiAli.png|title={{sp|sitelen nimi ale pi linja-pona nanpa tu-wan.luka wan}}|trans-title=All {{tok|linja pona}} 3.6 word glyphs|language=tok|author={{tok|jan Same}}|date=2021-07-13|website=Wayback Machine|publisher=|access-date=2023-12-22}}</ref> For words whose main glyphs have changed since their addition to {{tp|linja pona}}, such as {{tp|[[epiku]]}}, {{tp|[[kokosila]]}}, and {{tp|[[lanpan]]}} (represented in {{tp|linja pona}} as {{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv97' 3;">lanpan</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}<ref group="lower-alpha">This version of {{tp|lanpan}} was created in the [[linja sike]] font as a mistake and msunderstanding of the intended design.</ref>), it has taken concerted effort to establish the competing design.
{{tp|linja pona}} has influenced other {{tp|sitelen pona}} fonts in glyph design and feature set. Most notably, {{tp|[[linja sike]]}} used the {{tp|linja pona}} glyphs as a base.
Individual designs for glyphs such as {{tp|[[jaki]]}}, {{tp|[[jo]]}}, and {{tp|[[seme]]}} are recognizable and have been influential in font design. The glyph for {{tp|jo}} is notably narrow in {{tok|[[jan Sonja]]}}'s handwriting in {{tp|[[lipu pu]]}}, while in {{tp|linja pona}} and many fonts thereafter, it has circular proportions or wider, and a long horizontal bar that extends beyond the center. The glyph for {{tp|seme}} has a wide, exaggerated curve that many fonts have copied, despite it having a normal, narrow question mark shape in {{tp|pu}}, which is more controversial as it has caused confusion around [[sitelen pona#Question marks|question marks in {{tp|sitelen pona}}]].
<gallery heights="60" widths="60">
Jaki - linja pona.svg|{{tp|jaki}} in {{tp|linja pona}}
Jo - linja pona.svg|{{tp|jo}} in {{tp|linja pona}}
Seme - linja pona.svg|{{tp|seme}} in {{tp|linja pona}}
</gallery>
==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://musilili.net/linja-pona Official website]
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