macOS has supported Ethiopic since 2010 with the 'Kefa' font. The Ge'ez alphabet is not a standard font installation on most computers and must be added by the user. In order to view Ethiopic fonts, you only need a unicode Ethiopic font in your computer's font folder. Once the font is installed, you may need to restart your Web browser in order to make it recognize the newly installed fonts.
On Windows systems, the fonts folder is normally C:\Windows\Fonts.
On Macintosh computers, drag and drop the font into /Library/Fonts.
On
Debian-based
Linux systems, enter sudo apt-get install ttf-sil-abyssinica in a terminal, then restart your browser.
Free Ethiopic fonts and keyboard downloads
Only a font is needed to view Ethiopic script. A keyboard driver is required only if you also wish to write text in the script.
Amharic/Ge'ez based languages Keyboard online (and offline too)
Download fonts only — On Windows, unzip the .ttf file to any folder on your disk, then right-click to install it, or move it to the special "C:\Windows\FontsFonts" folder using the Explorer (do not extract it there directly, or it won't be installed correctly).
Download font only — On Windows, save the .ttf file to any folder on your disk, then right-click to install it or move it to the special "C:\Windows\FontsFonts" folder using the Explorer (do not extract it there directly, or it won't be installed correctly).
Download font only — On Windows, unzip the .ttf file to any folder on your disk, then right-click to install it, or move it to the Windows special "Fonts" folder using the Explorer (do not extract it there directly, or it won't be installed correctly).
Home page — With download and install instructions.
freeSerif
zip file at
Download font — On Windows, unzip the .ttf files to any folder on your disk, then right-click the .ttf files to install them, or move them to the special "C:\Windows\FontsFonts" folder using the Explorer (do not extract it there directly, or it won't be installed correctly).
Code 2000 (Shareware)
Home page – font for several dozens of scripts from around the world in one huge file, but may cause issues for Windows.
GeezEdit Online Amharic (Free)
[1] - On Windows and Mac, type and search in Amharic. Patented technology allows typing beyond the method available for English. No need for keyboard drivers. Just copy and paste your document to Wiki.
[2] GeezEdit Amharic App for use in Apple's iPhone 4s, 5, 6, 7, iPad and newer models. The typing method is the same with the free online GeezEdit and GeezEdit 2.0 Windows versions. The classic font has new glyphs such as Ethiopic zero, Ethiopian Birr sign, etc. U.S. Patent No. 9,733,724.
Known compatibility issues
RaghuHindi (raghindi.ttf) will cause bold and/or italic Ethiopic text to not show up. To fix the problem, just remove the font.
macOS has supported Ethiopic since 2010 with the 'Kefa' font. The Ge'ez alphabet is not a standard font installation on most computers and must be added by the user. In order to view Ethiopic fonts, you only need a unicode Ethiopic font in your computer's font folder. Once the font is installed, you may need to restart your Web browser in order to make it recognize the newly installed fonts.
On Windows systems, the fonts folder is normally C:\Windows\Fonts.
On Macintosh computers, drag and drop the font into /Library/Fonts.
On
Debian-based
Linux systems, enter sudo apt-get install ttf-sil-abyssinica in a terminal, then restart your browser.
Free Ethiopic fonts and keyboard downloads
Only a font is needed to view Ethiopic script. A keyboard driver is required only if you also wish to write text in the script.
Amharic/Ge'ez based languages Keyboard online (and offline too)
Download fonts only — On Windows, unzip the .ttf file to any folder on your disk, then right-click to install it, or move it to the special "C:\Windows\FontsFonts" folder using the Explorer (do not extract it there directly, or it won't be installed correctly).
Download font only — On Windows, save the .ttf file to any folder on your disk, then right-click to install it or move it to the special "C:\Windows\FontsFonts" folder using the Explorer (do not extract it there directly, or it won't be installed correctly).
Download font only — On Windows, unzip the .ttf file to any folder on your disk, then right-click to install it, or move it to the Windows special "Fonts" folder using the Explorer (do not extract it there directly, or it won't be installed correctly).
Home page — With download and install instructions.
freeSerif
zip file at
Download font — On Windows, unzip the .ttf files to any folder on your disk, then right-click the .ttf files to install them, or move them to the special "C:\Windows\FontsFonts" folder using the Explorer (do not extract it there directly, or it won't be installed correctly).
Code 2000 (Shareware)
Home page – font for several dozens of scripts from around the world in one huge file, but may cause issues for Windows.
GeezEdit Online Amharic (Free)
[1] - On Windows and Mac, type and search in Amharic. Patented technology allows typing beyond the method available for English. No need for keyboard drivers. Just copy and paste your document to Wiki.
[2] GeezEdit Amharic App for use in Apple's iPhone 4s, 5, 6, 7, iPad and newer models. The typing method is the same with the free online GeezEdit and GeezEdit 2.0 Windows versions. The classic font has new glyphs such as Ethiopic zero, Ethiopian Birr sign, etc. U.S. Patent No. 9,733,724.
Known compatibility issues
RaghuHindi (raghindi.ttf) will cause bold and/or italic Ethiopic text to not show up. To fix the problem, just remove the font.