WashRa Ethiopic
WashRa is a Unicode-compliant Ethiopic font designed for fast and natural typing in Amharic and related languages. It’s popular among users familiar with older keyboard layouts.
About WashRa
WashRa is a modern Unicode font built for the Ethiopic script. It supports languages like Amharic, Tigrinya, and Ge’ez. It was developed with an emphasis on speed and ease of typing, especially for users transitioning from legacy systems like Power Geez.
The font comes with its own input method, designed to mirror older key mapping systems while still working with modern operating systems. It’s often used in academic, media, and official documents due to its familiarity and layout. WashRa strikes a balance between tradition and Unicode compatibility.
Try WashRa
Key Features of WashRa:
- Foundry
- Developed by Ethiopian Computing professionals
- Version
- Latest available release, versioning varies
- File Formats
- TTF
- License
- Free for personal use, check terms for commercial use
- Unicode Standard
- Full support for Ethiopic Unicode block
- Typing Method
- Includes a key mapping system inspired by Visual Geez
- Use Cases
- Popular among professionals, students, and publishers
- Platform Support
- Compatible with Windows, macOS, Linux, and web platforms
Download WashRa Font
DownloadHow to Install WashRa Font
- Download the TTF font file from the link above.
- On Windows: Right-click and select “Install for all users”
- Or manually copy the file to
C:\Windows\Fonts
For Mac
- Open the downloaded font file
- Click “Install Font” when prompted
- Or move it to:
/Library/Fonts– system-wide/Users/[your_username]/Library/Fonts– for your account
For Linux
- Move the font file to:
/usr/share/fonts– for all users~/.fonts– for your user only
- Update font cache with:
fc-cache -f -v
