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The Lepcha script is used by the Lepcha language of South Asia. Lepcha has been in Unicode since Unicode 5.1.Mingzat is a Unicode font based on Jason Glavy's JG Lepcha custom-encoded font. We have used his design and released the font under the SIL Open Font License (OFL) with his generous permission. The name "Mingzat" means "treasure of letters" in the Lepcha language.Mingzat is designed to work with Graphite or OpenType advanced font technologies. To take advantage of the advanced typographic capabilities of this font, you must be using applications that provide an adequate level of support for Graphite or OpenType. Most Windows applications provide basic Unicode support. However, because Lepcha is an Indic script, it requires reordering and at this time there is little support for Lepcha on computers. For that reason we are keeping the font as a Font in Development.Mingzat is freely available and may be used by anyone at no cost. It is released under the SIL Open Font License, a free and open source license that permits modification and redistribution.
