Charis SIL is a transitional typeface developed by SIL International based on Bitstream Charter, one of the first fonts designed for laser printers. The font offers four family members: roman, bold, italic, and bold italic.
Its design goal is to "provide a single Unicode-based font family that would contain a comprehensive inventory of glyphs needed for almost any Roman- or Cyrillic-based writing system, whether used for phonetic or orthographic needs."
Charis SIL supports Graphite, OpenType, and AAT technologies for advanced rendering features. Along with Doulos SIL, it is licensed under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), and can be downloaded free of charge.
In June, 2013, version 4.114 of Charis SIL was released with over 4600 glyphs. Version 5.000 of the font was released on 28 October 2014.
Phonetician John C. Wells recommends Charis SIL for displaying IPA symbols.
Holding onto our beliefs
Like a child holds to its father
It's like we're trying so hard to breathe
With our heads underneath the water
Keep trying to find the balance
Of our love and our convictions
'Cause we know that life in You
Moves far beyond religion
We know, we know
We know, we know
That nothing else even matters
But love
We keep trying to find a way
To come together
Lord, take these fears away
And make us one, one, one, whoa
Lord, make us one, one, one, Lord, make us one
We are the face of Christ
In a world of shadows
Is it God's love we're fighting for
Or our denomination's ego?
We got to let go of pride
Embrace the idea of difference
Make unity our calling
And move within forgiveness
We know, we know
We know, we know
That nothing else even matters
But love
We keep trying to find a way
To come together
Lord, take these fears away
And make us one, one, one, whoa
Lord, make us one, one, one, Lord, make us one
Imagine what could be, imagine what could change
If love was all that really mattered
Would the light of Christ finally shine through
Me and you?
Holding onto our beliefs
Like a child holds to its father
It's like we're trying so hard to breathe
With our heads underneath the water
We keep trying to find a way
To come together
Lord, take these fears away
And make us one, one, one, whoa
Lord, make us one, one, one, Lord, make us one
Make us one, one, one, whoa
Lord, make us one, one, one, Lord, make us one, oh
Make us one, one, one, whoa
Make us one, one, one, Lord, make us one, oh
Make us one, one, one, whoa