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+# Template file for 'font-sil-gentium'
+pkgname=font-sil-gentium
+version=5.000
+revision=1
+archs=noarch
+wrksrc="GentiumPlus-${version}"
+hostmakedepends="unzip"
+depends="font-util"
+short_desc="Font that supports a wide range of Latin- and Cyrillic-based alphabets"
+maintainer="Ivan Sokolov <ivan-p-sokolov@ya.ru>"
+license="OFL-1.1"
+homepage="https://software.sil.org/gentium/"
+distfiles="https://software.sil.org/downloads/r/gentium/GentiumPlus-${version}.zip"
+checksum=335911f17bd2de4e43742e1d0367cfeff19a90abf7ed604f100a42705042e154
+font_dirs="/usr/share/fonts/SIL"
+
+do_install() {
+	vinstall GentiumPlus-I.ttf 644 ${font_dirs}
+	vinstall GentiumPlus-R.ttf 644 ${font_dirs}
+}