Baybayin Keyboard on Android

A keyboard application for Android phones include baybayin script

Screenshot 1 (the baybayin keyboard)

Screenshot 2

 

Screenshot 3 (showing the settings/language selection

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Font used: Baybayin Modern Print Font by Nordenx.

A new update was made available include the change of baybayin font use. The latest update now feature the font Tagalog Doctrina by Paul Morrow which is based on the typeface used in one of the very first book printed in the Philippines, the Doctrina Cristiana of 1593 which is the earliest documented form of the Baybayin script.

Screenshot 4 (the baybayin keyboard)

Screenshot 5 (showing the Tagalog Doctrina font)

 Screenshot 6 (showing the settings/language selection)

 

Now available for download on Google play: MultiLing Keyboard and MyAlpha

Note: Most Android phones are not supported by the Unicode range of the baybayin so you can only see boxes in most applications like built-in browser, Facebook, Messenger, and messaging. It can only appear properly in MyAlpha. It is advisable that you need to type in MyAlpha and copy-paste it in your browser, messenger etc. 

MultiLing Keyboard

MyAlpha

*Screenshot from Xperia Mini

 

Baybayin on the Market

Natasha launched the Robinhood Makabayan Series of colognes and Robin Padilla is the main endorser. The three colognes to choose from with baybayin script are Maginoo (ᜋᜄᜒᜈᜓᜂ), Makisig (ᜋᜃᜒᜐᜒᜄ᜔) and Matipuno (ᜋᜆᜒᜉᜓᜈᜓ).

For more details go to Natasha's Robinhood Fragrance catalogue

Baybayin on the New PDA Seal

The new Philippine Dental Association (PDA) seal include the baybayin "DA" (ᜇ) although the article on the PDA site describes it as a Tagalog letter not generalizing it as the same in all Philippine Abugida scripts. Stating further the term "Alibata" and "Baybayin" to be the same which is a common error.

Read more about the PDA Seal below.

The PDA Seal