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This font implements the traditional Buginese script used by the Bugis, a maritime people originating on the southern coast of southern Sulawesi. The Bugis sailed with phinisi (traditional boats) to other regions.

The southwest arm of Sulawesi is home to three related seafaring peoples: the Makasarese in the southwest, the Mandarese in the northwest, and the Bugis, who occupy most of the remainder of the peninsula. These groups shared a similar written script and a pluralistic political system in which local authorities were associated with supernaturally endowed regalia (arajang) and asserted descent from various mythical ancestors, each described as descended from heaven (tomanurung).

From 1600 to 1669, the city of Makasar and its Goa-Tallo ruling dynasties dominated the region politically and economically. Resentful Bugis of the Bone kingdom allied with the VOC to destroy Makasar in 1669. This event had at least two consequences. First, Bone became the most important kingdom in southwest Sulawesi until the 19th century. Second, it led to the Bugis Diaspora, particularly among men of Wajo, who had been allied with Makasarese Goa rather than with Bugis Bone in the war. The Bugis became noted as warriors and traders throughout the Archipelago.