fantasque-sans/README.md

Fantasque Sans Mono
===================

A programming font, designed with functionality in mind, and with some 
wibbly-wobbly handwriting-like fuzziness that makes it unassumingly cool.
[Download](http://openfontlibrary.org/en/font/fantasque-sans-mono).


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Previously known as *Cosmic Sans Neue Mono*. It
appeared that [similar names were already in use for other
fonts](https://github.com/belluzj/cosmic-sans-neue/issues/16), and that
people tended to extend their instinctive hatred of Comic Sans to this very
font of mine (which of course can only be *loved*). Why the previous name?
Here is my original explanation:

> The name comes from my realization that at some point it looked like the
> mutant child of Comic Sans and Helvetica Neue. Hopefully it is not the
> case any more.

Inspirational sources include Inconsolata and Monaco. I have also been using 
Consolas a lot in my programming life, so it may have some points in common.

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Weights, variants and glyph coverage
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The font includes a bold version, with the same metrics as the regular one. 
Both versions include the same ranges of characters : latin letters, some
accented glyphs (quite a lot), some greek letters, some arrows.

Please note that I have not tested all of the glyphs I have drawn (some letters
have those two layers of crazy accents that I have never witnessed before), so
it might look bad in some cases. Please report these problems: see next section.

It also features a good italic version, which I designed in a fashion similar
to Consolas' italic version, with new glyph designs, not just an added slant.

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Author and license
------------------

Created by Jany Belluz \<jany.belluz AT hotmail.fr\>

Licensed under the SIL Open Font License (see [OFL.txt](OFL.txt)).

Please send me an e-mail or [report an issue on
Github](http://github.com/belluzj/cosmic-sans-neue/issues) if you stumble upon
bad design or rendering problems (with screen shot if possible), or if you need
more characters, or if you want to compliment me (I love compliments). I also
accept
[Flattry](https://flattr.com/thing/2258061/belluzjcosmic-sans-neue-on-GitHub).

Building installable font files
-------------------------------

Run `make`. You should see green stuff and some "OK" messages.
The build process requires FontForge with python scripting support,
`ttfautohint`, `sfnt2woff` (from the `woff-tools` package on Ubuntu) and
`ttf2eot`, for example from [this
repository](https://github.com/harrastia/ttf2eot).

`make install` will install the TTF fonts into your local `.fonts/` directory 
and update the font cache. It comes in handy while modifying the font.

[![](Specimen/Specimen.png)](Specimen/Specimen.pdf)

Versions
--------

1.1 - First release.

1.1.1 - Make slashes longer, ensure parenthesis and brackets are rendered at 
        the same height, and some other minor adjustments.
        
1.2 - Add the bold version.
      Various minor adjustments, new paragraph symbol, slanted dollar.
      
1.2.1 - Minor adjustments.

1.3 - Very slight change of metrics to add space between characters and lines.
      Various small changes : curlier curly brackets, more difference between
      various quotes, cleaner W, w, m, and rounder @. 
      Windows compatibility.
      More latin accents.
      Greek letters.
      Powerline characters.

1.3.1 - Various fixes: still cleaning m and w, reworked all ogoneks, changed a
        bit the dollar, moved some accents, eliminated glitches around
        Powerline symbols.
        TTF fonts are now hinted using Freetype's `ttfautohint`, which should
        give much better results on Windows (and maybe in Java apps and others
        contexts). In case this is a problem, please let me know and I will
        provide also an unhinted version.
        **Windows users should use the TTF (TrueType) files.**

1.3.2 - Various fixes: playing again with bold m, moving accents again, taking
        care again of Powerline symbols, clean 8 and R.
        Add a few box drawing characters (for use with vim-indentline).
        Generate webfonts (goal: this font used for code samples on all cool
        languages' websites).
        Add a WIP medium version of the proportional font.

1.4 - Rename font to **Fantasque Sans**, because *fantasque is the new cosmic*.
      Make W look symetrical at big size.

1.4.1 - Drop Reserved Font Name. **You can now subset, compress, hint and
        whatnot without worrying about renaming**.
        Many small improvements (8, s , t, a, e, {, }, W, i, l, g...).

1.5 - Add regular italic version.
      Some small changes (Q, w, y, n).

1.6 - Add bold italic version.

1.6.1 - Simplify @ to make it look sharp at all sizes.
        Various fixes.

1.6.2 - Make `+` symmetrical, align dots in `:` and `;`.

1.6.3 - Add block characters.
        Make the underscore visible on Windows.
        Generate better CSS.

1.6.4 - Fix line height on Mac. 
        Move all the italic glyphs to the left.
        Adjust some accents.