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). ![](Specimen/urxvt13.png) 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. ![](Specimen/kdevelop11.png) ![](Specimen/sublime11.png) Weights, variants and glyph coverage ------------------------------------ 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. ![](Specimen/vim21.png) Author and license ------------------ Created by Jany Belluz \ 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. 1.6.5 - Make italics visible on Windows.