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Fantasque Sans Mono
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A programming font, designed with functionality in mind, and with some
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wibbly-wobbly handwriting-like fuzziness that makes it unassumingly cool.
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[Download](https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans/releases/latest).
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Previously known as *Cosmic Sans Neue Mono*. It
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appeared that [similar names were already in use for other
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fonts](https://github.com/belluzj/cosmic-sans-neue/issues/16), and that
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people tended to extend their instinctive hatred of Comic Sans to this very
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font of mine (which of course can only be *loved*). Why the previous name?
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Here is my original explanation:
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> The name comes from my realization that at some point it looked like the
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> mutant child of Comic Sans and Helvetica Neue. Hopefully it is not the
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> case any more.
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Inspirational sources include Inconsolata and Monaco. I have also been using
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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.
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Both versions include the same ranges of characters : latin letters, some
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accented glyphs (quite a lot), some greek letters, some arrows.
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Please note that I have not tested all of the glyphs I have drawn (some letters
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have those two layers of crazy accents that I have never witnessed before), so
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it might look bad in some cases. Please report these problems: see next section.
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It also features a good italic version, which I designed in a fashion similar
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to Consolas' italic version, with new glyph designs, not just an added slant.
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Author and license
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Created by Jany Belluz \<jany.belluz AT hotmail.fr\>
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Licensed under the SIL Open Font License (see [OFL.txt](OFL.txt)).
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Please send me an e-mail or [report an issue on
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Github](http://github.com/belluzj/cosmic-sans-neue/issues) if you stumble upon
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bad design or rendering problems (with screen shot if possible), or if you need
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more characters, or if you want to compliment me (I love compliments). I also
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accept
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[Flattry](https://flattr.com/thing/2258061/belluzjcosmic-sans-neue-on-GitHub).
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Building installable font files
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-------------------------------
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The build process requires:
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* FontForge with python scripting support,
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* `ttfautohint`
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* `sfnt2woff` (from the `woff-tools` package on Ubuntu)
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* `ttf2eot`, for example from [this
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repository](https://github.com/harrastia/ttf2eot).
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* `woff2_compress` from [the Google WOFF2
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tools](https://github.com/google/woff2)
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Run `make`. You should see green stuff and some "OK" messages.
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If you are using Ubuntu, please note that the FontForge version
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in the default Ubuntu repositories is much outdated at the time of this writing,
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and that [is known to have caused subtle problems](https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans/issues/59).
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You are advised to install FontForge from
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[this PPA](https://launchpad.net/~fontforge/+archive/ubuntu/fontforge)
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(using `sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fontforge/fontforge` prior to the installation).
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Alternatively, you can always [download](https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans/releases/latest)
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the latest prebuilt release of these fonts.
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`make install` will install the TTF fonts into your local `.fonts/` directory
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and update the font cache. It comes in handy while modifying the font.
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[](Specimen/Specimen.pdf)
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Versions
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1.1 - First release.
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1.1.1 - Make slashes longer, ensure parenthesis and brackets are rendered at
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the same height, and some other minor adjustments.
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1.2 - Add the bold version.
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Various minor adjustments, new paragraph symbol, slanted dollar.
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1.2.1 - Minor adjustments.
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1.3 - Very slight change of metrics to add space between characters and lines.
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Various small changes : curlier curly brackets, more difference between
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various quotes, cleaner W, w, m, and rounder @.
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Windows compatibility.
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More latin accents.
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Greek letters.
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Powerline characters.
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1.3.1 - Various fixes: still cleaning m and w, reworked all ogoneks, changed a
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bit the dollar, moved some accents, eliminated glitches around
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Powerline symbols.
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TTF fonts are now hinted using Freetype's `ttfautohint`, which should
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give much better results on Windows (and maybe in Java apps and others
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contexts). In case this is a problem, please let me know and I will
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provide also an unhinted version.
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**Windows users should use the TTF (TrueType) files.**
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1.3.2 - Various fixes: playing again with bold m, moving accents again, taking
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care again of Powerline symbols, clean 8 and R.
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Add a few box drawing characters (for use with vim-indentline).
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Generate webfonts (goal: this font used for code samples on all cool
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languages' websites).
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Add a WIP medium version of the proportional font.
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1.4 - Rename font to **Fantasque Sans**, because *fantasque is the new cosmic*.
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Make W look symetrical at big size.
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1.4.1 - Drop Reserved Font Name. **You can now subset, compress, hint and
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whatnot without worrying about renaming**.
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Many small improvements (8, s , t, a, e, {, }, W, i, l, g...).
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1.5 - Add regular italic version.
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Some small changes (Q, w, y, n).
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1.6 - Add bold italic version.
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1.6.1 - Simplify @ to make it look sharp at all sizes.
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Various fixes.
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1.6.2 - Make `+` symmetrical, align dots in `:` and `;`.
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1.6.3 - Add block characters.
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Make the underscore visible on Windows.
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Generate better CSS.
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1.6.4 - Fix line height on Mac.
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Move all the italic glyphs to the left.
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Adjust some accents.
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1.6.5 - Make italics visible on Windows.
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1.7.0 - Beta version for the 1.7 series.
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**Add Cyrillic alphabet to the four fonts.**
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Add some real sub/supscript numbers and fractions.
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Revamp straight and curly quotes.
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Fix some Windows rendering issues.
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Move accents around (why do I do that every time?)
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Add `fontdiff` script which generates font diffs.
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