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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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Stylistic set(s)
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### `ss01`: nondescript `k`
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No ~~distractive~~ lovely loop.
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[Get the pre-activated version here](https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans/releases/download/v1.7.2-alpha.3/FantasqueSansMono-NoLoopK.zip)
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or see the [issue #67](https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans/issues/67)
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for techniques to activate the stylistic set.
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Author and license
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------------------
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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 [LICENSE.txt](LICENSE.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).
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Building installable font files
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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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* `woff2_compress` from [the Google WOFF2
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tools](https://github.com/google/woff2) or `woff2` package on Ubuntu
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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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Webfonts
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--------
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Each variant has a `Webfonts/` folder which contains various font formats for
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use on the web, along with the matching CSS font declarations. To use them,
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you must combine in the same folder:
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* a custom `.css` file that you can assemble from the `*-decl.css` fragments
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(you can only pick the styles that you need, e.g. normal and bold)
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* the matching `.svg`, `.woff`, `.woff2` files from `Webfonts/`
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* the matching `.ttf` files from the `TTF/` folder
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* the matching `.otf` files from the `OTF/` folder.
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Versions
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--------
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[Check out the changelog](CHANGELOG.md).
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