X-Git-Url: https://software.frrobert.com/proportionaltomonofont/blobdiff_plain/f75b894a354b3330a99f86c098e701d6463da8f6..HEAD:/README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3fc9dc3..3fdc32e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,34 +1,65 @@ -# Comic Mono -A legible monospace font based on [Shannon Miwa](https://github.com/shannpersand)’s [Comic Shanns](https://github.com/shannpersand/comic-shanns). - -

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- -## Download -- [ComicMono.ttf](https://dtinth.github.io/comic-mono-font/ComicMono.ttf) -- [ComicMono-Bold.ttf](https://dtinth.github.io/comic-mono-font/ComicMono-Bold.ttf) - -## Differences from Comic Shanns -1. All glyphs have been adjusted to have exactly the same width (using code based on [monospacifier](https://github.com/cpitclaudel/monospacifier)). -2. The glyph metrics have been adjusted to make it display better alongside system font, based on [Cousine](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cousine)’s metrics. -3. The name is changed to `Comic Mono`. -4. A bold version of the font is generated using [FontForge’s Embolden](https://fontforge.github.io/Styles.html#Embolden) operation. - -I have no font creation skills; I’m just a software developer. This font family is created by patching the original font, [Comic Shanns](https://github.com/shannpersand/comic-shanns), using a Python script, [`generate.py`](generate.py). - -## What does it look like? -

- - Check it out! - -

- -```python -{% include_relative generate.py %} -``` +# This project is a fork of dtinth/comic-mono-font + +That project was to create a font. This project is designed to use the generate.py script and use it to take a proportional spaced font and make it a mono spaced font. + +This may be a very silly idea. I have got the script to work to generate a mono spaced font from a proportional font. The key is tweaking the height and width so the fonts look nice. + +## Dependencies + +Python 2 + +The python bindings for font forge + +This link may help you install the bindings + +[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36508944/install-fontcustom-fontforge-in-ubuntu](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36508944/install-fontcustom-fontforge-in-ubuntu) + +## How to use the script + +Install the Dependencies +Put the proportional font you are going to convert in the vendor directory +Put the reference font you are going to use in the vendor directory +Edit the script. See bellow +Make the script executable +Run ./generate.py +Your normal font and bold font will be generated and should be found in the same directory as generate.py +The fonts can now be installed. +Depending on the width and height you set will affect what the font actually looks like. It could look nice or it could look awful. + +## You need to edit the script. Here is the list of things you need to change: + +### Change the following two lines to the script to the font you are going to convert and the reference font +font = fontforge.open('vendor/comic-shanns.otf') +ref = fontforge.open('vendor/Cousine-Regular.ttf') + +### Change the integer value the larger the number the wider the font +target_width = 510 + +#### change number in adjust_height to make font shorter or taller +adjust_height(font, ref, 0.875) + +### change to desired font name +font.fontname = 'ComicMono' +### change to desired full name +font.fullname = 'Comic Mono' +#change to desired file name +font.generate('ComicMono.ttf') + +### Bold section +### change to desired font name +font.fontname = 'ComicMono-Bold' + +### change to desired full name +font.fullname = 'Comic Mono Bold' + +### change to desired file name +font.generate('ComicMono-Bold.ttf') + +## Notes: +What is the reference font for? +Taken from Comic Mono font README.md +The glyph metrics have been adjusted to make it display better alongside system font, based on Cousine’s metrics. +You could use a different font as the reference as see how it changes the font. ## License It is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE).