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-# Iosevka Comfy
-
-IMAGES HERE: <https://protesilaos.com/emacs/iosevka-comfy-pictures>.
-
-Customised build of the [Iosevka
-typeface](https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka), with a consistent
-rounded style and overrides for almost all individual glyphs in both
-roman (upright) and italic (slanted) variants.
-
-+ Git repo on SourceHut: <https://git.sr.ht/~protesilaos/iosevka-comfy>
- - Mirrors:
- + GitHub: <https://github.com/protesilaos/iosevka-comfy>
- + GitLab: <https://gitlab.com/protesilaos/iosevka-comfy>
-+ Mailing list: <https://lists.sr.ht/~protesilaos/general-issues>
-+ Sample pictures: <https://protesilaos.com/emacs/iosevka-comfy-pictures>
-+ Backronym: Iosevka ... Could Only Modify a Font, Yes
-
-## Principles of the design
-
-Iosevka Comfy optimises for inter-glyph and inter-style consistency
-within the overarching constraint of usability at small point sizes.
-The shapes are round and are designed in concert to both impose a
-predictable rhythm and keep characters distinct from each other.
-
-Roman and italic styles are made to look more consistent than the
-default upstream Iosevka while retaining their unique features. Unlike
-the default Iosevka style, the upright glyphs do not have a mixture of
-straight/blocky and curved or serified characters (special exceptions
-notwithstanding). While the italics do not have calligraphic tendencies
-that greatly contrast with their counterparts. The differences within
-each style set and between the styles themselves are more nuanced. The
-intent is to make everything feel part of the same aesthetic.
-Distinctions are drawn on the premise of contributing to the demands of
-the design in light of usability, without ever calling attention to
-themselves (as opposed to sporadic calligraphic glyphs amid an otherwise
-austere presentation which seem to say "look how pretty I am!").
-
-To achieve consistency between roman and italic styles we remove
-elements of roundedness in the latter's glyphs to make them look a bit
-sturdier. Otherwise they would feel more rounded than their roman
-counterparts given the added slant. We do not want that added implicit
-emphasis of extra roundedness because the slant is already sufficient:
-to emphasise the emphasis is the kind of exaggeration that Iosevka Comfy
-strives to eliminate.
-
-## Variants
-
-```
-| Family | Shapes | Spacing | Style | Ligatures |
-|---------------------------------+--------+---------+------------+-----------|
-| Iosevka Comfy | Sans | Compact | Monospaced | Yes |
-| Iosevka Comfy Fixed | Sans | Compact | Monospaced | No |
-| Iosevka Comfy Duo | Sans | Compact | Duospaced | Yes |
-|---------------------------------+--------+---------+------------+-----------|
-| Iosevka Comfy Motion | Slab | Compact | Monospaced | Yes |
-| Iosevka Comfy Motion Fixed | Slab | Compact | Monospaced | No |
-| Iosevka Comfy Motion Duo | Slab | Compact | Duospaced | Yes |
-|---------------------------------+--------+---------+------------+-----------|
-| Iosevka Comfy Wide | Sans | Wide | Monospaced | Yes |
-| Iosevka Comfy Wide Fixed | Sans | Wide | Monospaced | No |
-| Iosevka Comfy Wide Duo | Sans | Wide | Duospaced | Yes |
-|---------------------------------+--------+---------+------------+-----------|
-| Iosevka Comfy Wide Motion | Slab | Wide | Monospaced | Yes |
-| Iosevka Comfy Wide Motion Fixed | Slab | Wide | Monospaced | No |
-| Iosevka Comfy Wide Motion Duo | Slab | Wide | Duospaced | Yes |
-```
-
-Iosevka Comfy comes in four sets of three: two sans-serif and two
-serif supersets. The triplets in each set follow the naming scheme
-`NAME{,-fixed,-duo}`. The base name is monospaced and supports
-ligatures. The "fixed" one is strictly monospaced so as to work with
-all terminal emulators: it does not support ligatures or any wider
-glyphs. And the "duo" is quasi-proportionately spaced, while
-supporting ligatures.
-
-Here "quasi-proportional" means that certain glyphs are allowed to
-occupy their natural width, instead of being strictly monospaced,
-while other remain monospaced. This combination results in a style
-that feels like fixed spacing but reads like variable spacing.
-
-1. The **compact, sans-serif** set:
-
- - `iosevka-comfy` is monospaced and supports ligatures. Apart from
- ligatures, it allows certain special glyphs, such as arrows, to
- occupy more than one block.
-
- - `iosevka-comfy-fixed` is like `iosevka-comfy` albeit strictly
- monospaced and thus does not support ligatures. All glyphs are
- exactly the same width. Use this if you prefer it or if your
- application (e.g. terminal emulator) does not recognise
- `iosevka-comfy` as a monospaced font.
-
- - `iosevka-comfy-duo` is quasi-proportional and supports ligatures. The
- naturally narrow glyphs, such as `i`, are allowed to occupy their
- natural width instead of one space.
-
-2. The **compact, serif** set:
-
- - `iosevka-comfy-motion` is monospaced and supports ligatures. It is
- like `iosevka-comfy` but with lots of small tweaks that add serifs
- and tailed ends to relevant glyphs. Put simply, it is the serified
- counterpart of `iosevka-comfy`.
-
- - `iosevka-comfy-motion-fixed` is the serif equivalent of the
- aforementioned `iosevka-comfy-fixed`.
-
- - `iosevka-comfy-motion-duo` is the serif equivalent of
- `iosevka-comfy-duo`.
-
-3. The **wide, sans-serif** set:
-
- - `iosevka-comfy-wide` is the same as `iosevka-comfy` except it is
- noticeably wider. It also looks taller than `iosevka-comfy` even
- though both variants fit the same number of lines on a screen.
-
- - `iosevka-comfy-wide-fixed` is the "wide" counterpart of the
- `iosevka-comfy-fixed` family.
-
- - `iosevka-comfy-wide-duo` is the "wide" counterpart of the
- `iosevka-comfy-duo` family.
-
-4. The **wide, serif** set:
-
- - `iosevka-comfy-wide-motion` is the same as `iosevka-comfy-motion`
- except it is noticeably wider. It also looks taller than
- `iosevka-comfy-motion` even though both variants fit the same
- number of lines on a screen.
-
- - `iosevka-comfy-wide-motion-fixed` is the "wide" counterpart of the
- `iosevka-comfy-motion-fixed` family.
-
- - `iosevka-comfy-wide-motion-duo` is the "wide" counterpart of the
- `iosevka-comfy-motion-duo` family.
-
-## Install on GNU/Linux
-
-Unless you have some exotic system, in which case you know what you are
-doing, you can install fonts for your local user by copying the `.ttf`
-files or their directories in `~/.local/share/fonts/`. For system-wide
-installation, place them in `/usr/share/fonts/`.
-
-Depending on your system, you may need to delete the `ttf` or
-`ttf-unhinted` builds. Though this is not strictly necessary, as the
-system knows which one to pick.
-
-When in doubt, install locally.
-
-**Perform a shallow clone** of this repository to speed things up:
-
-```sh
-git clone --depth 1 https://git.sr.ht/~protesilaos/iosevka-comfy
-```
-
-## Build information
-
-Iosevka Comfy is configured in accordance with the documentation of
-the upstream project. This practically means that (i) [we clone the
-official repo](https://github.com/be5invis/iosevka), (ii) define our
-`private-build-plans.toml` at its root, (iii) install the `npm`
-dependencies, and (iv) build the `.ttf` files with something like the
-following for each variant (run from the root of the project):
-
-```sh
-npm run build -- ttf::iosevka-comfy
-```
-
-Or this loop:
-
-```sh
-for i in iosevka-comfy{,-motion,-wide,-wide-motion}{,-fixed,-duo} ; do npm run build -- ttf::$i ; done
-```
-
-The last update to Iosevka Comfy was done on 2023-05-15 using upstream
-version `v21.1.2`, commit `7ef24b8d`.
-
-Each file is provided as-is in the hope that it may prove useful, but
-is otherwise intended only for my private use.