# Iosevka Comfy IMAGES HERE: . 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: - Mirrors: + GitHub: + GitLab: + Mailing list: + Sample 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.