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author | Manuel Schmalstieg <git.code@ms-studio.net> | 2015-09-18 14:33:40 +0200 |
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committer | Manuel Schmalstieg <git.code@ms-studio.net> | 2015-09-18 14:33:40 +0200 |
commit | 5f79032dbf2784573bfd5e34e48531d6b4f325d9 (patch) | |
tree | 7db5b981042c3aee424207cb9b7bd24b49e39350 | |
parent | a740177db2271070b588cae4bc04fdcb8e310686 (diff) |
Adding some more info to Fontlog.txt and readme
-rwxr-xr-x | FONTLOG.txt | 6 | ||||
-rwxr-xr-x | readme.md | 11 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/FONTLOG.txt b/FONTLOG.txt index 42c76eb..9024b63 100755 --- a/FONTLOG.txt +++ b/FONTLOG.txt @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Acknowledgements If you make modifications be sure to add your name (N), email (if you have one) (E), web-address (if you have one) (W), twitter handle (if you have one) (T) and description (D). -This list is in alphabetical order. +This list is in chronological order. N: Jonathan Pinhorn E: pinhorn.typedesign@gmail.com @@ -94,3 +94,7 @@ N: Nicolas Maravitti T: @nclm_ W: probablement.net D: Modification of some glyphs + +N: elpoto +D: Modification of some glyphs + @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ **Karmilla** is a slightly modified version of **Karla**. -Karla is an outstanding grotesque sans serif -typeface family created by Jonathan Pinhorn ([@jonpinhorn_type](http://twitter.com/jonpinhorn_type), a graduate of the MA in Typeface Design at the University of Reading), released through Google Webfonts in 2012. +Karla is an outstanding grotesque sans serif typeface family created by Jonathan Pinhorn ([@jonpinhorn_type](http://twitter.com/jonpinhorn_type), a graduate of the MA in Typeface Design at the University of Reading), released through Google Webfonts in 2012. The aim of Karmilla is to offer a workaround for designers who want to use Karla on a French language website, which requires adding and tweaking some glyphs. @@ -9,11 +8,15 @@ The original Karla font can be found here: http://www.google.com/webfonts/specim The source files have been obtained from http://code.google.com/p/googlefontdirectory/ -We are working in FontForge, so we are using the provided SFD files (maybe not optimal, as it seems the font was originally developed in FontLab?). +## Where are the source files? + +The contributors are working mostly with FontForge, and we are currently using the native sfdir (SplineFont Directory) format. This format stores each glyph in a single file. We plan to move to the more widespread UFO format in the near future (see [issue #17](https://github.com/ms-studio/karmilla/issues/17)). + +To open the font via FontForge, do "File > Open", navigate to and highlight the "Karmilla-Regular.sfdir" folder, and click "OK" – FontForge will then open the font. Don't attempt to open a single .glyph file. ## Changes: -The changes we made so far: +Some of the changes we made so far: * added french quotes «», €, ᴃ * improved éóíú on retina screens. |