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| author | Manuel Schmalstieg <git.code@ms-studio.net> | 2012-10-07 19:08:22 +0200 |
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| committer | Manuel Schmalstieg <git.code@ms-studio.net> | 2012-10-07 19:08:22 +0200 |
| commit | e9d34931cc54cb64210a929e73ce10dcfbf256b6 (patch) | |
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| parent | b6d8d4960fe0002ff57704ee85159f460c85903c (diff) | |
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@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@ **Karmilla** is a slightly modified version of **Karla**. -Karla is a very beautiful Unicode grotesque sans serif -typeface family created by Jonathan Pinhorn (@jonpinhorn_type), relased 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 optimize Karla for the support of the French language, which requires adding and tweaking some glyphs. +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. The original Karla font can be found here: http://www.google.com/webfonts/specimen/Karla The source files have been obtained from http://code.google.com/p/googlefontdirectory/ -We are working in FontForge, so we are using the SFD files (maybe not optimal, as it seems the font was developed in FontLab?) +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?). ## Changes: -The changes we one so far: +The changes we made so far: + +* added å for Scandinavian languages. * added ç (cedilla) character for better French support. * added œ (ligatured o and e) character for better French support. * the q character has been streamlined. -* the position of the typographic apostrophe has been changed, so it matches the height of ascenders (l', d').
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