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**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.
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/
## Where are the source files?
You will find them in the "src" folder.
## What format are they in?
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 at some point in the future (see [issue #17](https://github.com/ms-studio/karmilla/issues/17)).
To open the font with FontForge, do "File > Open", navigate to "/src/" and highlight the "Karmilla-Regular.sfdir" folder, and click "OK" – FontForge will open the font. Don't attempt to open a single .glyph file.
## How to generate fonts?
Here is the convention we are using when we make significant changes, such as adding or improving glyphs:
- Increment the version number, under "Element > Font Info".
- Export a new TTF, via "Generate Fonts > TTF".
- We name the TTF with the version appended to the filename, such as "Karmilla-Regular-014.ttf" - this makes it easier to test and compare different versions.
## Changes:
Some of the changes we made so far:
* added french quotes «», €, ᴃ
* improved éóíú on retina screens.
* added å, ø and æ for Scandinavian languages.
* added ç (cedilla) character for better French support.
* added œ (ligatured o and e) character for better French support.
* added various punctuation marks.
* the q character has been streamlined.
* the position of the typographic apostrophe has been changed, so it matches the height of ascenders (l', d').
See the [FONTLOG.txt](https://github.com/ms-studio/karmilla/blob/master/FONTLOG.txt) for details.
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