FONTLOG.txt (2.8 KB)
1 FONTLOG for Avara 2 ------------------- 3 This file provides detailed information on the Avara font software. 4 This information should be distributed along with the AVARA fonts 5 and any derivative works. 6 7 8 Basic Font Information 9 -------------------------- 10 Avara is a libre transitional serif curveless font based on a square grid. 11 On a 1000 UPM square, the grid is created by a 40 unit span. 12 13 14 Information for Contributors 15 ------------------------------ 16 Avara is released under the OFL 1.1 - http://scripts.sil.org/OFL 17 For information on what you're allowed to change or modify, consult the 18 OFL-1.1.txt and OFL-FAQ.txt files. The OFL-FAQ also gives a very general 19 rationale and various recommendations regarding why you would want to 20 contribute to the project or make your own version of the font. 21 22 See the project website for the current trunk and the various branches: 23 https://gitlab.com/velvetyne/Avara 24 25 ChangeLog 26 ---------- 27 28 1 August 2013 (Wei H) Avara Version 0 29 - FontLab and FontForge sources 30 31 2 January 2013 (Wei H) Avara Version 0 32 - Horizontal metrics fixed for all characters for even spacing 33 - Vertical metrics made taller for larger line-heigh 34 - Removed kerning and kerning classes, will need to re-do due to new metrics 35 - UPM size changed to 25 units for strict grid design, all co-ordinates are on the grid now 36 - /c/o/e/a/s/g/q/d/b/p/h/n/r/m/u/ to be taller so it's optically same as x, may not work, needs testing 37 - /D/ right side to be as fat as O 38 - /H/ Wider 39 - /J/ Ball Terminal 40 - /L/ Sharp serif past baseline 41 - /N/ wider 42 - /R/ sharp leg 43 - /S/ Ball-like terminal on bottom 44 - /m/n/ wedge where the shoulder connects straight part is more open 45 - /u/ serifs bigger 46 - /y/ serif removed on right side for clarity 47 - /z/ serifs made smaller 48 - .sfg files updated, now does not have grid though 49 - .ufo files updated 50 51 4 June 2013 (Raphaël) Avara Version 0 52 - Added basic glyphs, documentation 53 - Released as Avara 54 55 5 December 2016 (Jérémy) Avara Bold Version 0 56 Done : 57 - Renamed « Avara bold » to « Avara regular ». 58 - Metrics of the uppercases and lowercases of the extra bold. 59 - Corrected the vertical metrics of the regular and the extra bold. 60 - Bigger x-height for the extra bold. 61 Changed in the regular : 62 - /2/ balance 63 Issues : 64 - Are the lowercases too bold compared to the uppercases? 65 - There is no overshoot of the curved letters under the line-height or above the cap height. Is this a feature? 66 67 68 Acknowledgements 69 ------------------------- 70 71 N: Raphaël Bastide 72 E: bonjour@raphaelbastide.com 73 W: http://raphaelbastide.com 74 D: Initiator, contributor 75 76 N: Wei Huang 77 W: https://twitter.com/w__h_ 78 D: Contributor 79 80 N: Lucas Le Bihan 81 E: lucas.bihan@gmail.com 82 W: http://lucaslebihan.fr 83 D: Contributor 84 85 N: Jérémy Landes 86 E: jeremy@studiotriple.fr 87 W: http://jjllnn.fr 88 D: Contributor 89 90 N: Walid Bouchouchi 91 E: bouchouchiw@gmail.com 92 D: Contributor