Iosevka Comfy version 1.2.0

2023-04-27

Iosevka Comfy is a customised build of the Iosevka typeface, with a consistent rounded style and overrides for almost all individual glyphs in both roman (upright) and italic (slanted) variants.

IMAGES HERE: https://protesilaos.com/emacs/iosevka-comfy-pictures.

• Git repo on SourceHut: https://git.sr.ht/~protesilaos/iosevka-comfy
  • Mirrors:
    • GitHub: https://github.com/protesilaos/iosevka-comfy
    • GitLab: https://gitlab.com/protesilaos/iosevka-comfy
• Mailing list: https://lists.sr.ht/~protesilaos/general-issues
• Backronym: Iosevka … Could Only Modify a Font, Yes

Below are the release notes.

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• Make necessary adjustments to handle backward-incompatible changes in upstream Iosevka. The intent is to preserve the aesthetic of Iosevka Comfy.

• Introduce the “wide motion” superset of font families. This is another triplet that consists of (i) a regular monospaced style with support for ligatures and some wide glyphs like arrows, (ii) a fixed spaced monospaced variant that does not support ligatures or any wide glyphs, and (ii) a quasi-proportional (“duospaced”) variant that preserves some of the rigidity of its monospaced counterparts but allows certain glyphs to occupy their natural width. The project’s README describes all the variants on offer.

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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

Quote from the README about the available styles:

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.