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Iosevka Comfy version 1.3.0

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.

Below are the release notes.

  • Include table in the README.md file that succinctly describes the Iosevka Comfy variants. This is it:

    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

  • Review all glyph codes to preserve the font’s style in light of the numerous breaking stages in the main Iosevka repository. An example of such a change is when cv20 = 2 has a different style than what it used to or when the cvXX refers to another character than what it once did.

  • Ensure the lower case italic form of f has a crossbar at the x-height. This is how its roman counterpart is: it aligns with i and t.

  • Make the capital B in all the “motion” variants (slab serif families) consist of two symmetric chambers. This is consistent with the sans serif variants of Iosevka Comfy.

  • Revise the f in the “motion” variants to be the same as their sans serif counterparts. The reason is that the previous glyph was closed at the top and was thus harder to read at small point sizes.

  • Change the italic forms of lower case v, w, x, and z from curly to straight across all the variants. This is to ensure a consistent rhythm in all contexts between upper and lower case characters as well as upright and slanted forms.

  • Let capital W have a middle joint below the height of its two sides in order to be consistent with capital M and the lower case w.

  • Adjust the bar character | (also known as “pipe”) to have no slope in italic forms. The intent is to disambiguate it from the forward slash. Also, the pipe can now be used in plain text tables even if those are italicised (e.g. a comment in programming code).

  • Declare the Iosevka Comfy Wide Motion Duo as a slab serif font. This affects characters that are not explicitly defined in our list of overrides.

  • Clarify some comments in the build plan of Iosevka Comfy to better describe the intended looks of the referenced characters.

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