Add Cascadia Mono #1412
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Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <[email protected]>
CascadiaCode: Rehint and use ttf [why] A lot people (read: People on Windows) have the variable font (VF) version of Cascadia Mono installed - it comes bundled with Windows Terminal. The static Cascadia Mono instances that Microsoft releases are hinted with ttfautohint which creates small sized glyphs that are visibly very different. People compare the static Caskaydia Mono with the VF Cascadia Mono and are surprised. [how] We need to re-hint all the fonts, to get hints that are comparable to the VF hints. We can not use the hints of the VF because the outlines are different: The VF has (of course) overlapping outlines, while the static ones (as usual) have not. The re-hinting can be done with VTT or TTH - both showed results that are more like the original VF font. The usual ttfautohint has been used of the static fonts in the font release and can not be used. It is the reason for this whole problem. * Used VTT 6.35 * Open font file in VTT * Import all programs * Generate 'VTT talk' via Tools -> AutoHint -> LightLatinAutoHint * Save font file as ... References: microsoft/cascadia-code#371 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/tools/vtt/ See also commit b6301e5 CascadiaCode: Rehint and use ttf Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <[email protected]>
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Description
This adds the ligature less Cascadia Mono.
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Fixes: #520
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