Showing posts with label font. Show all posts
Showing posts with label font. Show all posts
Saturday, September 16, 2017
Try Fira Sans A Free Font Family Commissioned By Mozilla
Try Fira Sans A Free Font Family Commissioned By Mozilla
In 2013, the Mozilla Foundation commissioned Erik Spiekermann, a famous typographer, to work on a free, open source font family called Fira Sans (initially called Feura Sans).
Recently, the typeface was updated to version 3.1, getting 12 different weights (bringing the weights number to 16), all accompanied by italic styles, a huge character map and extensive language supports. Theres also a monospaced variant: Fira Mono which includes 2 weights (regular and bold).
Recently, the typeface was updated to version 3.1, getting 12 different weights (bringing the weights number to 16), all accompanied by italic styles, a huge character map and extensive language supports. Theres also a monospaced variant: Fira Mono which includes 2 weights (regular and bold).
Fira Sans is already used in Firefox OS and it will be used in the Firefox Preferences and Add-ons Manager, among other places.
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| Fira Mono (Regular) |
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| Fira Sans (Regular) |
"Complimenting Erik Spiekermann for Fira Sans, his latest typeface, seems a little like telling the Iron Chef that he really knows how to cook. Yeah. Duh. We might even ask whether Fira has an unfair advantage over other fonts from 2013, because it�s built on the adamantium-plated skeleton of FF Meta, which Spiekermann has had 25+ years to polish (see also FF Meta Serif and FF Unit)".- Matthew Butterick on Typographica.org
Try Fira Sans
If you want to give Fira Sans / Fira Mono a try, you can download it from dev.carrois.com (available in OTF/WOFF/EOT/TTF formats).
The typeface is also available on GitHub but, at the time Im writing this article, its an older version than the one available on dev.carrois.com and it doesnt all the new weights available with version 3.1
To install the fonts in Ubuntu, download the font archive, extract it in your home folder, then run the following commands:
- to install the fonts system-wide:
sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts/truetype/FiraSans
sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts/opentype/FiraSans
sudo cp ~/Fira*/WEB/*.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/FiraSans/
sudo cp ~/Fira*/OTF/Fira* /usr/share/fonts/opentype/FiraSans/- to install Fira Sans / Fira Mono for your user only:
mkdir -p ~/.fonts/FiraSans
cp ~/Fira*/WEB/*.ttf ~/.fonts/FiraSans/
cp ~/Fira*/OTF/Fira* ~/.fonts/FiraSans/Then, update the font cache:
sudo fc-cache -f -vArch Linux users can install Fira Sans / Mono via AUR: otf-fira-mono | otf-fira-sans | ttf-fira-sans
Also see: Easily Download And Install Google Web Fonts In Ubuntu With TypeCatcher
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Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Tutorial Install TrueType Font on Ubuntu
Tutorial Install TrueType Font on Ubuntu
What is TrueType Font? TrueType Font (TTF) is an outline font standard developed by Apple and Microsoft in the late 1980s as a competitor to Adobes Type 1 fonts used in PostScript. It has becom e the most common format for fonts on both the Mac OS and Microsoft Windows operating system.
The familiar TrueType Font are Times Roman, Helvetica, Courier, etc. In Microsoft Windows operating system fonts are Times New Roman (compatible with Times Roman), Arial (compatible with Helvetica), and Courier New (compatible with Courier), etc.
By default, Ubuntu has no TrueType Font (TTF). So Ubuntu users often need TrueType Font for Open Office, Libre Office, Gimp, and another programs. This article will give you tutorial how to install TTF (TrueType Font) on Ubuntu (here I use Ubuntu 13.10). So check this out.
- At the first step, you must to prepare the TTF file. You can download TrueType Fonts from internet or copy-paste from Windows font (PathWindows/Windows/Fonts).
- Put the TTF files in the directory /home/user/Font (in this case, my user is mudafiq, so directory address is /home/mudafiq/Font).
- Open Terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T)
- Switch to superuser by type: sudo su then type your ubuntu password.
- Entry to the directory /usr/local/share/fonts by using the following command:
cd /usr/local/share/fonts
- Then create a directory with the name "truetypefonts".
mkdir truetypefonts
- Copy TTF files from /home/user/Font into truetypefonts directory (my user is mudafiq).
cp /home/user/Font/*.ttf truetypefonts/
- We can check the file by using this command:
ls truetypefonts
- From images above, TTF files has been copy to truetypefonts directory. Then we change file owner to the root by using this following command:
cd truetypefonts
cd for entry to truetypefonts directory. Then:chown root *.ttf
to change TTF file owner to the root.
- Then add new fonts to system-wide font index, so all applications can see them by using this following command:
fc-cache
- Try font from application Libre Office or Open Office.
Images above is aladdin font, which is a truetype font.
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Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Turn on Font Autohinting
Turn on Font Autohinting
Execute following command and restart your gui session to enable autohinting.
sudo ln -sf /etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-autohint.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/
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Saturday, September 2, 2017
Ubuntu like Debian Font Rendering using Infinality Font
Ubuntu like Debian Font Rendering using Infinality Font
In this guide we are going to see the steps to improve Debian font rendering and get Ubuntu like font rendering using Infinality font. I�m not going to add any before/after screenshots as the font rendering will differ from display to display based on the resolution, the pixel density etc.
Before we proceed, I would like to let you know that installing packages by adding PPA is not the way things are done usually in Debian.
But in this case, this is the easiest way to do it as these packages does not have any dependencies.
First let add the infinality font repository from launchpad.
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
#Infinality Fonts
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/no1wantdthisname/ppa/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/no1wantdthisname/ppa/ubuntu trusty main
First we have to add keys to access the repository. To do that, we have to run,
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E985B27B
Now lets update & install infinality font.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install fontconfig-infinality
To configure infinality font, follow these steps
cd /etc/fonts/infinality/
sudo bash infctl.sh setstyle
Select a style:
1) debug 3) linux 5) osx2 7) win98
2) infinality 4) osx 6) win7 8) winxp
#?
I chose 3 (i.e. linux).
Now lets change the font style.
sudo vi /etc/profile.d/infinality-settings.sh
#################################################################
########################### EXAMPLES ############################
#################################################################
#
# Set the USE_STYLE variable below to try each example.
# Make sure to set your style in /etc/fonts/infinality.conf too.
#
# Possible options:
#
# DEFAULT � Use above settings. A compromise that should please most people.
# OSX � Simulate OSX rendering
# IPAD � Simulate iPad rendering
# UBUNTU � Simulate Ubuntu rendering
# LINUX � Generic �Linux� style � no snapping or certain other tweaks
# WINDOWS � Simulate Windows rendering
# WINDOWS7 � Simulate Windows rendering with normal glyphs
# WINDOWS7LIGHT- Simulate Windows 7 rendering with lighter glyphs
# WINDOWS � Simulate Windows rendering
# VANILLA � Just subpixel hinting
# CUSTOM � Your own choice. See below
# �� Infinality styles ��
# CLASSIC � Infinality rendering circa 2010. No snapping.
# NUDGE � CLASSIC with lightly stem snapping and tweaks
# PUSH � CLASSIC with medium stem snapping and tweaks
# SHOVE � Full stem snapping and tweaks without sharpening
# SHARPENED � Full stem snapping, tweaks, and Windows-style sharpening
# INFINALITY � Settings I use
# DISABLED � Act as though running without the extra infinality enhancements (just subpixel hinting).USE_STYLE=�UBUNTU�
Now search for �USE_STYLE� or scroll (around line 710) till you see the option to set the style.
Now change the value of USE_STYLE as per your preference & save the file. I�m using UBUNTU style in this example.
LCD Filter Setting
We need to set the LCD filter setting in our home directory using a file called �.Xresources�.
Method 1
- Create a new file and name it as �.Xresources�.
- Open the file (If you can�t see the file, then you need to change setting to show hidden files), add the following line, save & close the file
- Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault
Method 2
Run the following command
echo "Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault" >> ~/.Xresources
Note: In my LCD display, font rendering look best with hinting set to slight. You may change this value �medium or full� as per your preference.
Xfce
Go to Settings -> Appearance.
- Tick the checkbox to Enable anti-aliasing
- Set Sub-pixel order to RGB
- Set Hinting to Slight
Gnome
Gnome does not have options to configure font rendering methods. So you need to install gnome-tweak-tool which can be done by running the following command.
sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool
Then change the settings
Open Gnome tweak tool and to fonts setting.
- Set Antialiasing to RGB
- Set Hinting to Slight
Logout & login back to see the new font rendering.
Check Font Rendering Settings
You can check the current font rendering settings by running the following command,
xrdb -query
On running the above command, you should see the following settings.
Xft.dpi: 96
Xft.hintstyle: hintslight
Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault
Xft.rgba: rgb
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Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Ubuntu Font Family Version 0 80 with Mono at last! is Released
Ubuntu Font Family Version 0 80 with Mono at last! is Released
Ubuntu font family is a completely free, open font sets that are release under the Ubuntu font license. Although its not that long ago they were released thus some of the standard sets such as the the "Mono" fonts were at the beta stage previously. But today the Ubuntu Font Page made it official that with the latest 0.80 version, now the "Mono" version is also included!.
If youre a webmaster then you can easily "install" these fonts thanks to the Google web-fonts API. These fonts are inspired by the Sans-Serif fonts and comes pre-optimized for desktops and mobile device screens especially according to Canonical.
Although personally, at smaller sizes I find it a bit difficult to read (could be a personal thing :D) and in general Im not quite fond of the overall "square-y" type physical attribute which again I find it a bit hard to read (in comparison with the beautiful Arial font for instance.
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